Northern California - Tuesday Nite Polo Fields

Hey maybe Tuesday can be the regular night for the BF Polo fields rides/Thursday for San Mateo Hills.
would be a nice regular training program to who's ever interested. Chasing down Chris on Tues. and San Mateo gang on thursday...One would gain noticeable improvement in a short amount of time. Polo fields also happen again on Thursday night also.

Dan aka (LanceOldstrong) is coming over from the eastbay Tuesday...anyone else, you can meet at myplace downtown and ride over to the park if you want.

Start at usual time? 7:30 p.m.? I will try to make it one of these weeks.

I just started riding with these guys and they've been starting at 6pm.

I am looking forward to this!

I think I'm going to be able to work out a schedule with my wife's Tues/Thu kickboxing classes.
Her classes don't start till 7:30 so if I drive (sucks I know) up to SF for a 6pm start, I'll be able go for 1:10 or so and still make it back for her to get to class. Worse case, we can put our eldest daughter in charge for 30 minutes until I get back.

I think I'm going to be able to work out a schedule with my wife's Tues/Thu kickboxing classes.
Her classes don't start till 7:30 so if I drive (sucks I know) up to SF for a 6pm start, I'll be able go for 1:10 or so and still make it back for her to get to class. Worse case, we can put our eldest daughter in charge for 30 minutes until I get back.

Henry, I usually start around 5:30 and Greg and a few others get there early too. This week is probably going to rain Thursday.

I am officially psyched for this!

My bike, lights and kit are sitting in my mini-van out in the office parking lot.
I can't wait to turn key and head into The City after work.

Great night at the Polo fields with a huge turnout...a genuine "Area 51" Focus on Crit riding 9 Lap high intensity, lot's of BF riders tonight too. It was a lot of fun being a big Douch'e and sprinting off the front of the pack and being instantly assimilated! : )
Dan really enjoyed his first night ride ever.
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I noticed today, that the sun is going down later :)

I wanna know who spiked Pizzamans' wheaties this morning...........Holy Crap!

I'll be back...

It was great, you guys ripped my legs off. It was fun to ride with intensity. I hadn't done that in a while. Pete's route back to his place through Pacific Heights was sublime. My legs came back, thank you caffeine, and we were jamming up the hills off the saddle and chatting like a couple of girlfriends.

Fun, fun and fun.

Sorry I couldn't stick around longer and didn't get much opportunity to say hi.
I know PizzaMan, knotty, lanceoldstrong, constantrider, taxi77 and bottlerocket were there as well as Hank from Roaring Mouse. Were the other guys BFers too? (Dude in orange vest and a couple of guys on Cervelos.)

It was good to see you again Blast, and Greg your constantrider right? it was some incredible stuff last night. I hadn't rode with that much intensity since the 1970's, so I need to start again, then, maybe I'll be able to go one more lap..lol

I think Justin on the s-works and his buddy are lurkers...Justin also has a Klein just like mine I hear he's a pretty quick climber...Hey justin?

I wanna know who spiked Pizzamans' wheaties this morning...........Holy Crap!

Seems he may have some bionic parts. :lol:

I was the guy who stopped by right as you guys got going, then took off to class. Cool to see a group of blinkies going round the polo fields.

Thanks to everyone who showed up! That was my hardest workout in a long time. We did 4 by 6 mile intervals in under 14:30 each (about 25mph!). The half lap sprints in the middle of the longer intervals are a great race simulation, especially when I have to try and chase you guys down sprinting off the front.

See you guys next time.

This is awesome, I'm planning to start showing up regularly.

Man, I got called out! Hey it's steve (Village Peddler). Is anybody headed out today? It looks like the rain stopped for the rest of the afternoon.

Man, I've been sick as a dog yesterday and today. I can feel the fitness seeping out of me. I'm thinking of pushing it tonight but I don't know if that'll just make things worse (probably would).

Man, I got called out! Hey it's steve (Village Peddler). Is anybody headed out today? It looks like the rain stopped for the rest of the afternoon.

I'm gonna be lame and hit the indoor Cyclops:o

Man, I've been sick as a dog yesterday and today. I can feel the fitness seeping out of me. I'm thinking of pushing it tonight but I don't know if that'll just make things worse (probably would).

Awww, sorry to hear. I've been really sick all week too here in Philly, haven't been up for working out. :(

Man, I got called out! Hey it's steve (Village Peddler). Is anybody headed out today? It looks like the rain stopped for the rest of the afternoon.

