Ride Meeting Points
Prostate Cancer Awareness Rider Club

Beginning with 2007, the PCaAP has created a rider club program to raise awareness about prostate cancer prevention and to improve fitness and recurrence prevention through cycling.

Three initial rides are in place. Look for a rider wearing the white Prostate Cancer Awareness Project jersey.

Ride #1 Location: The Strand. Ride description: A 20 mile, easy paced ride along the beach. Start point: The pier in Manhattan Beach. Time: 8 a.m. Saturday mornings.

Ride #2 Location: ADT Center velodrome. Ride description: A 30 - 90 minute workout in the indoor velodrome. Start point: The ADT velodrome at the Home Depot Center in Carson, California. Time: 6 p.m. Wednesday evenings, unless the velodrome is closed for an event. Note: An easy track qualification program is required. Contact Robert.Hess@ProstateCancerAwarenessProject.org for additional information, or sign up through www.LAVelodrome.org.

Member Developed Rides
Club participants are encouraged to create additional events and submit them for posting to the website. We would like to add mountain bike, cyclocross and easy cruiser routes to the program.

Annual Mileage, Vertical Climb and Long Distance Programs
Consistent exercise is a fundamental building block of fitness and cancer prevention. The PCaAP's annual mileage program was created both as an incentive to keep riding and as a means of measuring fitness improvement.

The program is simple and self-managed. Just ride your bike and keep track of your mileage. Submit your data to us and we will post it to the member mileage chart that will be coming soon. [In the near future we hope to implement a feature that allows members to update their information directly to the website].

Mileage Award Program
Annual mileage categories are as follows: 250, 500, 1,000, 1,500, 2,000, 2,500, 3,000, 3,500, 4000, 4500, and 5,000 miles. If members go beyond this - and I'm sure many of you will, we will create new categories.

King of the Mountains
For those of you who are climbers, we have the annual vertical climb categories: 2,500, 5,000, 10,000, 25000, 50,000, 75,000, 100,000, 125,000, 150,000, 175,000, 200,000, 225,000, and 250,000 vertical feet. The member with the most vertical vertical feet of climb will be crowned the PCPP King of the Mountains.

Long Distance (Brevet)
If you enjoy riding centuries or ultra-distance events, this category is for you. Just track your longest continuous 24 hour distance, and vie for the "One Day King" designation.

Ready to join with us in helping to prevent prostate cancer?
Click here to learn how to make a donation to the Prostate Cancer Awareness Project and join with us to help carry the " message.