I've primarily used the area with the ball fields...there is some single track...a some short run ups. Using the boat launch area will involve crossing the road. Not sure this is a good idea. Perhaps sometime next week, we can hook up and put something together.
Yes Haines Park is were the Porta-potty used to be (someone burned it down)..the area in question is just across the road were the park continues on the left (heading east on the path). The park is mostly flat. There are some off camber stuff, some single track, open fields.
Joe B
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Wednesday, August 01, 2007 9:03 AM
Subject: Re: [providencevelo] Cyclocross is coming
i'm thinking combining the area by the porta-potty (there is a slight hill up from the boat launch that could be a run up with a barrier re-mount maybe... and then mix that in with the "woods" just south of the road off on the left - there are other users and stuff - and some kids have set up BMX kinda jumps back there... possible to work in the ball field areas even...
My house is right there - might be closer than Joe's (for barrier logistics)...
And hey - at least until Mark's back on the bike we know we have a videographer!
I'm thinking wed because that is the best day of the week to do a hard cross specific workout when racing cross on the weekends... tues or thurs would work for lower intensity, but ideally for muscle recovery from the races and reducing fatigue going into them (cause most of us are getting old - those things are important after you turn 30)....
The lack of serious hills makes it less than ideal for run up practice... but, the secret to being fast is the remounts and dismounts and ya can't practice them enough! Goal = to be as fluid as Sven and company (hell i'd settle to be as fluid as Curtis)... but then there isn't that much difference between Curtis and Sven ;)
On 8/1/07, Curtis Boivin <synesthetic@hotmail.com> wrote:
I'm into it. I've been dreaming about riding around Chase farm again. I
havent ridden in Haines park. Wednesday can work for me. I'll try to scope
out the course. Is it that area off the bike path just past the town line
where a porta potty sits next to the path? Is it flat there?
-Curtis
>From: "joseph barroso" <barrocycles@verizon.net>
>Reply-To: providencevelo@yahoogroups.com
>To: <providencevelo@yahoogroups.com>
>Subject: Re: [providencevelo] Cyclocross is coming
>Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2007 18:02:15 -0400
>
>Funny you mention this...Mike and I were just discussing this the other
>day....I had a couple of "barriers" stashed in the woods over in Hanies
>Park...not sure if they are there still, but with enough interest we can
>make some barriers and store them over on my property. Perhaps Curtis can
>give us a mini clinic??? Please...Please...
>
>Wed may be tough..but lets see what you all think first...we just have to
>be carefull not to upset the others using the park at the same time.
>
>My 2 cents
>
>Joe B
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: GeWilli
> To: Providence Velo
> Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2007 4:04 PM
> Subject: [providencevelo] Cyclocross is coming
>
>
> Yeah... you know it...
>
> the best cycling discipline out there...
>
> So, here's the thought:
>
> Regular CX practice. Can we find/setup a routine course/location w/in
>close riding distance that we can do a local weekly throw down... laps of
>just social on and off the bike followed by a couple high intensity laps?
>
> Haines park has some pre-made barriers that are up that i've kinda
>lately eyeballed as built in barriers. But making some of the
>"BostonCross" PVC barriers http://www.bostoncross.com/portahurdle2.pdf
>certainly aren't out of the possibility.
>
> It might be august but it is time to start doing the drills and all
>that.
>
> The nice thing about the Haines park location is there are a few
>sections of single track in addition to the parking lot barriers and it
>isn't terribly crowded, not too hard to get to from the city (south on the
>bike path for about 4-5 miles - perfect warm up)...
>
> Thoughts? Suggestions?
>
> I'd would be best to do mid-week, like a Wed, so it can be at the
>highest intensity during the season without impacting the legs for the
>races...
>
> Wed night CX training series? Totally not publicized... but not
>exclusive...
>
> Whadda Yall say????
>
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