Outdoor training on flat terrain?

Patricke, you can use Google to locate these specifics… one ride is on the top of the levee on the Mississippi River. It runs from Audubon Park to the Spillway. I park in the parking lot across from Jefferson Playground on River Road and walk the bike up to the top of the levee and take off from there. From that starting point you’d take off headed to the ‘right’ on the levee and that’ll take you to the Spillway. The bike path ends there. Round trip is ~42 miles. If you make the entire route (including the portion that goes to the ‘left’ to Audubon park, it’s ~50 miles. Its flat, blacktop, smooth winding road and no motorized vehicles… perfect. The other is on the ride along the lake (Lake Pontchartrain) on the Jefferson Parish side of the lake. You can start at the Coast Guard station at the intersection of Lake Avenue and Old Hammond Highway. If you ride that out as far as you can and back, it’s ~25 miles total. Again this is smooth, flat, no motorized vehicles, a little windy… perfect. Last but not least. Go across the Causeway heading North and go to the Tammany Trace. You can Google this and find a couple of places to start. There are several spots where automobiles cross the path so it’s not quite as perfect as the other 2 rides but very scenic, blacktop, glass top smooth, no motorized vehicles on the Trace itself… the bike ride is about 40 miles round trip.