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Fitness

April 6, 2011

Footloose and Car-Free

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CicLAvia brings 7.5 miles of car-free fun to Los Angeles Photo: Gary Leonard

Put on your funday shoes and go dance (or bike or stroll) in the streets.

This Sunday, April 10, CicLAvia returns to LA, freeing 7.5 miles of big city streets from traffic—so you can bike, walk, or play across town without a single car in your way. (Check out the map here.)

CicLAvia's biggest attraction is biking: both the leisurely kind that lets you slow down to chat up a hottie on a fold-up bike and the speed-demon kind that shows off your calves. You’ll burn about 300 calories during the 20- to 60-minute ride from The Bicycle Kitchen on Heliotrope to Hollenbeck Park—unless, of course, you stop to cool off by grabbing an ice cream with a new friend. (Try this spot.)

Haven't biked since the '90s? Fear not: CicLAvia is a free-form, all-day event, and it's not competitive. Says Joe Linton, one of the CicLAvia organizers, “You can start anywhere!”

For non-cyclists, CicLAvia will also play host to yoga classes, dodgeball games, and many more side activities. Check out the events page for the latest details—then hit the street, car fume-free.

That'll make everybody cut soot-loose.

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CicLAvia, April 10, 10AM to 3PM, MAP