Goal for the remainder of the year...

[Bikingmomof3]

After being diagnosed and put on medication, I had to completely revise my goals. Now I am working on stay in shape and increasing endurance, hoping to be medically cleared soon to get on the trainer and out my bike. In the meantime, running will suffice.

[GLC1968]

My goal this year was to lose weight (15 lbs), bike more than 1500 miles, to start commuting and complete a century.

So far, I have completed 2 centuries, I now commute at least twice a week, I've put over 1500 miles on my road bike (not counting commute miles)...BUT, I've gained 5 lbs!!

So, to round out the year as a success...I need to lose 20 lbs. That might be a bit too aggressive. Perhaps I'll just up my milage goals?

[chickwhorips]

congrats to everyone for doing a great job!

my goal this past year wasn't to let the cold bay 15 lbs get to me. i did well. stayed toned and active! though next year i think i'm going to set milage goals for running and biking. stay tuned for that one!

[Fredwina]

I had started with 5200/year as a goal(100/week),. It became obvious that I was going to smash it, so I upped to 7000. Then I broke my arm, spent 7 weeks off the bike, and spent the last weeekend cruising the Mojave in van(Aka the 508) I may revise it to 6500.
I wanted to do a century a month, but that went out the window
I also wanted to lose some wieght. I was doing good until the crash. Still, I'm about 20 lbs below I what was last year, but 25 over what I wieghed when I was in PA.
All in All, I was looking at this year as prep for next year in terms of both Bike and personal goals. So I made some progress, but not as much as I had hoped.

[Bike Goddess]

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!

[makbike]

I set the following goals for 2006:
* 5000 miles (indoor and outdoor)
* 2000 club miles
* captain 10 rides for the club
* ride 5 centuries
* average speed 15.0

Thus far I've logged 5,107 miles, 2305 club miles, captained 10 rides during my summer vacation, completed 3 centuries and my average speed for the year is just a tad above 15.0. I hope to get another century in next weekend and it may be my last for the year given the onset of the cold temperatures. I have a feeling I'll be pulling the trainer out in a couple of weeks and logging a lot of mindless hours/miles from that point forward.

I've had a great year thus far on my bikes and am looking forward to setting some new goals for 2007 - not sure what they will be but I know I'll have fun chasing them. If I don't make the 5 centuries this year there is always 2007 and heck 4 is pretty darn good given I rode my first century just last year.

[Crankin]

I met my goal of 2500 miles 2 weeks ago. I also did the century I said "maybe" I would do. I figure I have another 200-350 miles left before it's really too cold.
My riding is winding down. Now that I've mentally released myself from trying to achieve the goal, I feel relaxed. I would like to try to ride fairly steadily through November, on the weekends and for the next 2 weeks 1-2x after school until the time changes. I'd like to try riding through the winter as much as I can, but I really don't think I will, except for the days when it's 40 or above and the streets are clear. However, i am noticing that sometime in late August i start getting "sick" of cycling. Usually I'm in a better frame of mind by September, since the weather is so nice then. But I seem to just run my body down and then I get mentally drained.
My other goals are to get back to weight lifting (I started this week) and do more mountain biking before the winter sets in. This is my last year of teaching. I will up my goal to 3,000 miles next season, as I will be able to ride more in the fall.

[pyxichick]

On Bike Journal, my goal was originally 2000 miles by the end of the year, but then I upped it to 3000 because I figured if you don't make a goal higher than what you think you can do, you won't do as much as you can.

So I'm definitely going to hit 2000 (probably in the next couple weeks) but I think 3000 was a bit optimistic, especially considering it's SNOWING in early October...

I still did more than I thought I would by now, so anything else is gravy

Now for the ski goals... Unlike Bron, I don't have a 90 km. race in my future, (the Euros are so much more hardcore about skiing than we are!) but I would like to add one more ski marathon to my calendar this year. Oh, and get my Birkie time under 5 hours.

Now that it's in print, I have to do it, right?

[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.