2008 Goal Rides?

[Trek420]

Click that button girl, sign up (although if you do it at an event it's cheaper and or you get more SWAG). You'll have a great time, it's an incredible ride.

'fraid I'm still healing from last year so one-day events for me. Don't let that deter you, just don't change cycling shoes a month or so before the big ride.

My plan so far:
rehab the toe
bike to work more
spend more time in Aikido so my teacher remembers that I'm there and maybe get my next rank though that's entirely up to her and....
do at least the metric on Bike Against the Odds, even after ALC the most I could do there was the 49 mile.

[crazycanuck]

Ok, since i'll be off my bike for a while..My big bike goal is to do the Perth MTB 6hr in September...

I'll get there..slowly & carefully.

C

[makbike]

Earlier this evening I pulled out my goals for 2007 and found I had met all but one and well I sold that bike so I have a valid excuse.

My tentative goals for 2008 are:
2500 miles on my Univega
2000 miles on my new LeMond
Average speed on the road 15.6 mph
Overal (road + trainer) 6000 miles with an average speed of 15.1 mph
Ride at least 6 centuries and log 3000 club miles

Scary goals - very, very, very tentative
Ride the 3 mountains/3 states in May
Ride RAIN in July

Most importantly - take care of myself, enjoy myself and continue to move forward with a positive outlook.

[jobob]

I think I'm going to wait & see how this month goes before I start planning.

[maillotpois]

I think I'm going to wait & see how this month goes before I start planning.

I'm with you.

I've had 3 years in a row of big goal rides. 3 Triple Crowns in a row (9 double centuries total, including Devil Mountain), a brevet series (200, 300, 400 and 600k - though not in the same year! ), myriad 200ks. I've coached people to do the Death Ride 2 years in a row, and am doing that for sure again this year. This may be a year, though, where I don't do much else by way of super long rides. My overall speed has really dropped as the miles have pushed out, and I am not particularly happy about that.

I've also got a LOT going on personally and professionally right now, and I don't think I can add the doubles into the Death Ride coaching rides and still keep it all together.

Things may change. But this is where I am right now. And I'm okay with it. (2 sentences in a row started with prepositions - crabs! I meant conjunctions! - and I don't even flinch!! See how laissez faire I have become!!! Perhaps the end IS near.)

[Starfish]

(2 sentences in a row started with prepositions and I don't even flinch!!

With your perspective & experience, you will find the best path for yourself. Over time, you have developed wisdom. Under your current circumstances, waiting to set your goals makes sense. Around here, you will get only support. Upon posting, we will rally around you!

#4 - ride up to Hurricane Ridge in the Olympic Nat'l Park in WA. Just have to figure out the logistics of getting my bike up there or finding a suitable bike to rent.

Woohoo!! Let me know if you want a riding buddy, or if you want me to provide on-road support with my car and happy smile!

[Pedal Wench]

Scary goals - very, very, very tentative
Ride the 3 mountains/3 states in May
Ride RAIN in July

Most importantly - take care of myself, enjoy myself and continue to move forward with a positive outlook.

I'm planning on 3States/3Mountains in May too (the one out of Chattanooga) again. This year, I plan to ride those last 50 feet up Burkhalter Gap.
In addition:
Ididaride
BikeSebring
Ride The Rockies
Colorado Rocky Mountain Bike Tour

I'm already training...

[lauraelmore1033]

Gee, I was just thinking about goal setting today and remembering about how I had to really dig deep to get through the Apple Century and to ride 80 miles of the Headwaters Century. My first impulse was to aim for the same sort of goal, but to do it better and faster. but then I remembered how far I've come since last year and I realize that it was the act of struggling through something a little too ambitious that brought about the change. So maybe I'll shoot for a Double Century in 08. Stp? Rsvp?

[dex]

I really wanted to try to do the RSVP in 2008, but I don't know how realistic that goal is, since I have no idea when I'll be allowed/able to ride my bike again.

At the moment, my 2008 riding goal is simply to rehab my knee to the point that I can ride regularly again.

(I may try to register for RSVP anyway, just as a wishful thinking/just-in-case-things-go-better-than-I-think kind of thing.)

[melissam]

Trek,

Thanks for the encouragement! I'll probably be asking you all sorts of off the wall questions about this event.

I hope your toe rehab is going well.

-- Melissa

[Trek420]

Trek,

Thanks for the encouragement! I'll probably be asking you all sorts of off the wall questions about this event.

I hope your toe rehab is going well.

-- Melissa

Ask away. No question too off the wall. Lots of ALC'ers and multi day tour experience here on TE. Much more knowledge than the "official" ALC bulletin board.

[Trek420]

spend more time in Aikido so my teacher remembers that I'm there and maybe get my next rank though that's entirely up to her and....

Seems this needs to be at the top of my list. It's still not up to me, it's my teachers decision but I may be closer to my next promotion/test than I thought.

So I'm going to be more of someone who does Aikido but also bikes than someone who bikes but also does Aikido.