Only 12 days to the BIG DAY!!! We're so looking forward to meeting all of you and hosting what will hopefully be a special and rewarding experience for each of you. We hope you're feeling confident, well trained, and super excited about the 2009 Ride To Empower!
We've received some emails asking for details about the route. So if you want to get out a map and follow along, it's super easy to navigate!
Starting at the Red Rock Casino, you'll hang a left on Charleston, which becomes Highway 159. You'll enjoy a nice, flat warm-up. Turn right at the Scenic Drive heading into Red Rock Canyon. From here the climbing begins. You'll start gradually, then it pitches up a bit as the scenery becomes more and more beautiful! At the top of the climb you'll enjoy the view and drinks and snacks at the first checkpoint.
You'll climb a bit more before you reach the summit - then it's a wonderful, rewarding descent down to Highway 159 where you'll make a right. The road rolls gently along Highway 159 all the way to the right turn to Blue Diamond, where you'll find the second checkpoint. Then you head back to Highway 159 again until you come to the t-intersection at Highway 160, where you'll turn right.
Here the climbing begins again. About 8 miles of climbing to the summit and the 3rd checkpoint at the top. Then it's a screamin' downhill for three miles; and then a right turn onto Lovell Canyon Rd.
Lovell Canyon is an 11-mile, very gentle climb. At the end of the road you'll refuel, make a u-turn and retrace the route back the way you came. The return is a straight shot down Highway 160 to the left on Highway 159 and all the way back to the Red Rock.
For those who want to ride less than the full century, you can turn around pretty much any time, as the route is an out-and-back with a detour up into Red Rock Canyon at the start.
If you have any specific questions about the route, feel free and shoot us an email at Embassy AT planetultra.com
Keep up your training!
Deb & Brian
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