Ride Start: Deerfield Park
Please park on streets & gather at building
ROUTE SLIPS: DCP#18+ (12/9/23)
Regroup: Mag’s Donuts/Starbucks on Bison between MacArthur & Camelback, Newport
Short: 17.5 miles (8.9) +/-508 ft {CF 2 29.0’/m}
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Medium: 34.1 miles (23.7), hilly +/- 1,515 ft {CF 5 50.3’/m}
Laguna Canyon, PCH, Harvard
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DETOUR OPTIONS FOR MEDIUM ROUTE TODAY
There is 1/2 mile of SINGLE LANE & NO SHOULDER at the construction zone on Laguna Canyon.
Opt 1: You can ride it if you “time” the traffic platoon & control the single lane when the next platoon comes up from behind, or you may want to avoid it…
Opt 2: You can also just use the MEDIUM route, but take this DETOUR:
Pavona Sidewalk & Romano sidewalk to Lake Forest Road to Moulton to El Toro Road. The construction is at mile 8.5 but to detour, you must cross the 133 @ mile 4.6. The DETOUR WILL ADD 2.5 MILES to today’s ride (to skip the 1/2 mile of stress). Map/Profile/.tcx This DETOUR will be offered until the construction work is completed by Caltrans. (perhaps as late as Spring of 2025)
Opt 3: To avoid it, take the LONG to Mile 20.3 - it goes down El Toro Road completely avoiding the construction zone and adds 3.2 miles. (to skip 1/2 mile of stress)
Both routes are then the same all the way to mile 20.3 where the LONG turns up Newport Coast, and MEDIUM continues on PCH to Poppy.
Long: 44.7 miles (29.1), +/-2,352 ft {CF 5 52.6’/m}
SD Creek, El Toro, Laguna Canyon, PCH, Newport Coast
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Long Plus: 63.5 miles (52.1), +/-1,668 ft {CF 2 26.3’/m}
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