What is your goal for 2006?

I've been lurking on this thread for the past few days, I didn't really know what to say. Still don't.

My objective in 2005 was to ride 1500 km. It was my first real season on the bike. I am now at 4200 km or so, and hoping I can ride 300 km before the end of December. My other objective was to stop being afraid of hills. That's pretty much done too: I now consider hitting the slopes of the very hilly neighborhood where I live a fun way to spend an hour.

Since moving from Montreal to Vancouver, I have started considering that doing a triathlon is an accessible challenge. I am NOT a swimmer, but I'm learning, and I love running again. I have registered for the UBC Triathlon in March.

SO:
Increasing mileage will probably happen, especially since I will start riding in January, not April, this year. But it's not a specific objective.

My only real objective for 2006 is to do a sprint triathlon in March. Maybe I'll decide to do another one after that...

I will not enter road races... at least not for now. Even the simplest of accidents could be highly problematic for me, I really need my two arms right now, and I find road races a bit too risky for that.

But: I will keep riding with my new club and work more closely with the coach. I want to build speed a bit.

I hear of a couple of big hills around here, the kind of hills that take an hour to climb. I want to start tackling them in the Spring. There's nothing like getting to the top.

Most importantly, I want to keep cycling (and running and swimming) because it helps me keep a good balance and spirit to keep up with my work (being a PhD student). I want to keep having fun and smiling like a fool when I get to the top of hills or zoom down.

I guess that's that.

Oh, I also have an objective for 2007: doing a short triathlon with my mom in March of 2007. She sent me an email today (she's in Florida with my Dad right now) saying that she takes walks in the morning and then rides her city bike around Fort Lauderdale and swims in the afternoon. Triathlon! I called her immediately and asked her to do the short triathlon of UBC with me in March of 2007. I also asked her NOT to answer now and think about it. So I guess convincing her to do that with me in 2007 will be another goal for 2006. :)

Totally inspired by all the posts here!

Thought I'd put my down in writing so I can revisit in a year's time and put little checks beside them (I hope).

1. Keep on riding! Would like to ride 10K next year and do my first century (not metric)

2. Bike up a infamous local grind that has 4 tight switchbacks and is uber-steep

3. Join a bike club

4. Race a road race :eek:

5. Run my first marathon (Chicago is the plan)

6. Compete in my first Olympic tri (couple of sprints under my belt now!)

AND...*drumroll please*....

7. Find a hot guy who loves biking as much as I do...whoops was this about athletic goals????? :p

All of the above are commitments with the exception of 7 which I will pencil in for now.

For 2006 I would like to ride at least one century.

I want to ride or get to the gym at least three times a week.
Total miles...at least 1500.

There are several uphill sections of our local mountain bike Trail of Tears that I want to be able to do without falling over...Same for the downhill parts.

I want to keep my weight between 110-115. That will require the above AND avoiding the never-ending supply of chocolate and sweets that will appear at work from now until after Easter!

What a wonderful thread this is. I've been off the site for a few days, working and computer problems. So cool to come back and find all these amazing goals. As for me...

Research and buy a "real" triathlon bike. Then "really" train for the tri, not just ride my bike whenever and wherever I feel like it.

Do two sprint and two Olympic distance triathlons. The last one in Lake Geneva, WI, to check out the course. If I can hack the hills, my goal is to do a 1/2 Ironman tri there in '07.

Run a 1/2 marathon in May, another in Sept, and the Chicago Marathon in October. Find my "all day pace", and run for miles with that.

And, in the spirit of blue rider, to find a really wonderful partner who loves to bike and run and wants to be with me more and more as the days go by...

Plus, if I could lose the belly fat.... :D I'd look a lot cuter in those biking jerseys!

Best wishes to all! Lise

You are all amazing!

My goals are fairly simple this year:

• make it through another year of school - just a year and a half to go!
• keep up with the training plan I wrote out in November (when I should have been studying...)
• Ride in the Test of Metal again and improve on my time from last year
• try to not be too hard on myself if I don't live up to my own expectations
• start doing more mountain biking again - it was my passion, but I lost it somewhere along the way
• make more time for doggy belly rubs (this is an important step toward reaching world peace :D )

oh, and survive my bike commutes - you should see me in the mornings, all lit up like a neon green Christmas tree decorated with red and white flashing lights...

