This week has been pretty fun, it is Prado's second week on his training program in preparation for his 6th La Ruta de Los Conquistadores race in his hometown Costa Rica. As you can imagine the programs has lots of climbing and a few long Epic MTB rides. His new Specialized Epic bike has helped him out a lot on these long rides to stay fresh and have a little more towards the end of the ride, Prado's does all the pedaling and the bike does all the thinking, He doesn't have to worry about lock-out switches or anything he just get's on it and goes, that is one of the many nice things about the Epic.

On the skinny side of things the Sho-Air junior road team gathers all its riders each Wednesday during Summer for a 2+ hour group ride that leaves the Rock N' Road Specialized Concept store in Irvine 949-733-2453, Prado was invited to join the ride with these 12-17 year old riders that he now for sure considers some of the top future talent to come out of Orange County, the route has a few good climbs and these kits showed Prado that they can ride just as fast or faster than most adults. Keep and eye out in the future, we might get a Pro Tour rider to come out from So' Cal.

Thanks for reading.

Below are the detail of the ride for the summer time:

If your kids are into road cycling and have a road bike have them come over and join the Sho-air Junior's ride, I will be there this wednesday to join them too.

Where: Rock n Road IRVINE 949-733-2453 (Woodbury Center)

When: Wed, Sept. 2nd (meet at 5:15, rollout at 5:30)Route: Irvine Blvd to Bake, climb Bake (regroup if necessary at Portola), then climb Glenn Ranch to Saddleback (regroup point) If there's time, we'll continue up Santiago to Modjeska. Do the loop... then head back to Rock Rock n Road (Irvine).

Dinner at the food court (Woodbury Center)

Thank you!