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Legstrong, To all,
We all know how important is it to learn other skills other than building stamina on long weekend rides or hill climbs. Naturally, that includes the friendship we all don’t want to miss out on! But in order for everyone to benefit from these sprint intervals, you have to be consistent practicing it and has to be repetitive for months and years even if it’s perfected. Over time, it will be learned how to naturally react to sprint situations without focusing too much on it, second nature in other words. Other than the many uses in racing defensively or offensively, this skill can be used from catching up to a rider or a group just ahead of you or if the rider in front of you bailed out from the line and you desperately need that draft from the peloton. In addition, you can learn to be more comfortable to be on an off-the-saddle position on flats at faster cadence when needed. There are also other benefits with respect to our weekly ride schedules and the types of rides we do. Instead of the planned Sunday morning training ride, at the same time, we also have many members climbing GMR. So in a way, it divides the group which is not favorable.
I think we now have diversified really well in terms of the types of rides we do ((ADOBO Velo scheduled rides and non-ADOBO Velo rides): No ride scheduled Mondays.
Tuesday is a 1-hour Criterium ride mixed with non-ADOBO Velo riders and originally started by Pinoy cyclists many years ago. Everyone is still welcome to gain from this ride. Tuesday is a 1-hour Criterium ride where I was planning to have Group “B” but it didn’t seem to be well received. The pace of this ride together with other non-club members is somewhat uncomfortable to others where slower riders continue on with other riders who had also bailed out or dropped from the pack. This is still beneficial but this crit ride created few slower groups or the rider basically stops riding for the night. Because of that, I thought of forming or gathering that as Group “B” and also riding with them. This can create safety by lessening the obstacles (traffic) for everyone on the road especially that this is an evening ride. Its dark, no one or only a few uses headlights and tailights. But as weeks of noticing this, everyone who shows up for this ride has an expectation of riding in the group as long as they can. It is a good plan and I will never influence them and change their intent. In fact, everyone “has” to experience this difficult moment of their ride. This is also a good way to measure of where you are compared to the other riders and in a competitive criterium group. This night emphasizes on speed training. We can disregard having Group “B” for this ride.Wednesday night training ride: Some of us had done Deo’s Sunday mornings before, calisthenics or exercises were done before riding but the turnout is not the same compared to the 2 Wednesdays we had. There’s definitely more people showing up and a purely a new ADOBO Velo ride. Since I can’t show up at 7pm, I usually witness the last part where some are warming down or had changed clothes already. I just hope we can also endure the winter nights as it gets cold for a few months. But anyway, this training ride was well received and is added to our weekly schedule. For those who don’t know this place, you can find the details at the “Official Rides”. The details of the Tuesday night crit ride is updated to reflect our new training night ride and is also a good reference to find the location and to get familiarize with the place. This night emphasizes on sprint training and easy spinning. This will be a “Group B” pace and sprints.
July 30 Update for Wednesday night training ride: Please make it an effort to arrive and be ready before 7pm.Meet at the starting line at 7pm and Deo will give instructions before the ride starts. Efforts will vary every week. I suggest the most knowledgeable member to start the efforts so the others can visualize them before their turn comes. The double paceline is at Group B pace. The last 5 laps will be at a faster pace and will end as a competitive sprint up to the finish line. We expect to finish a little after 8pm. Food time and other items that needs to be discussed will follow. It was decided to be a quick and easy potluck but it must be known who will be bringing food on the next Wednesday nights. Please post in our Yahoo Group Forum if you plan to bring food. Thanks. August 29, 2009 Update for Wednesday night training ride: If Deo is late, warm-ups will start at exactly 7pm and will end after 20 minutes. Start at the starting line again as intervals will follow. Training will end with fast laps when the light turns on. Thursday is "non-ADOBO Velo" an all-out 1-hour Criterium ride. Cyclists of all levels from all over Los Angeles anf from different cycling clubs and racing teams shows up here so this means this is a fast ride with breakaways always happening. Consider this as a race! Since there’s only a handful of Pinoy cyclists showing up and somewhat avoided by most of us including me, I think the Tuesday and Wednesday nights will not affect the strength to those who shows up for this ride, so I think it’s a wash in reference to our new Wednesday Training Night. This night emphasizes on your competitive edge, pure speed that is. This will be “Beyond Group A” Category but this also forms a Group "A" and some Group "B" paces. If you become comfortable with our Tuesday night crit and had built confidence for this ride or possibly looking for more challenge, I encourage you to experience this higher level of crit racing. No ride scheduled on Fridays. Saturday – Liberty Park. We really need to constantly organize this ride with Groups “A”, and “B”, and sweepers. The river bed trail is definitely a neutral zone, Group “B” pace. You all know what I mean by now. Sunday – Duarte Chapter, Glendora Mountain Roads. Hills... after hills... after hills! This is our mountain goat's domain! You all know what this ride is all about by now and we can’t have another scheduled ride together with this and other scheduled rides. So, that’s an overview of our weekly schedule not including century rides and races. Granted that everyone is not expected to be at all these rides considering the most important things in our lives, but I am encouraging you to be at rides where you enjoy the most, but also where you need to improve, and especially when it’s permissible. It is also accepted that there are other smaller non-scheduled rides and routes that you are into, a.k.a. secret training. If possible, please continue to invite others to ride with you. Wednesday nights is a very good creation by Legstrong that it frees up the Sunday GMR hills ride if we pursue this skills training ride to be on the same day and time. This separates but also adds building skills to our forte, and especially it is such a good turnout! In fact, it’s about the same-sized group as the Tuesday nights with other non-ADOBO Velo members which I was not expecting at all. Only that we are all parked in one area! Thanks Legstrong! Thank you Deo for sharing you knowledge and forcing us to do sprint intervals. I heard its pancit next Wednesday! But who’s bringing it! What's the possibility of having food every time? William, I think you deserve to be as POC for this ride. Please keep close tabs with Deo for this ride. If you’re new to the club and/or need more information about each of the rides mentioned, please visit the “Weekly Rides” found in the Navigation Box on the left.
Lastly, please have our first-aid kits available on all rides.
Sincerely,
Arden Arindaeng
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Weekly Scheduled Ridesposted Jul 24, 2009 12:39 PM by ADOBO Velo Cycling Club [ updated Sep 5, 2009 9:18 AM ] |