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Prospect Park Weekday Training Sessions & Riding

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I’ll be there 
Hello...? LookSharp? People are anxious...
Weather is looking like it's going to hold, so let's say 6:30AM- we'll look sharp and keep it nice and laid back.
Big news!! This will be the first look sharp even that I will be able to attend! Looking forward to it!!
Let's make it official:

Friday. Look Sharp. 6:30am. GAP.

We'll ride mellow for 60 to 90 minutes, pretending that it's easy-peasy for us. Discussion topics are not limited. Leg shaving, nutritional sins, cycling fantasies - are all ok. We can talk you out of anything.

Join us. If you're not there tomorrow, you are dead to me.

Wear kissena kit. Look sharp.

Here are some ideas of what looking sharp means:

So... IT IS HERE, it is time.

CX Skillzz and drillzz!

Thursday 6:30ish am.

You bring your cyclocross bike, I bring cones, barriers, we create a little course and get sharp awesome at it.

We meet at the secret location. The secret location is secret, you should know how to figure it out.

https://youtu.be/otZvpp2YRCI

Tomorrow. Look Sharp. 6:30am. GAP.

We'll ride for 60 to 90 minutes, at an appropriate speed. Unless @JohnOlsson will come and in that case, we will do our best to keep up. It will be a silent paceline ride, no talking, no facial expressions of anger or lord forbid, affection. You can pass hand-written notes to each other, that's acceptable.

Join us. If you're not there tomorrow, you are dead to me.

Wear Kissena kit. Look sharp.

Here are some past Kissena riders, who took sharpness seriously:




I’m 50-50 for tomorrow (have a work event tonight and if my co-workers have their way, will end with a monster hangover in the morning)
@DotanGreenvald looks like a lot of us are dead to you.
oh, that's just something I write here for the kicks. Regardless, many of you are dead to me a long time ago.
Tomorrow. Friday 9/20th at 6:30(ish) am.

The CX Skillz and Drillzzz.

I bring cones and barriers, you bring your cyclocross bike, we set up a little course and get amazing solid sharp at it.

The secret location is secret. You should know how to find us.

https://youtu.be/dtXzWkMviTw
Tomorrow. Look Sharp. 6:30am. Prospect Park at the GAP.

We'll ride for 60 to 90 minutes in a paceline, even if it's only me. Chapters 3 & 7 from Tolstoy's War and Peace volume I are assigned, so please come prepared to discuss them and present your arguments for the question - War, what is it good for?

Join us. If you're not there tomorrow, you are dead to me.

Wear Kissena kit, your best socks, and LookSharp.

Here are some Sharpies:
good times this morning

Tomorrow, thursday Sept 26th -- 6:30ish am (judging from light, closer to 6:40am):

CX drills and skillzzzzz

You bring your cyclocross bike, I bring cone/barriers, we practice until we fly sharp awesome, we then hit the weekend mega ready!

You know the secret location.

Will be fun.


anyone looking sharp tomorrow?
official announcement is coming right up... stay tuned
Tomorrow. Look Sharp. 6:30am. Prospect Park at the GAP.

We'll ride for 60 to 90 minutes in a single paceline, double paceline, triple, quadruple, quintuple, sextuple, septuple and octuple paceline... Until our form would look like a North Korean mass dancing exercise.

Join us. If you're not there tomorrow, you are dead to me.

Wear Kissena kit, LookSharp, and give a kiss to your mama sometimes.

Here are some looking sharp riders who might join us tomorrow if they're not too busy:


Tomorrow, Friday. Look Sharp. 6:30am. Prospect Park at the GAP.

We'll ride for 60 to 90 minutes to get ready for the Kissena Fall Classic on Saturday. This means we'll take it slowcial, no leg-burning pace before the race.

Join us. If you're not there tomorrow, you are dead to me.

Wear Kissena kit, LookSharp and bring fenders if it's still wet. And it will be. Nobody wants to eat your road-juice... 

