Originally Posted by CommuteCommando

7 mi by cage at 0:dark30 to the home side station, 55 mi by train (SoCal Metrolink) then five miles from Tustin Station to work in the AM, and 9 1/2 mi to Irvine Station, or 19 mi to Laguna Nigel Station, or 24 miles to San Juan Capistrano, or thirty to San Clemente after work.

If I take a route that passes all of those stations it is less than 1k ft climbing. A route that I usually take to San Clemente bypases Laguna and Capistrano, and is a little hillier, but more MUP, (fewer traffic signals) so faster.

http://www.strava.com/activities/89793142