Training Rides for Bike to the Beach 2025

xMinds Bike to the Beach 2025: Training Rides

Interested in joining the xMinds bike group for a beautiful bike ride on a weekend morning? Everyone is welcome!

We hope you will decide to join Team xMinds for our Bike to the Beach Fundraiser on Friday, June 20, but feel free to join us for these training rides even if you can't!

For more information or to show your support click here.

Contact:  Please email our Team Captain Patrick Quigley to tell him you'll be joining us. He will contact you with more details and updates.

Schedule and locations of practice rides:  

Sunday, April 6 @ 9:00am

Ken-Gar Palisades Park, total distance 20 miles

Starting point: 4140 Wexford Dr, Kensington, MD 20895

Strava Route

Saturday, April 19 @ 9:00am

Shirlington to Vienna & back on W&OD Trail, total distance 24 miles

Starting point: W&OD Trailhead, Shirlington Rd. & S. Four Mile Run Dr., Arlington, VA 22206

Strava Route

Sunday, May 4 @ 8:00am

Mt. Vernon to National Harbor & back, total distance 30 miles

Starting point: Chalkboard Wings & BBQ, 8723 Cooper Rd, Alexandria, VA 22309

Strava Route

Sunday, May 18 @ 9:00am

Gravelly Point through Arlington to Bethesda Metro & back to Downtown DC on Mt. Vernon Trail, W&OD Trail, Custis Trail, and Capital Crescent Trail, total distance 35 miles

Starting point: Gravelly Point, Arlington, VA 22202 – just North of Reagan National Airport on GW Parkway

Sunday, June 1 @ 9:00am

Shirlington to Herdon & back on W&OD Trail, total distance 40 miles

Starting point: W&OD Trailhead, Shirlington Rd. & S. Four Mile Run Dr., Arlington, VA 22206

Strava Route

Sunday, June 15 @ 9:00am

Hains Point/East Potomac Park (taper ride), total distance 21 miles

Starting point: Hains Point/East Potomac Park, Southernmost Parking Lot, Ohio Dr SW, Washington, DC 20024

Strava Route

Ride day is Friday, June 20th!