Goal for the remainder of the year...

[maillotpois]

MP- Sorry to hear that even running/walking is bothering you. I hope it's just the medication you are taking.

At the rate you were going, you would have easily surpassed most of us! But as fate would have it.....

Mend, and keep up your good spirits. Always nice to hear about you!

Thanks, Nancy!

It's a heart/pulmonary artery residual issue that I hope is resolved by the time I am back on the bike. For now, it just means intensity level needs to be low. So I will deal with it - and hope to be out at Mines Road with you next year!

[im4smiley]

I am not sure what I really had in mind for goals for this year. this was my 1st year on a road bike and I didn't know what I could do....what did I do??
I was so excited when I did a 50 mile ride, then I did a 70 mile ride and then I did a century! wow. As of right now I have done 3026 miles this year on my road bike....I am so excited. Now I am trying to think about goals for next year, not sure how many miles to shoot for and maybe I'll try to do a couple of centurys. This has been an awesome year for me on my bike!

[salsabike]

I track only vaguely. So I know that last year I did about 1200 single bike miles and 1800 tandem bike miles. This year I think it will be closer to 1600 single and maybe 2800 tandem? I just try to ride anywhere from 60-150 miles a week, depending on what life is permitting. Have added a short steep hill to my single rides, which I do at least once, and sometimes twice, and want to keep working on hills.

[Kathi]

My goals this year were to recover from ACL surgery, get back on the bike and salvage as much of the summer biking as I could.

To date I have ridden 2,725 road miles (haven't tallied all the trainer miles) and ridden in 3 week long tours, (Candisc, Brat and Cycle North Carolina).

In retrospect, I wish I had saved Brat and Cycle North Carolina for next year. I did well on the Candisc ride in Aug. but didn't have the endurance for the the long miles, 3 days of 80+, hilly miles on Brat and the steeper hills on day one of Cycle North Carolina.

My goals now are shifting gears to get ready for the ski season, I need to move fast as A-Basin opened today. I also would like to get some mtn biking in and have set my goal for 3,000 bike miles.

[Tater]

Well, I blew my original goal of 2,000 miles away back in July and if all goes well I will have well over 3500 miles for the year. Now, I am just cruising and planning to keep riding through the winter. I want to have a good base for a 300k in May. (Thanks, SadieKate! It is the brevet series in Driggs! )

[SadieKate]

I want to have a good base for a 300k in May. (Thanks, SadieKate! It is the brevet series in Driggs! )

Man, I am sooooo jealous! Just went fishing in Oregon with some friends from Cameron, MT (on the Madison River). I am getting homesick for the Tetons (and I wasn't even born there).

[chickwhorips]

seeing how many thousands of miles you girls go with your road bikes, it is really making me want a road bike and some roads to ride on.

[massbikebabe]

Wow,

Can you believe it's been a year since I stroked??? In the spring I had a million goals, and great heartache when I could not reach them. Then I FINALLY realized that I was being to damn hard on myself and had to look back at how MUCH I have achieved since my illness. Like all of you on this board I am one tough cookie, and I have fought a damn good fight. One year ago I could not walk, tie my shoes, or dress myself. Now thanks to PT/OT and my family I am doing all that stuff with a little help from my braces and canes. I can ride my bike, not alone, with hubby and son, but damn I CAN DO
THAT!!! So, illness has made me realize that goals are silly for me, and I need to take each little accomplishment like it was a "goal".

Watch out for me...I'm coming back with a vengence

karen