No moonlight. No sunlight. No twilight. The Wednesday NIGHT Skate is back. There will be street lights except for the Dark Side, where you are invited to turn off your own lights and use the Force. The road is smooth. The only obstacles are those you bring with you.
The temperature forecast is a bit confusing. Wunderground shows mid 60's throughout, only dropping one degree betwen 8pm and 10pm. I just don't believe that. Whatever it turns out to be, you probably dispense with any kind of insulation.
Don't skip the blinkers. We're not in Solstice anymore, Toto.
Bring skates, bike, scooter, or any other sort of human-powered conveyance to the Museum Way parking lot between Palm Drive and the Canter Art Museum by 7:30pm. Lace-up. At 7:50pm (sort of) we launch into the darkness.
Power up the Cedro Way "Summit" hill. Take in the views from the top. Wander back down before the "don't miss" hard left.
Skate up Page Mill. Down a little and then up some more below before pondering Hanover. This is classically a super fun fast descent but the street department has added a wrinkle. Our regulars have figured out how to bomb it safely, but if this is your first time or first time back, you may want to take it slow until you have it sorted.
After cruising back to the campus proper, wind your way up 5 floors of the garage and down 6. With the oval back in sight, burn all you have left in a race around the fountain before cruising back to the parking lot. Pack up to go home, exhausted but happy that you made it.
It doesn't get better than this!
For the detail nerds:
We meet just off Palm Drive at the Museum Way parking lot between Palm Drive and the Cantor Art Museum.
There is no valid street address but google maps will get you there
https://goo.gl/maps/osfdb
And so will the ICBM coordinates: 37°25'57.2"N 122°10'08.8"W
Gather on the corner nearest the Oval and Palm Drive. X marks the spot on the Google Map.
See the link below for a general idea of the roads we do.
https://connect.garmin.com/modern/activity/814599897
This is what we call the "dark side". It is the route we do most often. The important time is the elapsed time (near the bottom) 1h 40 minutes in this case.
Meet at 7:30pm, move out at 7:50pm.
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