What Dev said.
You can actually peddle all the way to Hilo via the new saddle road if you desire. It's a long ways though.
If you want to go south there are a lot of options: try Ali'i Drive past Keauhou, down to the end. From there you can make the horrid (no joke) climb to Captain Cook (you'll come out near McDonalds there), go south on the highway to K-Bay if you like and return via the highway. Long, ride for the day after the race though.
You can ride to the end of Ali'i as well, back track the way you came. climb the Kam III (steeper than anything on the race course and as steep as the climb at Yellow Lake easily), cross the Queen K, turn left on (upper) Walua Road and ride that through the neighborhoods and walking, riding trail (it's all on the same road and down hill) to Lako Street then left and down to the Queen K, right and back to town. Maybe 24 miles.
Post race run? Try Mana Road in Waimea. Cool and parts are red dirt. Also about 4000 feet elevation or so. Head north (drive it) on the upper highway to Waimea town, turn right and head out of town. Mana Road is just past the Observatory offices and Hawaiian Home Lands office (they're on the left) make the right and drive to the end of that road (about 1/3 mile) and turn left. drive till the pavement stops, find a spot to park and go for a run. Or mountain bike. ;) Plenty of spots to eat in Waimea as well.
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The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits. -- A fake Albert Einstein "quote"
You can actually peddle all the way to Hilo via the new saddle road if you desire. It's a long ways though.
If you want to go south there are a lot of options: try Ali'i Drive past Keauhou, down to the end. From there you can make the horrid (no joke) climb to Captain Cook (you'll come out near McDonalds there), go south on the highway to K-Bay if you like and return via the highway. Long, ride for the day after the race though.
You can ride to the end of Ali'i as well, back track the way you came. climb the Kam III (steeper than anything on the race course and as steep as the climb at Yellow Lake easily), cross the Queen K, turn left on (upper) Walua Road and ride that through the neighborhoods and walking, riding trail (it's all on the same road and down hill) to Lako Street then left and down to the Queen K, right and back to town. Maybe 24 miles.
Post race run? Try Mana Road in Waimea. Cool and parts are red dirt. Also about 4000 feet elevation or so. Head north (drive it) on the upper highway to Waimea town, turn right and head out of town. Mana Road is just past the Observatory offices and Hawaiian Home Lands office (they're on the left) make the right and drive to the end of that road (about 1/3 mile) and turn left. drive till the pavement stops, find a spot to park and go for a run. Or mountain bike. ;) Plenty of spots to eat in Waimea as well.
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The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits. -- A fake Albert Einstein "quote"
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KonaCoffee: Sep 21, 14 10:15