Originally Posted by
FallsApart
MattM and Hida - do you guys know of any fast weekday rides around here? I've got a few groups of triathletes that I ride with for longer rides, but I haven't been able to find the you-will-get-dropped rides. Is it just the local teams?
Cascade holds some 'spirited' group rides on weekdays, but they (the group as a whole, not the ride) are a little to geriatric for my tastes.. still I'm sure they have some snappy rides, they're just too uptight for me. (jordan said he got yelled at or something for going OTF on a 'fast' weekend ride!)
Fwiw I never did the 'fast group ride' thing as prep for racing - and the best fast group around here I know of is the one at Seward Park on Thursdays, e.g. the training race. Besides that I train solo.
Although in the pre/early season there's the "Rocket Ride" - a few ex-pros (Herriot, etc) and big cat 1's do some kind of painful truly hard ride, that will most likely drop you. I want to try that one next year for sure. (Jan-Feb I think)