Cinderella Training with Fremont Freewheelers?

[Trek420]

whoo hoo!

[roguedog]

melissam- did you think the fremont training program prepared you adequately for the ride? was it well organized?

velogirl - what's the curriculum of the velogirl program going to be? any insight?

sorry.. looks like i have to be choosing here..and i as thinking of doing the actc academy but looks like these all fall in the same time period.. darn.. hate choosing.

[ace]

Now I must ask....what's the actc academy?

[melissam]

Now I must ask....what's the actc academy?

Paging Jobob or Snapdragen!!!

Ace, in the meantime, here's a link:
http://www.actc.org/clubinfo/academy.html

-- Melissa

[jobob]

The article in this thread describes it pretty well.

http://forums.teamestrogen.com/showt...t=actc+academy

[snapdragen]

roguedog - as much as I am an advocate for the actc academy, it's not a good choice for Cinderalla training (if that's what you're looking for). I'd go with the Velogirls or Fremont Freewheelers for Cindy specific training. Also, some of us in ACTC did Cindy training rides in San Jose, but I don't know if we will be doing it again this year.

[roguedog]

Thanks Snap. Nah I wasn't thinking for Cindy training but it's just that it seems to overlap with the Cindy training so now I've gotta choose. I sent email to Karin Crosby to see when the 1st session starts so we'll see.

Tks for the insight tho

[melissam]

melissam- did you think the fremont training program prepared you adequately for the ride?

Yes and no.

Yes: each training series ride was progressively longer, and they helped with things like pacelining, climbing techniques, negotiating roads with traffic, etc.

No: the training series only rode on Saturdays. I think if that was my only riding to train for the Cinderella, I wouldn't have been physically prepared. Sure, I could have "gutted it out," but I would have been tired and cranky at the end of the ride, and sore the next day. As it was, I rode on Sundays and a couple of times during the week on a stationary bike at the gym, so I was adequately prepared for the ride.

was it well organized?

Yes and no. (Someone's indecisive today.)

Yes: The whole group was organized for giving a safety spiel at the beginning of most rides; they had a bike rodeo on the first day, where they looked at the condition of your bike, made sure your helmet was adjusted properly, etc.

My particular group had excellent leaders, so it was a well-oiled machine.

No: I've heard that some of the leaders in the other groups weren't that great, so if you were in one of those groups, it probably didn't seem very organized.

-- Melissa