This weekend in Prospect Park?

Subject: Re: This weekend in Prospect Park?

kosherdave wrote: A friend mentioned a century bike ride in PPark this weekend. Anyone know anything about it? I thought he said citycoach or some group was organizing something, but I can't find out any details...

If anyone knows, please tell me. I think it might have been saturday evening century followed by beers or something.

KD:

PM me or send me an e-mail if you still have my address. I'll fill you in.

daver wrote: http://www.brooklynian.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=437922#437922

Wait a second, you guys are riding a century at midnight? I'm confused.

filmlover44 wrote: [quote=daver]http://www.brooklynian.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=437922#437922

Wait a second, you guys are riding a century at midnight? I'm confused.
The century starts at 7pm on the 21st, I believe. And has nothing to do with Brooklynian. Perhaps someone with the info about the century would like to post up.[/quote

It's my humble little event. The annual No Sleep 'til Brooklyn Century. 30 laps of Prospect Park. It's mostly just some of the athletes that I coach and me, but if you're interested in joining us for the whole thing, shoot me a PM. More info is at http://citycoach.typepad.com/weblog/2008/05/no-sleep-til-br.html

I am really tempted to go. Can anyone show up?

Duffy'sSis wrote: I am really tempted to go. Can anyone show up?

Much to my chagrin, I don't own the park yet, so I couldn't stop anyone even if I wanted to. All joking aside, it has generally been a pseudo-closed event in the past, but if you care to join us and are comfortable riding in a pack, then come on out. As stated in the blog post, we try hard to stick to our "in for a dime, in for a dollar" policy, but it's a pretty fun crew. We're just shooting for steady 11 minute laps so that we get out in time. (Plus a couple of us have to be at work at 7 the next mornings, so there's no time to dilly dally). Make sure to have lights on front and back. If you hit me up on facebook, I can send you an invite and all the details about food and anything else. Search for the "city coach" group or just shoot me a PM.

kosherdave wrote: [quote=Whatchuwant]30 laps?!?! :shock:

What, you do that in like, an hour, right?

Ha, I WISH I could go that fast, not even Armstrong could do that. It's going to take several hours, and yeah, while not a brooklyian event, I'm going to do it, and I'm a "brooklynian." :-) so it's no more or less one of our events than is seeing Dylan in the park this summer :-)

+1. There are actually a few semi-regular Brooklynian posters riding. And no - we're not gonna do it in an hour. More like 5.5. The scary part is that while we don't cancel because of rain - we rode last year through pouring rain and thunder/lightning - the opera will postpone until tomorrow if it rains tonight. If that's the case, we're screwed.

I posted a brief post-ride report at http://citycoach.typepad.com/weblog/2008/06/nstb100-prelimi.html

Overall, it was a great ride - safe, not-too-fast, not-too-slow, beautiful weather, etc. Lotsa fun. Start training now for next year. See you June 21, 2009.