The weekly training opportunities are free to members with a signed waiver. No registration or regular attendance required - just show up ready for a workout and some fun! For all weekly club training, please keep an eye on the Yahoo group for details, including any weather-related cancellations, changes to start time, etc.

Leaving from Hollifield Station Elementary School on Sunday mornings - watch the Yahoo group each week for the start time (based on predicted temperatures)

Come participate in some fun rides and keep your base through the winter months. All levels of riders are welcome to come and ride at your own pace. The distance is 32 miles along an out and back course. There are usually two groups, the A group (faster riders) and the B group (enjoying the route more around 14-16 mph) and there are people in between, too. To see where we ride, check out the map of the ride and the cue sheet.

Hollifield Station Elementary
8701 Stonehouse Drive
Ellicott City, MD 21043
Get directions to the start

Starting from the McKeldin area of Patapsco State Park at 8:00 pm on Wednesdays

Meet in the parking area on the southbound side of Marriottsville Road about 200 yards north of the railroad tracks. Run distance is between 4.5 and 5 miles.

Bring at least a headlamp and optionally a red blinky light for visibility.

Meet each Sunday to hit diffferent areas and trails of Rockburn Park. We will build up the duration of the runs throughout the winter months. The starting duration will be 90 minutes with a 60 minute bailout shorter duration. Check Yahoo groups for weekly attendance or cancelations.

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The RBR is a timed training course where you run the first loop (2.1 miles) of Columbia Gateway Drive. Transition from run to bike. Then bike five loops (10.5 miles). Transition from bike to run. Then finish up with one last run loop (2.1 miles). It is a 14.7 mile duathlon. We try to finish up before 8pm. This is your training, so you can customize the number of loops. For your safety, we will cancel RBRs for rain.

Timed distance: run (2.1 miles), bike (10.5 miles), run (2.1 miles)

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This a free event, but you MUST sign a waiver!

Directions:
From Snowden River Parkway near the Home Depot:
Take Robert Fulton Drive until it ends. Take a left on Columbia Gateway Drive. Take the 2nd right (across from the blue Renaissance at Gateway sign) into the RBR parking lot. Look for the orange cone at the entrance. Park next to the building with the address 7130 on the side.

From Route 175:
Take the Columbia Gateway Drive exit. Once on Columbia Gateway Drive, go through the first two traffic lights. The 3rd light will also be Columbia Gateway Drive--take a right at this light. Follow this road until you see a blue Renaissance at Gateway sign on the right. Across the street from the blue sign, you will see an unmarked entrance (there should be an orange cone at the entrance). Take a left into this parking lot. Park next to the building with the address 7130 on the side.

All club members are welcome to get out and ride the Columbia or IronGirl Triathlon bike courses starting from Princeton Sports. The Columbia course is 24.6 miles and the IG course is 17.6 miles. A ride leader will be there to hand out cue sheets and point you in the right direction. Princeton will provide a support van for the ride leader to call if anyone has trouble on the course.