When: Tuesday evenings starting on April 18, 2006 until Mid October, Weather Permitting and starting at 6:00 PM. Rides are over for the 2006 season. Look for the fun to start back up around tax time in 2007.

Where: Princeton Sports, 10730 Little Patuxent Parkway, Columbia, MD 21044, (410) 995-1894

What: 25.5 mile road ride - "spirited" training ride with usually 24 to 40 AA (20-22 mph), A (18-20 mph), & B (16-18 mph) Riders.

Details: Leave Princeton Sports parking lot as a group until you reach RT 108 and break into 2 groups to ride the Columbia Triathlon's cycling course - maps are available. Princeton will usually provide a ride leader and sag person (to help with minor mechanical issues, flats, and offer advice/suggestions if you want), plus changing rooms, water and restrooms pre & post ride.

Goal: Support the Mid Maryland Triathlon Club, introduce cyclists to the rolling roads of Howard County, provide a supportive training ride for the Columbia Triathlon, other races, and charity rides, support novice riders and offer a mid-week training ride for local cyclists. Return to parking lot before twilight.

Caveat: #1. It is a "spirited" training ride, so you might get dropped. #2. The training course route is very well known, but please ask for a map if you have any questions.

Route: Little Patuxent Parkway to Harper's Farm Road to pick-up the Columbia Triathlon Course. Round trip is just less than 26 miles with approximately 1500 total gain in elevation along rolling hills. You can build up to the distance with 16 mile and 20 mile variations of the ride. Check out the map! (in PowerPoint)

Future: April rides start at 5PM, but as the days get longer in the summer, the ride starts later - 5:30, 6:00PM, and 6:30 PM, - we don't want to have anybody out in the dark. In the Fall, as the days get shorter, the rides will start earlier, ending in mid-October, due to lack of daylight.

Weather: No Princeton Sports employees will ride in the rain, but you're welcome to ride. Please call (410) 995-1894 if you have any questions about weather.   Or, contact Doug Driscoll, General Manager, Princeton Sports, (410) 995-1894 ddriscoll@princetonsports.com , or Mike Stone, (410) 995-1894, mstone@princetonsports.com

Thanks to Mike and all at Princeton Sports, you guys rock!