Monthly Mileage Goal - January

[Veronica]

I like to do things on a monthly basis, rather than yearly. My yearly goal is just a total up of the 12 months.

January's goal is 370 miles. I'm planning on a 200 K, so that leaves me only 250 miles to get in otherwise.

V.

[RoadRaven]

Funny you should post this V

I have just finished a spread sheet of my last three full years of cycling. Its broken into months and gives me total kms for all Januarys etc biked, and averages for each month...

And this is how I am setting my overall goal for 2008...

In Jan 2005 I did 202.2km.
In Jan 2006 I did 202.16km.
In Jan 2007 I did 547.63km.

My average for January is 317.33km... so that is my minimum target for January 2008. However, I would like to reach at least 548km (which is more than my biggest January so far).

Looking forward to hearing about the 200K... I'm so impressed with cyclists who can do these enduro distances

[maillotpois]

I keep handwriting out those spreadsheets RR mentions, and then losing them in my office or who knows where.

Good luck with your goals! I'm not sure I have any goals for January.

(I just got back from 4 days in Tahoe, and I have to say I was SHOCKED at how much my legs hurt skiing. That is a sure sign I have NOT been riding enough the last several months. Oh well.)

[RoadRaven]

I just made mine in Xcel, Mallio

I won't lose it then!


(Cause like you, its something I do...)

[crazycanuck]

I'm working my way towards getting back on my bike. I'm doing all my strengthening exercises for the hammies & glutes so me leg doesn't wobble. (nothing like not having a pcl ligament ) I am doing most of the physio suggested exercises in the pool as it's so much easier to do one legged squats in water! (at least on the bad leg) I've borrowed a trainer & will work on making a complete circle with my right knee

So, i'm not committing to km's for Jan but i'd like to commit to spending 40min on the trainer each day if possible. I have no choice

Geez, between swimming, pilates, water based exercises, land bases exercises, beach walking, doggie walking and bike time i may actually have time to do something else!

C

[kelownagirl]

Well let's see:

January 2006 - 0 km (didn't ride yet)
January 2007 - 53 km (rode the stationary bike but didn't have a trainer)

I think I can beat that. I'm hoping to ride the trainer twice a week. One 30 km ride and one ride that may be less.

So realistically, my goal:

January 2008 - 175 km on the trainer

[RoadRaven]

My average for January is 317.33km... so that is my minimum target for January 2008. However, I would like to reach at least 548km (which is more than my biggest January so far).

Yay... got there.
I did a total of 677 kilometres outside, 568km of that was on the road. So well and truly achieved what I wanted.

Congrats to those of you who reached the numbers you set yourselves...

V, so close! You can easily make that up in February... weather is getting better and better in your neck of the woods isn't it?

Mallio - too funny. My friend used to call me Yoda when we were young teenagers... but not because I was wise, more because of all the information I seemed to remember (even though most of it was useless - like the dot over the letter "i" is called a 'tittle' )

[Brandy]

Right now I'm at 648 miles for January and I still have to commute home, so at least another 8 miles...possibly more.

[indysteel]

Sniff, sniff.

I didn't get to ride at all this January, or last come to think of it. There were a couple of okay days, but the salt and grime on the streets was too much for me and my steel bike.

I don't think I rode my trainer either, but I've been taking about 3 spinning classes a week and trying my best to run. I hate winter. We're supposed to get six inches of snow tonight. On Tuesday, mind you, we had tornadoes. As they say, if you don't like the weather in Indiana, wait five minutes and it'll change.

Kudos to you ladies who were able to ride this past month!

[smilingcat]

did manage to go out for a short ride to close out January.

It was bit cold and bit windy. It was a nice ride though. The ride made me think about the why I ride? do I need to ride this much? ... a new thread.

smilingcat

[Veronica]

I started off January well with a 59.7 mile ride up over Morgan Territory to Mount Diablo. All the gory details are in a write up on our website.

It was cold and windy.

V.

[Veronica]

We are a week into January now and I have 106 of my 370 miles so far. The weather forecast shows rain again tomorrow, but hopefully I'll be able to ride outside the rest of the week. Right now the weekend looks good and a tad warmer.

V.

[Veronica]

Right now I'm at 232 miles - 236 when I get home. I was pleasantly surprised to realize how much climbing I've done though - more than 15,000 feet so far.

The weather for the 200K on Saturday is looking dicey. I was so hoping for a nice, sunny day!

V.

[makbike]

My goal for January was 500 miles (trainer + road). As of today I'm at 451 miles so I think I'm in good shape. I've logged 372 miles on the trainer and 79 on the road.

[Andrea]

Hopefully I'll make 500 miles for the month. I've become so burnt out on riding in the cold that I've been riding the trainer more- where I get burnt out on being bored. I've had to come up with ways of making it interesting like doing a Spinervals video or like my workout yesterday: 1.5 back-to-back episodes of CSI where I pedaled high cadence during the show and low during the commercials mostly in HR Zones 3 and 4 (with some brief breaks in 2).

I've made it to 342 miles so far. If the weather turns a bit, 500 should be doable.