last cross practice this wednesday

[John Adamik]

Hi folks, 

Another great weekend of racing in Maine, excellent job to those who raced. It certainly was a slaggy mess, but that is cross. We have Orchard Cross this sunday, which will be very soggy no doubt.

The last ECV Cyclocross Practice of 2011 will be held on Wednesday 26 October at 5:00pm at Bradley Palmer State Park. The forecast looks wet and adding to the wet conditions from last week, I may just bag it. The early darkness doesn't help, but I will do my best to make it happen. Hope you can still make it.

We will have practice each Wednesday through the end of October, with some
exceptions due to conflicts with Danvers and Masco's x-country meets.  

The dates are as follows:  Sept: 7, 15, 21, 28

                                     Oct:  5, 13, 20, 26

I will post a reminder each week and any cancellations due to bad weather,
etc.  I'll being setting the course up a bit early so if anyone would like
to join in on the fun swing on by.

If you are new to the cross list or have never been to this practice, 
please READ THIS ENTIRE EMAIL. 

You can either park at Cutler School and ride down (it's only about a 
5 minute ride) or park at the Bradley Palmer lot directly across from 
the Pingree School. There is also a parking lot off the Asbury Street
entrance to BP and bike to the practice area. The course is centered near
the kid's fountain area, off the paved road as you enter from the Pingree
side gate.

Directions to Bradley Palmer: 
<http://www.mass.gov/dcr/parks/northeast/brad.htm>
http://www.mass.gov/dcr/parks/northeast/brad.htm 


Get Directions to Cutler School:

237 Asbury Street, South Hamilton, MA 01982-1839


If you're new to cross and need some pointers, please arrive at the 
park promptly at 5:30pm and we'll give you a cross 101 primer. 



*** Note - In the past (before my time), there have been car break-ins at
Bradley 
Palmer and other North Shore parks. Some of us park at Cutler School 10 or
15 minutes prior to practice and then pedal down to the park. I would recommend 
this. 

For those who are new to these practices, I purposely do not over 
publicize these because we try to keep the numbers of those attending 
low. There are other users in the park and we cannot get in the way. 
All it takes is one or two upset pedestrians to keep us out of the 
park. 


You're very welcome to attend, but please keep it hush hush. Don't 
invite 10 of your friends. 

My having people join this email list is a way for me to keep some 
control over 
the numbers of those who attend.  If you would like to be part of this group
and receive emails from the group pertaining to cross practice then create a
membership at the following:

http://groups.google.com/group/ecvcycling?hl=en



To reiterate: the ECV cross practice is not a race! If you are riding 
and see pedestrians or horse riders nearby, show courtesy! Slow down, maybe
even stop, say hello. 









John Adamik | Secretary |  <mailto:pa...@ecvcycling.org> j.ad...@comcast.net
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PO Box 5534 Beverly Farms, MA 01915




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