Cycling goals for 2007

**Pyannyplayer** · 11-10-2006, 05:33 AM

My goals for 2007:
Ride a ton with my dear husband (kind of obvious for those that know me!) and put on at least 2000 miles this next season
Complete 3 sprint tris and one Olympic distance tri
Complete the 100 mile Tour of the Ozarks
Continue to organize "slower social rides" for those interested
Ride a ton more with my husband!

Katy Trail is great, Maureen. They actually sponsor a supported ride. I'll try to find the information after I teach class!

Lorie

**3weight** · 11-10-2006, 05:53 AM

Lorie~
When is the Tour of the Ozarks? I've heard that's a pretty tough ride. Does it start in Rolla?
Cheers!
Teresa

**mlove** · 11-10-2006, 05:59 AM

My goals are pretty small compared to all this. Buy a road bike; get my husband to buy a bike. Continue riding with the club and try to do at least 1500 miles by the end of 2007. Hope that a lighter bike will make doing the Perrysville ride a little easier (I'm a hill slug).

**Pyannyplayer** · 11-10-2006, 06:21 AM

Maureen: They don't have the dates yet for 2007, but DNR hosted a ride, supported, starting at St. Charles and ending in Clinton. You can check the website - www.bikekatytrail.com - for more info. They also list places you can catch the train to get to your car and stuff like that.

Teresa: Tour of the Ozarks isn't TOO bad (some killer hills but GORGEOUS scenery!). It starts at Buehler Park in Rolla (usually a police escort out of town). Their website - http://www.touroftheozarks.org/ - has maps to help give an idea of where each route goes. They have 12, 25, 50, and 100 mile routes. It's really fun! I hope you will be able to ride it next year. It isn't a race, so you just go at your own pace.

All righty; time to get back to work to help pay for more bike stuff!

Lorie

**eclectic** · 11-10-2006, 07:06 AM

Originally Posted by Pyannyplayer

My goals for 2007:
Ride a ton with my dear husband (kind of obvious for those that know me!) and put on at least 2000 miles this next season
Complete 3 sprint tris and one Olympic distance tri
Complete the 100 mile Tour of the Ozarks
Continue to organize "slower social rides" for those interested
Ride a ton more with my husband!

Lorie

One of my goals is to start organizing "slower social rides" how did you go about it?

**Fredwina** · 11-10-2006, 08:29 AM

I've found the social folks are more "ride to eat" than "eat to ride" i.e Find a nice resturant that doesn't mind sweaty people showing up on bikes, and organize a ride to it.

**Bikingmomof3** · 11-10-2006, 08:30 AM

My current goal is to be able to get back on my bike.

**maillotpois** · 11-10-2006, 09:09 AM

Originally Posted by Bikingmomof3

My current goal is to be able to get back on my bike.

I'm with you! That's my #1 goal as well.

I am also apparently coaching an official Death Ride team for TNT as well (Sonoma/Napa/Marin group with team rides every week to every other week in those locales). More details later because I'd love to see some of you N Cal TE-ers give this ride a go! We'll apparently have training programs for people who want to do anywhere from 2 to 5 passes - training will start in January. I say "apparently" because although this is the official plan, but I won't have time to sit down and plan the calendar for another month.

I'd like to do a brevet series and some more doubles, but I really need to see what the heart and lungs say before I commit beyond what I've already committed to SK to do. This may be a more relaxed year (aside from the Death Ride, which isn't really that bad).

**Bikingmomof3** · 11-10-2006, 09:29 AM

My brain is so twisted.

MP, your post made me think the airfare would be justified to ride in an event called "Death Ride". I need help.

**maillotpois** · 11-10-2006, 09:32 AM

Oh it would be - this is honestly THE most beautiful ride I have ever done in the US.

**Cassandra_Cain** · 11-10-2006, 10:00 AM

Originally Posted by maillotpois

I am also apparently coaching an official Death Ride team for TNT as well (Sonoma/Napa/Marin group with team rides every week to every other week in those locales). More details later because I'd love to see some of you N Cal TE-ers give this ride a go! We'll apparently have training programs for people who want to do anywhere from 2 to 5 passes - training will start in January. I say "apparently" because although this is the official plan, but I won't have time to sit down and plan the calendar for another month.

Really? You are coaching some folks who will do the Death Ride? I think that is very cool!

I know a few people who are planning to do the Death Ride next year. You talk about no small challenge!!

**Pyannyplayer** · 11-10-2006, 10:44 AM

One of the local bike shops has a list serve and we just post our route, average speed, and where we'll meet up. I've joined the local "guys" on a ride (and was promptly dropped) and they are way, WAY too serious for me. We like to look at scenery and ride for fun, take pictures, etc.(helps us to remember why we like to ride). We generally start on a Saturday morning, say 6:30-7:00 a.m. (we aren't doing this now, since it's still dark at that time), and have a designated halfway point where we meet to make sure everyone's there - we call this "no rider left behind". We usually go 35-60 miles average 14-17 mph. Having the list serve really helps get these going.

We've also found that each ride is joined by someone who didn't want to go with the "guys" because they are so fast (22-26 mph

). I would like more women to join us as I'm usually the token female. I do, however, LOVE passing some young male while going up hill. Makes me KNOW I'm strong!!

The first ride we set up we had ourselves and 2 other people. We average 10-12 now. We've found that drivers treat us much better when there are a number of us.

Lorie

**Pyannyplayer** · 11-10-2006, 10:53 AM

Oh! We don't bike to restaurants either and then bike back. My tender stomach turns just thinking of it! We just like the company, but we don't want to be in "race mode" for it. We've also made some really good biking friends this way as a bonus!!

Lorie

BTW I've also found through these rides that some of the other professors here are riders as well and had NO IDEA I rode.....wait.......shouldn't the bike rack on my car and the bike/triathlon stickers on the back window be a hint? What about all the bike pictures in my office?.....well, maybe I'm just too subtle about my love of all things "bike"........maybe not.....

**3weight** · 11-11-2006, 05:59 AM

Pyannyplayer~
Thanks for the info on the Tour of the Ozarks~ I'm going to put it on my cycling calendar for next year. Your Saturday riding group sounds like loads of fun (wish I lived closer to Rolla so I could join you guys.......

). I fly fish down in your area sometimes. I should do a joint cycling/fly fishing weekend sometime next summer (if you wouldn't mind me tagging along!)
Cheers!
Teresa

**Susarific** · 11-11-2006, 01:50 PM

Wooo Hooo for 2007!!!

My goals:

1) Not brake anything while getting used to my new Shimano Ultegra pedals.
2) Ride to my friend Karen's house.
3) Ride the Early Bird Ride on Tuesday mornings.
4) Complete a metric century.

Hopefully, I will meet and exceed all of my 2007 goals.

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