Rain will make you LookSharper, here look:

I'm planning on joining (sans fenders since I don't own any) so I apologize in advance for splashing road juice (and will reluctantly not take any pulls on the front ;) )
I'll pull you @Matt Budofsky , as I do for @RichardCornetta and @ErikPfiffnerall the time..
Tomorrow. Super easy mellow. The Skillz and The Drillz.

I bring cones and barriers and you bring your cx bicycle. We get awesome hot good at it.

7am at the secret location.

Rain cancels, check here before hand.




Tomorrow, Friday. Look Sharp. 6:30am. Prospect Park at the GAP.

We'll ride for 60 to 90 minutes until we'll drop one by one... this is "the last standing rider" kind of ride.

Join us. If you're not there tomorrow, you are dead to me.

Wear Kissena kit, Look Sharp, black tie optional.

And always remember: LookSharp, even when in absolute euphoria:



Tomorrow, Friday. Look Sharp. 6:30am. Prospect Park at the GAP.

We'll ride for 60 to 90 minutes at a comfortable pace, maneuvering between the twigs and branches that are on the ground. Acorns might fall on our heads, be aware of nasty squirrels.

Join us. The park is BEAUTIFUL with autumn colors!! But of course, If you're not there tomorrow, you are dead to me.

Wear Kissena kit, to Look Sharp

Here are some suggestions of how to dress for an autumn ride and still LookSharp:


Friday. Look Sharp. 6:30am. Prospect Park at the GAP.

We'll ride for 62 to 97min. At the end of the ride we will all gather at Eloy's secret location to build an altar and offer a sacrifice to the gods of the park.

Join us. The sun is not yet up at this hour in the mornings and I'm afraid of the dark. Reminder: if you're not there on Friday - you are dead to me.

Wear Kissena kit, Look Sharp and be cool...

Like this:
CX Skillzz & Drilzz

Tomorrow. 7:00 am. Secret location.

I bring barriers and cones, you bring your cyclocross bike. We'll work on all the HPCX features and get awesome rad. 

Will be fun.




Tomorrow, Friday. Look Sharp. 6:30am. Prospect Park at the GAP.

We'll ride for 60 to 90 minutes trick-or-treating runners, other cyclists, dog-walkers, mothers with strollers, babies in strollers, park workers, commuters and anyone that is up at this hour. We will be dressed as cyclists for a change. 

Join us. This is perhaps the last chance for an amazing photo-shoot at the park with autumn colors. But again, if you decide not to come tomorrow that's totally fine. You'll just be dead to me, that's all.

Wear Kissena kit, Look Sharp, be proud of our orange-white-blue flag!

Here is how the park looks like, right now:
Tomorrow, Friday. Look Sharp. 6:30am. Prospect Park at the GAP.

We'll ride for 60 to 90 minutes enjoying the sunlight, the breeze, and the nearly sub-zero temperatures. Sounds fun, right? Well... it's not. Summer is better.

Join us. Riding together will keep us warm and cozy, like a cup of hot chocolate on a snowy day. Like fireplace lit, when it is windy and dark outside. Like a radioisotope thermoelectric generator sitting at the back of your vehicle when you are driving alone through Mars. Oh boy, it will be nice and cozy... And remember, if I don't see you there tomorrow, you are dead to me.

Wear Kissena kit,  and Look Sharp!

Here's how you spot LookingSharp cyclists these days:


Tomorrow, Friday. Look Sharp. 6:30am. Prospect Park at the GAP.

We'll ride for 60 to 90 minutes wondering how long will it take till our toes and fingers will freeze. Unless you dress properly, and in this case, you'll wonder why it took me so long to buy this winter cycling jacket. And gloves. And wool socks... Yes, winter cycling is for those who dress. Well.

So Join us. Our team spirit will keep you warm. Besides, it is not winter until I say so. And remember, if I don't see you there tomorrow, you are dead to me.

Wear Kissena kit,  and Look Sharp!

Here is some serious Sharpness for you:

 
@DotanGreenvald, love the enthusiasm...keep it going buddy. I will join you one of these wintery days