Back to School Century 160k
162km/6200ft RUSA Populaire
| Start time | Saturday April 25, 2026 7:00 am |
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| Time limit | 10 hours 48 minutes |
| Ride ends | Saturday April 25, 2026 5:48 pm |
| Start location | Urban Plates 8707 Villa La Jolla Dr La Jolla, CA 92037 |
| Nearest parking | Parking available at start location. |
| Map | rwgps |
| Organizers | Osvaldo Colavin |
| Registration info | RUSA memberhip is required to ride this brevet. Ride fee is $0. Online registration is open until Thursday April 23, 2026 6:00 pm. |
| Register | To cancel a registration, email the ride organizer. |
| Registered riders | There are no registered riders. |
This century is a tour of the 6 “universities”, both public and private, in San Diego County. Starting in the La Jolla Village Square shopping center parking lot, you’ll make your way south to through some urban jungle to stop by Copley Library in University of San Diego and then to Point Loma to Meiras Hall in Point Loma Nazarene University, a scenic campus overlooking the Pacific Ocean.
Leaving the Ocean behind, you’ll make your way inland through Mission Valley to reach San Diego State University. In the late 80s the school was ranked by Playboy Magazine as Number 3 party school and perhaps the oldest of 6 schools.
You’ll ride up the I-15 corridor to reach Alliant University hidden in the eucalyptus trees of Scripps Ranch. You’ll continue your trek north through various bedroom communities before reaching CSU San Marcos on Twin Oaks Valley Rd.
Passing by Lake San Marcos, you’ll pedal back to the coast and proceed southward to reach UC San Diego, the last campus on this tour. You’ll ride by the school’s iconic building, the Geisel Library, named after Dr Seuss, the renowned author for his memorable stories set to whimsical rhymes.
Please read our accepted proof of passage.