Saturday March 14th - MT Bike Ride

Ride will start approximately 12:30PM, we will meet at Trans house. This will give us all enough time to eat a light snack (bananas, apple, Clif bar, etc.) and rest a little. Make sure to have plenty of water or, preferably, sports drink with you.

You will have to wear a helmet for this ride. Don’t forget to bring it.

This will be on off-road route so make sure you have your dirt tires. We will be going on the Cholla, West Ridge, Meadows, Fire Road route in Aliso Viejo Woods park. This is a medium difficulty ride, all are welcome and all will be challenged by this route. Total ride is 12 miles with about 1500 feet of total elevation gain.

Iron Dragon Challenge!! 7am Run, Paddle practice, land workout, 2 hour ride!! Bring your swimsuit if you want to hit the hot tub afterwards! See you on Saturday.

After the ride for lunch/dinner I will be making West African Peanut Soup, please let me know if you would like to bring something also.

Starting point:
47 Breakers Lane
Aliso Viejo, CA

March 7th Bike Ride

March 7th Bike Ride

Ride will start after the landworkout at approximately 10:45, we will meet in the Scouts parking lot. This will give us all enough time to eat a light snack (bananas, apple, Clif bar, etc.) and rest a little. Make sure to have plenty of water or, preferably, sports drink with you.

We'll leave from Mothers Beach and travel south along the PCH, using the bike paths as much as possible, down to the Huntington Beach Pier and then back. A total ride of about 23 miles. The entire route is paved, so smooth tires are good.

You will have to wear a helmet for this ride. Don’t forget to bring it.

Try the Iron Dragon challenge!
7 am Run
8 am Paddle practice
10 am Land Workout
10:45 am Bike ride

Boost your cardio and stamina!

See you guys on Saturday!

January 17th 2009 Bike Ride Recap

The ride this weekend was great! A bit more challenging than originally expected, but still a lot of fun. It turned out to be about five and half miles total. Thank you all for coming and having an adventureous spirit!

Kudos to Aileen!! This was a very challenging ride, made even more difficult with a Hybrid bike, but she stuck with it, no complaining and lots of smiles!



Some Beautiful views of the valley and SOKA University!

A challenging start!

Pleasant ride along West Ridge Trail

Then we came to Rock-It...

a very pleasant little single track... why do they call it Rock-it?

Oooh! Rock-It!

Emergency surgery by Dr. Dave

Coyote Run was very pretty

Wood Canyon Trail was a easy way to finish

















The rare and deadly Aliso Viejo Wolfhound!

Everyone was smiling and enjoying themselves in the end...which leads me to believe that this ride was obviously not hard enough. I'll be planning another ride soon and will make it more challenging! Thanks again for riding, see you all again soon!

January 17th 2009 Bike Ride

Ride will start approximately 1:30PM, we will meet at Trans house. This will give us all enough time to eat a light snack (bananas, apple, Clif bar, etc.) and rest a little. Make sure to have plenty of water or, preferably, sports drink with you.

You will have to wear a helmet for this ride. Don’t forget to bring it.

This will be on off-road route so make sure you have your dirt tires.
We will be going on the Wood Canyon, Cholla, Rock-it route in Aliso Viejo Woods park. The beginning of the ride will be a steep downhill then a more gradual uphill on the return. Total ride is 11 miles.

Iron Dragon Challenge!!
7am Run, Paddle practice, land workout, 2 hour ride!!

Bring your swimsuit if you want to hit the hot tub afterwards!

See you on Saturday.

Starting point:
47 Breakers Lane
Aliso Viejo, CA

11-23-2008 Santiago Loop Ride

Space Dragons! Join us for a challenging ride for this Sunday following paddle practice. This weekend should be better, hopefully we will not have heavy smoke or wicked hangovers!

The Santiago Loop is a beautiful ride that starts in Irvine and winds through the foothills of Orange County. The first half of the ride is a gradual but steady hill climb, resulting in a very rewarding downhill ride! I've reached speeds of 40 MPH on the downhill!

Make sure to eat a little snack after paddle practice. Expect the ride is about 32 miles long and will take about 2.5 to 3 hours to complete, so bring along a few snack items, we will take a few breaks along the way. Bring 2 - 3 liters of water along with some energy gels and electrolytes, maybe a couple pieces of fruit, bananas are recommended. A helmet will be required to join the ride.

Pack your swim suit! Following the ride you are invited to join us at the pool and spa for a relaxing and rejuvenating dip, while we enjoy some pizza and salad to rebuild our freshly exhausted muscles!

Please RSVP to jashaf@gmail.com or call me at 949-280-7253 so that I can order enough pizza and salad for everyone that is coming. Please note any pizza preferences or other food preferences in your email.

MS Bay To Bay Bike Route and Calories burned

Here are the routes for Day one and Two of the MS Bay to Bay Tour.

Day one:
www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=2341781


Day two:
www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=2342062


This website also has a cool calories burned feature, just put in your weight and it calculates what you burned during the ride.

I burned 7980 calories on day one 5834 calories on day two, that's 13814 calories for the weekend! No wonder we were so hungry!!

2008 MS Bay to Bay Bike Tour – Weekend recap

The Space Dragons Cycling Team had a great time on the bike tour and helped the National MS Society reach over $2 Million dollars in donations!! A special thanks to of our sponsors for your generous donations!



The weather was perfect and the scenery beautiful!!



No injuries, though Joanne did run over one pedestrian “Tran style”, however, since he was a fellow biker he does not count, no points given.

Plenty of good food and fun.



One four-legged rider