Your First Half Century Plus 20 (Malibu to Oxnard, 70 miles)
by Matthew on Mar.15, 2009, under Training Ride
After doing my nice little trek into Palos Verdes for a second Saturday in a row, I apparently decided it was a good idea to do a 70 mile ride on a back-to-back weekend.
For this ride we met up in Malibu at the Cross Creek Shopping Center. From there we rode north along PCH, along the rollers to the HOW’s supermarket (actually to the Starbucks there), after which we continued onto the Oxnard area, specifically the Port Hueneme area. This was a beautiful ride along the coastline, mirroring much of the final day of riding for the actual event. It was also strange since I had bicycled to an area that my dad had to drive to regularly for a while for work, and that was a long commute by car…
Most of the ride was a reasonably flat, and made for a very nice first 70 mile ride. The worst part was the rollers that we had started with, that were now the end of the ride. I was extremely happy when I realized I had reached the peak of the last hill right by Pepperdine, and did the final stretch into the Cross Creek shopping center.
After the ride I met with my parents for dinner out in Malibu, where enjoying some good seafood before heading home.
Malibu to Oxnard (click for full detail including mile markers)
