Egan Ride
Bored with structured training? Increase your fitness with hill intervals! Welcome to Egan, a fun, social yet competitive group of eclectic hill climbers. We charge steep uphills and banter during recovery. Each week is a new route featuring challenging short climbs in the beautiful hills of Silicon Valley.
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Start: Tuesdays 6:00pm during daylight saving time at the Los Altos Chamber of Commerce, rolling at 6:05pm
Pace: Charge the hills, slow roll in between
Regroups: We regroup and recover after every climb; if you can climb Old La Honda in 25 minutes you should have no problem keeping up
Example route: https://www.strava.com/routes/2874856572963175602 (click here to see more)
The Egan Ride is subject to Alto Velo's Ride Rules and all participants must sign an annual waiver.
Note:During the Egan off season, The Climbing Ride is held monthly on Sundays, starting at 9am at the Los Altos Chamber of Commerce. Slightly longer than Egan, it features crazy steep hills in places like Los Gatos, Emerald Hills, and Hillsborough. To paraphrase Winston Churchill, "If you are going up hill, keep going".
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Representing Egan!
Chloé Nguyen at the 2024 Ironman 70.3 Santa Cruz Ironman
Chloé Nguyen at the 2024 Ironman 70.3 Santa Cruz Ironman
Warner Yuen at the Umbrail pass on the Italy-Switzerland border
Simon Parton at the finish line of 2024 Unbound Gravel
Akin Dirik riding in Mallorca (Cap de Formentor)
Egan 2022.23 Top Performers
Alex Derry was rider of the day with 9 PRs and 1 top 10. Way to go Alex!
Egan 2022.21 Top Performers
Along with her other accolades, the rider of the day was Gina Yuan with a PR on every segment, seven cups and a QOM! Awesome job Gina!
Egan 2022.18 Top Performers
William Hooper was rider of the day with 14 PRs and a top 10 on the creatively named segment “Tough Wee Climb” (Vineyard/Redwood in Los Altos). Kristin Hepworth and George Wehner earned the top women’s and men’s GC respectively. Steven Wu bagged another couple of KOMs, on Whitham Ave and the aforementioned Tough Wee Climb.
Egan 2022.17 Top Performers
Rider of the day was Niky Taylor who had 11 PRs and 4 top 10s! Other notable performances included Greg McCullough with the top men’s GC and Steven Wu who got the KOM on Wildcrest.
Egan 2022.15 Top Perfomers
Rider of the day was Kevin Kim with 7 PRs and 1 Top 10. George Wehner with tired legs from the Pescadero Road Race took the overall GC. Big kudos to Alison and Chloé who showed up for this crazy ride.
Egan 2022.14 Top Performers
Rider of the day was Gavin Hlady with 8 PRs, 4 Top 10s and 2 KOMs and the overall GC. Katheryn Curi led the Egan women. In her own words: ”We had a small but strong turnout for the women's Egan, with 7 determined women tackling the steep slopes in Los Trancos. I was so inspired by the fortitude that all showed as each pushed their limit to earn some PRs and 'podium' finishes for the segments. The time between efforts seemed to fly by as we chatted away. I look forward to leading another women's Egan sometime in July (date TBD).”
Egan 2022.13 Top Performers
Rider of the day was Niky Taylor with 9 PRs (on all segments), a QOM (on Minoca) and a Club QOM (on Horseshoe Bend)! For the men, Ben Hoskins took the overall GC with 8 PRs and a KOM (on Morro Vista). Way to go, Niky and Ben!
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