On Sunday, my dad and I completed the 7th Annual LA River Ride. This ride is put on every year by the Los Angeles County Bicycle Coalition (check out their website). LACBC is a county-wide organization working for safer streets and better access for cyclists.
This ride essentially follows the LA River all the way from Griffith Park to Long Beach (and back). There are large portions of the river where the trail is not completed so we ride the streets through downtown. You can do a 50-mile version which involves taking the Metro from Long Beach back to Union Station in downtown LA and then riding from downtown back to Griffith Park.
This year my dad and I decided to ride the whole 70 miles. It's the longest distance I've done since my one and only century ride back in 2005. It was hard in some spots but we made it in good shape and had a great time. The weather was good and there were a record number of cyclists. Even if you're not an avid cyclist you should consider doing this ride. It's not as hard as you might think. There are children on BMX bikes and all sorts of different cyclists out there.
We are entitled to one free photo from PhotoCrazy.com, but they haven't released the coupon codes yet, so in the meantime I'm posting this small thumbnail. I'll update this with the full sized photo when I get it.
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