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Training Ride Routes

Training Ride Routes are named according to their starting point, a mid-point or significant characteristic and an approximate length. For example, Elver_Riley_16.pdf is a ride that starts at Elver Park, goes to town of Riley and is approximately 16 long. At the present time not all rides listed on the training ride schedule have a cue sheet listed below. More rides will be listed as the season progresses.
Route Starts Route Name Route Description Length Downloads
AIDS Network Arboretum Loop Ride through neighborhoods, then through Arboretum and back for a short ride on a cold day. 12.3 Miles
AIDS Network Lake Monona Loop Ride through neighborhoods around Lake Monona 14.3 Miles
AIDS Network Lake Mendota Loop Ride through neighborhoods around Lake Mendota 23.3 Miles
AIDS Network Waunakee and Martinsville Ride through beautiful farmland north and west of Madison starting from AIDS Network 46.8 Miles
Elver Park Riley Get used to hills by taking this short ride to Riley and back 16.2 Miles
Elver Park Purcell Road (Rollercoaster) Have some fun riding up and down hills. For a mile and a half you may think you are on a roller coaster 20.8 Miles
Elver Park Paoli Ride gentler hills and then you will be ready for a couple bigger ones on your way back from Paoli 23.1 Miles
Elver Park Riley When you think you are ready, tackle the short steep hill on Timber Lane on your way to Riley 25.9 Miles
Elver Park Pioneer Park When it's time to start hill training, here are a few hills just west of Madison and Middleton 26.0 Miles
Elver Park Klevenville Say hello to the cows on Dairy Ridge while riding to Klevenville and back through Riley 25.1 Miles
Elver Park Sugar River Here's a great ride for long days in June when your legs are ready for a long climb 31.6 Miles
Elver Park Observatory Road Pick out a clear day so you can see forever from the top of a couple of hills SW of Paoli 34.4 Miles
Lakeview Park Ashton Ride northwest of Middleton to some hills north of Ashton and back. Good early training ride in two versions. 18 or 20 Miles
Lakeview Park Riles Road Ride northwest of Middleton for some hills. Good early training ride. 20.2 Miles
Lakeview Park Lodi-Springfield Road Ride northwest of Middleton for some hills. 23.9 Miles
Lakeview Park Enchanted Valley Ride northwest of Middleton for some hills. 24.8 Miles
Lakeview Park Martinsville Ride west-northwest of Middleton for some hills to the small town of Martinsville. 26.4 Miles
Oak Bank Purcell Sunset and Locust Ride south west of Madison and Verona on country roads, one great stretch of ups and downs that make you think of a roller coaster and then return by Military Ridge and the Capital City Trails. 18.5 Miles
Oak Bank SW-Lake Monona-Capital City Ride on city street in west Madison to the SW Commuter Trail, connect to Lake Monona Bike Path and Capital City Trail, ride south toward Goodland Park and back to the Capital City Trail. 21.0 Miles
Oak Bank Goodland Park-Capitol City Ride south east of Madison on country roads past Goodland Park to Lake Farm Park and the Capital City Trail. 20.7 Miles
Oak Bank Lalor Road Ride part of the Capital City trail and then hook up with country roads past Goodland Park and over some rolling hills on your way back to a finish on Seminole Highway 26.6 Miles
Oak Bank Paoli Ride a different route to Paoli going further west and finding some rolling hills up to a spectacular view at Schaller and Speedway and then east for some rolling hills on your way back to a finish on Seminole Highway 28.5 Miles
Oak Bank Sugar River Road and on to Paoli Ride west and then south of Verona then east finding some rolling hills on the way to Paoli and then further east for some rolling hills on your way back to a finish on Seminole Highway 29.7 Miles
Oak Bank Sugar River Road and on to Paoli Ride west and then south of Verona. Turn east finding some rolling hills on the way to Paoli and then further east for some rolling hills on your way back to a finish on Seminole Highway 32.2 Miles
Oak Bank Montrose and Oregon Ride south and west of Verona then east to Oregon finding some rolling hills on the way to County A and then east for some rolling hills on your way back to a finish on Seminole Highway 40.4 Miles
Olbrich Park World Dairy Center Ride through east Madison neighborhoods, discover the World Dairy Center and explore all the Madison streets build in the old gravel pit. 18.2 Miles
Olbrich Park Vilas Road Ride Buckeye and County AB to County MN to Vilas Road and back on Vilas and Milwaukee Streets 24.7 Miles
Olbrich Park Roundabout Ride a 25 mile loop near to far east side of Madison and Monona 24.6 Miles
Olbrich Park Capital City Southwest Wingra Trails Roundabout Ride a 25 mile loop from east side of Madison to Monona and almost to Verona, mostly on city bike trails 25.2 Miles
Olbrich Park McFarland Ice Cream Ride Ride a 27 mile loop from east side of Madison to McFarland for ice cream 27.3 Miles
