X Practice on Wednesday
John Adamik
Hi folks,
Wow, what a weekend in Gloucester, sorry I missed it but from what I heard, it sounded just great. Excellent job to all of those who raced and of course a big thank you to those who volunteered and kept everything running smoothly. We have another weekend of cross nearby and I hope most of you folks are heading to Providence for more fantastic cross racing. We also have an opportunity this Wednesday for some fun cross, Night Weasels, which I hope people can attend. Racing under the lights adds a bit more to the challenge, all good fun. This however, is in conflict with Wednesday’s practice, and I am looking for someone to take over cross practice since I will be heading to Night Weasels. Please let me know if you are interested.
The fifth ECV Cyclocross Practice of 2011 will be held on Wednesday, 5 October at 5:30pm at Bradley Palmer State Park. 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
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.
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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 | j.ad...@comcast.net
Essex
County Velo, LLC
PO Box 5534 Beverly Farms, MA 01915
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