The Stomping Grounds

I've mentioned the LA River Bike Path and Griffith Park as preferred (and just out the door) training locations, so I thought I'd offer some visuals.

To the right is the lovely LA River. Gorgeous, isn't it? At least it doesn't smell too bad... and there arent' any cars.

 Now this actually is rather bee-you-tiful. It's from the center of Griffith Park looking south at the Griffith observatory (and downtown in the background). The Hollywood sign is just over my right shoulder. The climb up to this point is on the "closed" roads, so again- no traffic. "Closed" also means that the roads never get cleaned either, so it's like on-road mountain biking.