Just four of us up on the levee this morning, so Brady, Arlow and I took turns taking long pulls at steady speeds from 20 -23 mph. It was smooth and quiet and just a little monotonous, but kind of relaxing. Brooks showed up for a few minutes and mentioned Adam's email rant about the low velodrome turnout. I'm not sure what the solution is, but you would have thought that the Baton Rouge area alone would have come up with more than six riders. Granted, it's the middle of the summer, schools are about to start, and people have a lot of other stuff on their minds this time of year.
So Keith talked with the person at City Park about doing Rocktoberfest there. We may be able to get the old Roosevelt Mall course. Apparently they felt a little short-changed after the criterium a few weeks ago because they didn't make as much money as they had expected. I figure they made around $2,500 or so after paying the police, so you would think they'd be happy to get a nice little donation and wouldn't be looking at the race as an inconvenience. Anyway, I need to take a ride out there and see what the condition of the road is on the old Roosevelt Mall loop. It wasn't all that bad last time we had a race there, as I recall. Of course, that was ten years and on major hurricane ago.
3 comments:
It was really more of a tirade than a rant.
Adam
you would be surprised how many people use the track on Mondays and Wednesdays. It is not all about just weekend race attendace. In the winter you will always find 10 plus riders out there. It is not as pathetic as it seems. But I agree...we need to be on the alert and become more active.
sebas
SA: I'm really glad to hear that. Maybe somebody needs to start up a Baton Rouge Velodrome blog!
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