Olbrich Park Almost Marshall Ride on country roads east of Madison and south of Sun Prairie, almost to Marshall. On the way back visit the great town of Cottage Grove and come back on Cottage Grove Road 34.3 Miles
Olbrich Park Rinden Road-Bosben Road Ride on country roads east of Madison and south of Cottage Grove. On the way back ride through beautiful farm land and into Madison on Milwaukee Street 35.4 Miles
Olbrich Park Sun Prairie (Urban Sprawl) Ride on country roads to Sun Prairie and out into the countryside, turning west and returning through Windsor and the northeast side of Madison. 39.2 Miles
Olbrich Park McFarland and Oregon Ride on country roads just west of Lake Kegonsa to McFarland, then go south and west to Oregon and return along Seminole Hwy, SW Commuter and Lake Monona Bike Paths. Great medium length ride. 45.5 Miles
Olbrich Park Cambridge Ride on country roads to Cambridge and then return by way of Deerfield and Cottage Grove. Great medium length ride. 49.6 Miles
Olbrich Park Lake Kegonsa Ride on country roads around Lake Kegonsa, then west and back through the Arboretum, through downtown and on Lake Monona Bike Trail. Early season warm-up hill ride. 47.6 Miles
Olin Park Lake Monona Loop Ride through neighborhoods around Lake Monona 14.3 Miles
Olin Park Capital City Trail West or East Ride around Madison on Wingra Bike Path, through the Arboretum and back on Capital City Trail-choose to go counter clockwise or clockwise depending on the wind . 17.0 Miles
Olin Park Capital City Trail East Ride around Madison on Capital City, SW Commuter and Wingra Bike Paths-choose to go clockwise or counter clockwise depending on the wind 18.1 Miles
Olin Park Southeast Byrne Road Ride south of Madison on parts of the Syttende Mai course to Byrne Road and back on Seminole to Wingra Bike Path 22 Miles
Olin Park Rutland-Dunn Town Line Ride south of Madison on parts of the Syttende Mai course to Rutland-Dunn Town Line and back 26 Miles
Olin Park Rutland-Dunn Town Line Ride south of Madison on parts of the Syttende Mai course to Rutland-Dunn Town Line and back 26.5 Miles
Olin Park Southeast Loop to Verona Ride southeast of Madison, then loop west almost to Verona, and return on Capital City Trail to Seminole Highway and the Arboretum. 27.3 Miles
Olin Park SE Figure 8 to Verona Ride southeast of Madison, then loop west to Seminole, north to the Arboretum and back southwest toward Verona and return on Capital City Trail 32 Miles
Olin Park Bass Lake Ride south of Madison on parts of the Syttende Mai course to Bass Lake and back 35 Miles
Olin Park Stoughton Ride south of Madison on parts of the Syttende Mai course to Stoughton and back 40.6 Miles
Reindahl Park DeForest Here's a shorter ride to DeForest for a quick evening ride 21.5 Miles
Reindahl Park DeForest Take a longer ride to DeForest and see some new areas of the county 30.1 Miles
Reindahl Park Columbus Take a great weekend ride to Columbus from the east side of Madison 58.3 Miles
Vilas Park Capital City Trail Ride Wingra Creek Trail to Olin, connect to the Capital City Trail and then ride back through the Arboretum to Vilas Park 18.2 Miles
Vilas Park County M Ride part way to Paoli and back 20.7 Miles
Vilas Park Whalen Road Loop Ride SW Commuter and Capital City Trails on your way to and from Verona 22.5 Miles
Vilas Park Purcell Road Loop Ride part way to Paoli, turnaround and come back 23.0 Miles
Vilas Park Irish Lane-Whalen Road Ride part way to Stoughton, turn west on Irish Lane and come back to Vilas along Whalen Road and Seminole Highway. 23.8 Miles
Vilas Park Blizzard Road Ride part way to Paoli, loop over to Blizzard and come back to Vilas 24.1 Miles
Vilas Park Purcell Road Ride part way to Paoli, ride some fun hills on Purcell and come back to Vilas 26.7 Miles
Vilas Park Paoli Ride to Verona and then on to Paoli and back through the Arboretum 29.5 Miles
Vilas Park Paoli Sparky's Ride to Verona and then on to Paoli and back through the Arboretum 29.7 Miles
Vilas Park Stoughton Pretend you are a distance runner and do major parts of the Syttende Mai run route almost to Stoughton, turn west and catch some more hills on Byrne and Whalen and finally return through the Arboretum. 41.2 Miles
Vilas Park Verona, Riley and Middleton Here are some leisurely hills to begin building your hill climbing skills. 49.9 Miles
Vilas Park Verona, Riley and Middleton Here are some leisurely hills to begin building your hill climbing skills returning along Whalen and Seminole. 54.5 Miles
Vilas Park Verona and Mount Horeb Here are some bigger hills to continue building your hill climbing skills returning along Whalen and Seminole. 55.4 Miles
Vilas Park Cooksville-Evansville-Brooklyn-Oregon Ride south of Madison and visit four small towns, Cooksville, Evansville, Brooklyn and Oregon 61.4 Miles
Warner Park Waunakee-Middleton Ride west toward Waunakee and then drop down toward Middleton before returning to Warner Park 21.9 Miles
Whole Foods Riley Ride through west Madison and on to Riley over a steep hill on Timber Lane 29.5 Miles

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