UPDATED Pilarcitos BASP in Golden Gate Park Sunday
Addendum to previous PR (Below)
We've got 3 items for news today
#1 - Dust in the Park - that was so 2005 - we confidently predict that there will be no airborne dust particles found this sunday at Round 4 of the Bay Area Super Prestige CycloCross series, presented by Accelerade - the park should be in magnificent condition! When we're setting the course tomorrow we'll be looking for the most challenging new spots as well as returning to our old favorites but if you love dust you're gonna be sorely disappointed - there's not a speck left after this week.
#2 - Parking in the Park. For early arrivals there is space for approx. 100 vehicles near the entrance to the Polo Grounds and bathrooms (and we've augmented the Park facilities with Porta-potties) plus 2 other nearby roads have good on-street spaces - see the attached link for them:
http://www.parks.sfgov.org/site/recpark_page.asp?id=25945
Martin Luther King Drive is just outside the Polo Grounds and while some portions are pretty narrow and allow parking on just 1 side, a short walk gets you plenty more good space. Also consider the eastern entrance to "West Middle Drive" - that's the road that is our Start/Finish line and there are another 100 spots in that section -
you enter from the "Transverse" direction. We'll have 3 Park Rangers on duty for the day and 1 of them will be handling parking situations - please give them your utmost cooperation.
#3 - Team tents and drop-off location. This isn't 2005 UCI event - we've got a great space reserved for Team Tents that's directly behind the Accelerade Start Zone. We've got a drop-off location next to it at the intersection of Metson and West Middle Drive and that's only 50 yards from the Start Zone. No charge, no fee, just drop off
your gear and find a legal spot for your car and set up those trainers.
See you sunday,
Tom & Alec - Pilarcitos Cyclesports
Millions and Millions of Roaring Mice (what do you think - do Mice
like Goat cheese?)
PREVIOUS PR:
Pilarcitos CycleSports
We've been following Dave Carr's weather suggestion and have been keeping our eyes on NOAA - and they say a little moisture maybe tonight/tomorrow but the weekend looks dry - until sunday night when we're cleaning up after Round 4 of the BASPCS - presented by Accelerade.
Here's Dave's link for weather - you could look it up!
This year's Golden Gate Park course will return to more of the 2004 version that took place on Middle Drive West and the forest behind Metson Lake. We're scratching the Polo Field track and opening forest section from last year's USGP to avoid impact on 1 segment and hopefully be able to use that section in the future if/when we resume UCI events. We're meeting tomorrow morning with Groundskeeper head honcho, Park Ranger and Park/Rec staff to confirm our available territory and think we're going to be able to achieve a 6 minute lap. Sorry, mud puppies but there won't be any mud, GG Park drains very well and if we've got some special sections, they'll be sandy. But hey! we've always got planks and do plan for 1 "Hop-able" barricade, complete with plenty of approach. If you're good enough to hop you've earned the advantage.
For those riders who have raced all of the first 3 events - we've got your "Accelerade Perfect Attendance" awards arriving soon. From season standings at
http://www.pilarcitos.com/results/CrossResults/2006/BASPS2006_GC.html over 165 riders are eligible for that commemorative prize if they complete GG Park and season-ending CCCP rounds. You'll love 'em.
Cat "A" Men's prize pot is currently at $1,230 after the first 3 events and if we get 2 more fields around 40 riders they could hit the $2,000 mark and that will mean $400 to the winner of the series. Check here for details.
Women's Cat "A" prize pot is just under $400 with 2 more events to grow and your prize distribution is on the same web page.
And for those interested in the Biggest Race of the year, Northwest Airlines has a flight leaving SFO for Amsterdam on thursday, January 25th at 3:20 pm. It arrives on friday morning at Schipol, you rent a car, then drive towards Hooglede and walk the Worlds course. Northwest price, round trip, is $675.00, figure $300 for hotels, $200 for a car, $200 for food (fud) and you leave monday morning from Schipol and get to SFO monday afternoon, ready to go back to work tuesday. World's Weekend! and properly Belgian-ized.
Of course, that doesn't include the gazillions of Euros you'll spend on souvenirs - more coffee cups, pencils, t-shirts and backpacks with Worlds logos - gotta have 'em! But is makes a special weekend for 'cross aficianadoes - put that on your Xmas list. They're nearly as good as Bay Area Super Prestige goodies - and we've just added Sheila Moon wool caps and beanies!