I took a pass tonight due to the threat of rain and just did an indoor spin. I plan to be out there next Tuesday night.

are lights required/needed for this ride? (don't know Polo fields very well, I live in Sonoma) it's actually only a 45 minute drive for me to get there so I would love to get some high intensity in.

are lights required/needed for this ride?

Lights both front and back are highly recommended for everyone's safety. The Polo Fields have no kind of lighting. :thumb:

thanks man!

The forecast says no rain until after 8PM, so we are on for tonight.

4 x 6 miles (9 laps) with 2 lap recovery. Going hard (not quite sprinting) over the 2nd half of laps 3, 6, and 9 of each.

I'll be there around 6, hope to see you there!

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i'll be there!

How'd that night ride go guys? I have a bad cold so wasn't able to make it. I even got my new light waiting to try out too.

How'd that night ride go guys? I have a bad cold so wasn't able to make it. I even got my new light waiting to try out too.

We had a great turnout, about 12 of us!

Unfortunately, I wasn't feeling great, a combination of being tired from my races on Sunday and this cold/cough I've been fighting, so I left after the first interval, but it looked like everyone else was staying despite the sprinkles starting to fall.

I hope to feel better and be there tomorrow night (if it's not raining).

My spin class instructor Jackie is interested in joining us, but is kind of hesitant since it's been all guys. I told her to check out this forum, so maybe she'll join one of our rides soon.

It was a good time. It got a little wet towards the end.
Thanks to everyone for letting me join in.

Jim

Wow! 12? that's great. Pretty soon a group will have to wait and take turns or have a 100 foot line, maybe it'll even make the evening news. Sorry about the cold, yep, it's a bummer.

Your spin class instructor joining is interesting, hey isn't there a lot of Roaring Mouse and other gals? maybe a women only group can get going, even a group for old farts like me.. Soon there will be spectators in the stands and a hot dog stand...lol

Wow! 12? that's great. Pretty soon a group will have to wait and take turns or have a 100 foot line, maybe it'll even make the evening news.

Actually I think it would be neat if we had so many people the paceline would go all the way around the track, and be a continuous loop, that way everyone could draft! :lol:
But I estimate we would need about 400 riders to make that heppen.

Actually I think it would be neat if we had so many people the paceline would go all the way around the track, and be a continuous loop, that way everyone could draft! :lol:
But I estimate we would need about 400 riders to make that heppen.

Hey, if that happened, even I wouldn't get dropped. :p

Hey, if that happened, even I wouldn't get dropped. :p

Exactly what I was thinking, they wouldn't know if I was first, last or dropped out. :roflmao2:

I might have stayed longer if I hadn't forgotten lights. All I had were the blinky lights on my helmet and you can't see too well with only those.

It was pretty fun. After we started that second set, the rain started coming down a little harder and then naya(sp?) and I lost count of the laps. I think we added 1 or 2 more. So used to pizzaman leading and managing laps.

I think it might be a similar situation today. It looks like it's scheduled for rain at 8pm today. Same deal as tues?

It was pretty fun. After we started that second set, the rain started coming down a little harder and then naya(sp?) and I lost count of the laps. I think we added 1 or 2 more. So used to pizzaman leading and managing laps.

I think it might be a similar situation today. It looks like it's scheduled for rain at 8pm today. Same deal as tues?


I'm racing both days this weekend, and still hanging on to this cold, so I'm taking tonight off.

Pizza Man, I hope to do a little age group racing later this year. You're finding a lot more races than I am. Where are you looking?

Anyone else going tonight?

To the above poster, check out http://www.ncnca.org/road/.

I'll be there if it's not raining.

Anyone else going tonight?

To the above poster, check out http://www.ncnca.org/road/.

Yeah, check out the road racing schedule. If you wanted to, you could race every single weekend from January 1 through September 20.

And if you have a cyclocross bike, you could race 52 weekends a year!

Anyone else going tonight?

Unfortunately I'm out of town. Next Tuesday might be another short night for me again also.

Great ride last night. Small group of 5. We did 3x9 laps without any rain. Some new guys last night as well. I think this thing is catching on!

Had a blast, will try to make it regularly.

I'm wussing out tonight :(

Yeah, it's probably a bit slick out there.

I won't make it out there either tonight.

Looks like i'll be doing back-to-back spin classes at the YMCA this evening.

I'm staying out of the cold until this sickness clears up.