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HGT Eastway Cyclocross Training Session

Post by BruceMackie » Fri Jul 17, 2015 12:21 am

Starting next Wednesday evening is a weekly cyclocross training session on Hackney Marshes. It's going to be run by Mark Burden, who will be known to some you.

The problem we've had with doing these Wednesday sessions before is that they require someone to lead them, when everyone wants to do the training. As a consequence the sessions tend to lack focus and be a bit unproductive.

We thought the answer to this was to ensure someone gets paid to do it and thus turns up every week with an evil plan in hand and dishes out some proper pain. With this in mind HGT are guaranteeing Mark gets paid every week, even if no one turns up. What we hope is that it gains traction, like the Sutton training sessions, and becomes self funding. Generally content will be similar to the Sutton sessions too so you'll be guaranteed a good work out and some skills sharpening. Novice riders will be welcome as will U14 category (and older) youth riders.

To take part you'll need some form of off road bike, MTB is fine

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Starting Wednesday, July 22at 7:00pm

Hackney Marsh, East Marsh, Eton Manor Walk, E10 5SH

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Re: HGT Eastway Cyclocross Training Session

Post by Jane Dennyson » Wed Aug 19, 2015 8:47 am

Hi Bruce, Any idea if these sessions are still running?
I'm keen to go along this eve. Thx, Jane

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Re: HGT Eastway Cyclocross Training Session

Post by Chris Clague » Wed Aug 19, 2015 11:30 am

Yep. I'm going tonight, as is Kev C and many others not of this parish.

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Re: HGT Eastway Cyclocross Training Session

Post by Chris Clague » Wed Aug 19, 2015 11:40 am

... oh and apparently you need to bring deet or similar to fight the midges

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Re: HGT Eastway Cyclocross Training Session

Post by Jane Dennyson » Wed Aug 19, 2015 1:27 pm

Okay cool (apart from the midges).
Have you been before - are they really for almost novices like me?

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Re: HGT Eastway Cyclocross Training Session

Post by Chris Clague » Wed Aug 19, 2015 2:04 pm

First time for me.

Still trying to sort the novice coaching but have lost radio contact.

Claims it's for all so let's find out eh?

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Re: HGT Eastway Cyclocross Training Session

Post by Jane Dennyson » Wed Aug 19, 2015 3:11 pm

Yeah, see you there

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Re: HGT Eastway Cyclocross Training Session

Post by BruceMackie » Thu Sep 10, 2015 8:56 am

The sessions on Hackney Marsh continue to grow with 30 riders turning up last night. Usual mix of first technical and then fitness seemed to work well and I certainly knew I'd had a bit of a work out. Still room for more if anyone fancies coming along.

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Re: HGT Eastway Cyclocross Training Session

Post by PatHayes » Sun Sep 13, 2015 8:21 pm

Bruce is there a session this week and what time ? Also are youth girls allowed

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Re: HGT Eastway Cyclocross Training Session

Post by Chris Clague » Sun Sep 13, 2015 8:51 pm

Wednesday 6:45. Connie would be far from the youngest.

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Re: HGT Eastway Cyclocross Training Session

Post by BruceMackie » Mon Sep 14, 2015 6:05 pm

There are plenty of youth riders, we said 14+ on the flyer to ensure no one turned unable to ride a bike as there's no slack in the coaching for that. I think some are U12 but know one end of a cross bike from the other. Obviously Connie knows more than enough cross skills to put a number of the adults to shame. See you Weds...

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Re: HGT Eastway Cyclocross Training Session

Post by Benjamin Knowles » Wed Oct 07, 2015 4:20 pm

Heading down to this tonight so there'll be at least one friendly face if anyone else was thinking of coming :)

Went last week and everyone was dead friendly and tolerant of my god-awful mount/dismount technique.

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Re: HGT Eastway Cyclocross Training Session

Post by StevenDrew » Wed Oct 07, 2015 6:27 pm

They're good guys. Weds nights are a bit difficult for me at the moment so practice is having to be done on the race course :)

Have fun!

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Re: HGT Eastway Cyclocross Training Session

Post by Benjamin Knowles » Thu Oct 08, 2015 4:07 pm

StevenDrew wrote:They're good guys. Weds nights are a bit difficult for me at the moment so practice is having to be done on the race course :)

Have fun!
They are dead good. My dismount/remount is already about twice as fast after only two weeks...

Will be back next week too, riding out from Bermondsey as will be working from home that day.

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Re: HGT Eastway Cyclocross Training Session

Post by Benjamin Knowles » Wed Oct 14, 2015 9:06 am

Setting off at about 6:10 from Bermondsey to get to this for 6:45. Join me. Do it.

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