See you in the Park
Tom & Alec - Pilarcitos Cyclesports
Thousands of Mice, Roaring Mice, that is
We've got 3 items for news today
#1 - Dust in the Park - that was so 2005 - we confidently predict that there will be no airborne dust particles found this sunday at Round 4 of the Bay Area Super Prestige CycloCross series, presented by Accelerade - the park should be in magnificent condition! When we're setting the course tomorrow we'll be looking for the most challenging new spots as well as returning to our old favorites but if you love dust you're gonna be sorely disappointed - there's not a speck left after this week.
#2 - Parking in the Park. For early arrivals there is space for approx. 100 vehicles near the entrance to the Polo Grounds and bathrooms (and we've augmented the Park facilities with Porta-potties) plus 2 other nearby roads have good on-street spaces - see the attached link for them:
http://www.parks.sfgov.org/site/recpark_page.asp?id=25945
Martin Luther King Drive is just outside the Polo Grounds and while some portions are pretty narrow and allow parking on just 1 side, a short walk gets you plenty more good space. Also consider the eastern entrance to "West Middle Drive" - that's the road that is our Start/Finish line and there are another 100 spots in that section -
you enter from the "Transverse" direction. We'll have 3 Park Rangers on duty for the day and 1 of them will be handling parking situations - please give them your utmost cooperation.
#3 - Team tents and drop-off location. This isn't 2005 UCI event - we've got a great space reserved for Team Tents that's directly behind the Accelerade Start Zone. We've got a drop-off location next to it at the intersection of Metson and West Middle Drive and that's only 50 yards from the Start Zone. No charge, no fee, just drop off
your gear and find a legal spot for your car and set up those trainers.
See you sunday,
Tom & Alec - Pilarcitos Cyclesports
Millions and Millions of Roaring Mice (what do you think - do Mice
like Goat cheese?)
PREVIOUS PR:
Pilarcitos CycleSports
732 Fairfield Road
Burlingame, CA 94010
info@pilarcitos.com
(650) 302-6310
We've been following Dave Carr's weather suggestion and have been keeping our eyes on NOAA - and they say a little moisture maybe tonight/tomorrow but the weekend looks dry - until sunday night when we're cleaning up after Round 4 of the BASPCS - presented by Accelerade.
Here's Dave's link for weather - you could look it up!
This year's Golden Gate Park course will return to more of the 2004 version that took place on Middle Drive West and the forest behind Metson Lake. We're scratching the Polo Field track and opening forest section from last year's USGP to avoid impact on 1 segment and hopefully be able to use that section in the future if/when we resume UCI events. We're meeting tomorrow morning with Groundskeeper head honcho, Park Ranger and Park/Rec staff to confirm our available territory and think we're going to be able to achieve a 6 minute lap. Sorry, mud puppies but there won't be any mud, GG Park drains very well and if we've got some special sections, they'll be sandy. But hey! we've always got planks and do plan for 1 "Hop-able" barricade, complete with plenty of approach. If you're good enough to hop you've earned the advantage.
For those riders who have raced all of the first 3 events - we've got your "Accelerade Perfect Attendance" awards arriving soon. From season standings at
http://www.pilarcitos.com/results/CrossResults/2006/BASPS2006_GC.html over 165 riders are eligible for that commemorative prize if they complete GG Park and season-ending CCCP rounds. You'll love 'em.
Cat "A" Men's prize pot is currently at $1,230 after the first 3 events and if we get 2 more fields around 40 riders they could hit the $2,000 mark and that will mean $400 to the winner of the series. Check here for details.
Women's Cat "A" prize pot is just under $400 with 2 more events to grow and your prize distribution is on the same web page.
And for those interested in the Biggest Race of the year, Northwest Airlines has a flight leaving SFO for Amsterdam on thursday, January 25th at 3:20 pm. It arrives on friday morning at Schipol, you rent a car, then drive towards Hooglede and walk the Worlds course. Northwest price, round trip, is $675.00, figure $300 for hotels, $200 for a car, $200 for food (fud) and you leave monday morning from Schipol and get to SFO monday afternoon, ready to go back to work tuesday. World's Weekend! and properly Belgian-ized.
Of course, that doesn't include the gazillions of Euros you'll spend on souvenirs - more coffee cups, pencils, t-shirts and backpacks with Worlds logos - gotta have 'em! But is makes a special weekend for 'cross aficianadoes - put that on your Xmas list. They're nearly as good as Bay Area Super Prestige goodies - and we've just added Sheila Moon wool caps and beanies!
See you in the Park
Tom & Alec - Pilarcitos Cyclesports
Thousands of Mice, Roaring Mice, that is
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