My goals:

1. Stop lurking so much on this forum and start posting!
2. To join the local bike club and do as many rides and events as possible.
3. To increase my hill work, having discovered that hills are the secret incredient to any good training plan! Well, actually, it's not that secret, I've just been in denial!
4. To find more time to run and swim ... and bike!
5. To increase my mileage.
6. To show restraint when walking into a bike store.
7. To further develop my ridiculous tan lines.
8. To continue my quest to convert the unsuspecting into cycling, until the last pair of eyes on earth glaze over.

So very simple, I know, but I have a bike designed for dirt that doesn't see nearly enough of it.

Get light enough and fast enough to try a club ride in the spring.

Keep riding in my relentless way - all the way to a century by 10/10/06 (my 47th birthday.)

Be kinder & easier on myself & those around me.

Finish revising my YA fantasy novel and have my editor really go for it.

Work on/ improve my little Goblin farm in a relaxed and joyful way.

I would really really love it if 2006 is the year that I start weighing less than 200 lbs.

Get a little more active about defending the planet, working for peace & freedom.

Oh, yeah, right, I forgot what lise and bluerider sed, find a partner would be very nice.

And what amg sed, doggie belly rubs and ear scratchies are essential to world peace. :)

Dare we look? what'd I say last year?

http://forums.teamestrogen.com/showt...ght=goals+2005

last year I sed

"although I'm doing the lifecycle again my goal is:

1) don't bonk, did that day 3.... not a pretty picture"

did that...did all but 10 miles.

"2) have something left in my legs, I tried to do Bike Against the Odds in October, not only did not do the metric century, barely completed the 20 was tired. So riding farther on BATO is my true goal"

Did that, did the 30, now really wanna do the metric

"3) try Mt. Diablo again for the cookies."

Did that, oh, another goal....all the way to the top of Diablo.

Ok, so this is doable. I achieved all 3 last year. We'll have world peace and belly rubs then.

World peace, getting my weight below 65 kg (at 172cm), and riding the 100 km/1200m Engadine bike marathon in July.

Here are my 2006 goals:

1) Ride 5000 miles--get out for a ride everyday, weather permitting
2) Try not to buy another bike (haha)--my new Luna will arrive before 31 Dec, thank goodness!
3) Be a kinder, more empathetic less judgemental person
4) Start swimming again
5) Become more Zenlike--choosing my battles wisely, "letting go" instead of hanging on to negative feelings, better accepting stuff I can't change, etc.
6) Make time to see my friends more
7) Give my husband and dogs lots of love every day :)

I'm sending everyone happy vibes to reach your goals. Since I haven't been riding much since the mtn. bike touring, I'm trying to get back in the grove since I have a new bike (more to come later)!

1. Another self-supported mountain bike tour
2. Enter 3 regional adventure races
3. Join Corsair Mac's ladies ride
4. Try to remember that when times are hectic, my bike is there for me (something I always forget until I get back on my bike)
5. Smile, smile, smile

I'm getting excited! :D

Ride a little faster than this past year,
ride a little farther than this past year,
ride a little longer than this past year, and
ride a little stronger than this past year.

Oh yeah, and keep off most of the weight I lost this past year ! :D

-jo "hopes that's not too much to ask" bob

I love this thread! My goals for 2006:

1) Finish the MS150
2) Ride more
3) Run the Disneyland 1/2 marathon
4) Train for the Disney World marathon (going for 26.2)

After a very mixed year in 2005 when my mileage has taken serious hits due to injury, family responsibilities and work requirements; I'm nervous about setting goals that I might not be able to keep. Here they are anyway:

1. A winter century, which I have never done. Hopefully on Jan.1.

2. Both days of the Pan-Mass Challenge, which will require raising a
thousand dollars more than I did this year.

3. Turn the Pan-Mass into a Trans-Mass, and start the Friday morning
from Stockbridge, MA and ride to the Sturbridge, MA start of the
PMC, then continue on to Bourne and Provincetown. That would make
it roughly a 270 mile, 3 day ride.

4. Complete the seat mounted hydration system I'm working on. If speed
is not a concern, it should be doable for much less than the NeverReach
system.