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My goals for 2010:
1) Build up my endurance and stamina
2) Ride farther on a regular basis
3) Take myself out of town on my bike and find my way back
4) Improve overall technique (specifically climbing)and skills
5) Complete a century ride
6) Do the "Bay to Breakers" with a group from work
7) Lose 10 lbs (that one never changes-lol)
and most of all-
8) Be an aware, considerate and safe cyclist in 2010!!!!
You can do it!! Push that button!!Quote:
Originally Posted by OakLeaf
1. Get over my fear of riding downhill. (So, go for a few rides in my neighborhood at home. It's sort of hill central, and every one has a stop sign at the bottom!)
2. Lose a bit of the "freshman fifteen" that appears to have parked itself on my person.
3. Increase my distance. I'd like to do a metric century...or even an imperial one this year. This goes along with...
4. Start riding more, even if it's just a few miles a day--work, weather and my health permitting.
My 2010 goals (which will also be the year I turn 50) -
1) Complete the 100lb weight loss (35 to go)
2) Do a 2:45 half marathon - goal is Nashville in April under 3:00 and Chicago in August under 2:45 (2009 Nashville my first half was 3:39 and Chicago my current best 3:09 - speedy or a runner I am not)
3) Complete my 1st and 2nd triathlons - the Pewaukee, WI triathlon in July and the Danskin Chicago/Kenosha WI tri in Sept.
4) Make it up the steep scary hill by my house on my bike.
And maybe do my first century ride.
My 2010 goals (bicycle-wise) are:
-To stop recording how many miles I ride and fussing about what my average speed is.
-To focus more on just using my bike for fun rides, exercise, and errands.
-To have my biking be a natural part of my life instead of something separate and special that needs ritualized preparations, even for a small ride.
My goal is to turn my biking more back to what it was when I was a kid. :)
Done... ack... Cleveland, in 175 days.Quote:
Originally Posted by ny biker
I think I'll feel better about it once I've run 14 in training... more than half. Might just do that tomorrow...
Quote:
Originally Posted by Zen
Maybe she meant "turn 'em loose!"
- Complete my fall/winter commuting challenge (see thread @ Commuting)
- Enter, complete, and have fun at my first cyclocross race. There's an odd spring one on April 2nd that I think I'll try.
- Do an early season century - either May or first week of June.
- Either repeat the Copper Triangle, or up the ante and try the Triple Bypass (both tough Colorado mountain day events)
- Do my food shopping by bike, with trailer as needed, at least once/month.
This is fun....gotta keep thinking about it!
My personal goals for 2010 are -
- Do at least 3 100-mile rides
- Improve my climbing
- Possibly do another triathlon (did 2 in '08, but none in '09)
- Participate in a multi-day bike tour
Hard to think about 2010, I'm still working on my 2009 total mileage goal and the way it is looking I might be riding on New Year's Eve! :D
For 2010 I want to do at least 1 century and ride at least 2000 miles. DH and I also want to do a supported tour of some kind.
To improve my dirt skills-i'm still crap at some log overs :rolleyes:
To save enough $$$ to get a Yeti ASR :cool:
To complete the 100km Otway Odyssey (one of the hard but cool mtb events in Australia..) & Dwelli 100
Perhaps do another 12hr solo (will see how next weekend's 12hr goes solo..)
Have fun fun fun on the dirt
Besides cycling...
I'd like to do 3-4 OW swims in Jan-Feb
I'm working on goals for December/winter, never mind all of next year! :eek: ;)
I have never ridden through the winter, and this year, I would like to. Biking this summer/fall has been very therapeutic, and I don't want to let go of it.
I won't call them goals, but do have a few things I'd like to do in 2010, if I can swing them:
1.) Ride the Northern Central Railroad Trail from mile 0 to the end, spend the night in York, and ride back. I think this would be nice to do on a mild winter weekend. Or in the spring. Or the summer. Or the fall. :) It's only 41 miles one way, so totally doable physically; just need the time, money, and opportunity!
2.) Ride the Great Allegheny Passage. Maybe (just maybe) combine this with another C&O ride, but since I have a kid in (a very expensive) college, the GAP would be enough if that's all I could afford.
3.) Get better at hills. The only direction I can go on this is up! :D
4.) At least a metric century. Came close this year, with a 57-mile ride.
5.) Improve my average speed.
6.) Pass somebody, ANYbody, when I ride! Anyone, anyone at all!! (Anyone over 8 and under 80, anyway.)
Add weight training/ bootcamp this winter.
Lose 10 lbs. Hahah.
Swim faster.
Get up to 6k run. Run faster.
Learn to surf. (Off topic)
Race in at least 2 sprint tris next season and possibly an olympic by the end of season.
I did my first tri in September and loved the experience. Hated the run but I finished. Triathlon bug bit me pretty hard. Is there a nasal inoculation for that?
Well, since I'm still barely out of the newbie category, it's easy to set goals and get there.
1. I think I might reach 2000 miles this year (I started riding seriously in late July), so it might be reasonable to set a goal of at least 3000 for next year.
2. I want to reach a stable weight and maintain it- I'm within 3 lbs of my original 2009 goal and 10 more pounds would be amazing. But then I have to keep it off.
3. My longest ride in one day so far has been 50 miles, so I would like to increase my range and complete 2 or 3 longer rides- and complete at least one century. I must admit I'm all fired up from watching El Tour de Tucson this morning (although I didn't participate).
Sharon
I'm not done with this year yet! Gimme another month to generate my list! :D
-- gnat! (probably some speed increase, weightloss, and racing goals, but how do you put a SMART goal around "take more risks"?)