Closing out 2007 - results?

[SheFly]

Looking back, I'd say that I probably exceeded my goals for 2007.

I wanted to ride as many miles as 2006, but missed out on that mark by a bit, finishing with 5153 (vs. 5722 in '06). The miles were definietly more intense, however!

Here's the breakdown for me:

Road bike: 2256.6
MTB: 464.1
Tandem: 1065.9
'Cross: 972.6
Trainer: 394.8

Other goals for the year were to race more (competed in 48 races with only 1 DNF due to a crash), upgrade my 'Cross license to compete at the Elite level (I ended up upgrading both my road and 'cross licenses to Cat 3 after some VERY good results at the beginning of the road season) and to set a PR at the TT as well as re-take the tandem TT record (I did set a PR at the TT with a time of 23:56 for 9.75 miles, but the tandem record eluded us this year despite coming within 2 seconds). I was also the club member who competed in the most TTs during the season - 14 - earning me a free pass to next year's series!

Much of my 2007 success is owed to the encouragement and support of my DH, teammates and all of you here at TE! Thanks to all of you for reading race reports, telling me that I do not suck (), and just being there to offer support when needed.

2008? The sky is the limit! How do I top a year like this one? I think I'll revel in these accomplishments some more before I decide on my cycling goals for the coming year.

SheFly

[indysteel]

I surpassed my mileage goal with 5,175 miles for the year. I was hoping for 4,500 initially and then upped it to 5,000. Since I live in the flatlands, I didn't have a climbing goal, but I ended up doing a number of event rides: I did my first century in May at the Horsey Hundred. I did the Ride Across Indiana in July and finished within the top third of about 1100 riders. And I did the Bicycle Ride Across Tennessee in September, which was my first week-long tour. For my first full year of riding, I'm more than pleased.

Perhaps most importantly, I made a lot of friends, learned to ride safely and efficiently in a paceline, led a ride for my local club, gutted it out on some rides that were faster and/or harder than I thought I could handle, and gained a ton of confidence in myself. Now I'm ready for 2008!

[divingbiker]

It looks like after my New Year's Eve commute, I'll end the year with 3273 miles, well short of my goal of 4000 miles. (In mid-July, I decided that after riding to work every day I didn't want to ride so much on the weekends, so my mileage dropped off.)

Nonetheless, I'll end the year with 159 bike commutes and my first century completed. I did a few mountain bike rides, which I loved, and I got my fabulous new commuting bike, which rides like a luxury car. I got to ride with Regina, Kalidurga, MDHillSlug, Withm, Bike4ever, Sunnyside, and Zencentury from here at TE.

Not a bad year at all...

[crazycanuck]

Well, I managed 7490km up to Oct 26th! My goal was 10k but i changed it to 9k in early oct. So much for that idea hey!

C

[makbike]

It has by all accounts be a great year for me on my bike. I had set a goal of 5500 miles (indoor & outdoor) for 2007. As of today I've logged a total of 7303 miles (indoor & outdoor). I pulled out my goal sheet today and I met all but one of goals (mileage on the recumbent I owned). So as it goes I logged 5148 miles on my Univega on the road, 390 miles on the recumbent I no longer own, 241 miles on my new bike and 1524 miles on my trainer. I had set a goal of 4 centuries and I started and finished 9 with the longest being 128 miles. Most importantly, I felt strong and confident on my bikes and with each stroke of the pedals I felt my confidence grow. I've had a great year and all those miles in the end (from June on) were a very cheap form of therapy as well - I'm mentally and physcially much stronger and looking forward to 2008 - what will it bring?

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

I managed to bike 3400 miles outside this year, with lots of rolling hills. That's really way more than I thought I would do for my first full year of biking, so I'm happy.
For me it's not so much about miles but more about fitness. But sometimes the only way to describe how much you bike is by stating miles, so it tends to seem to give miles more importance that I actually do give it.
My goal for 2008 is not to ride more miles, but to average a faster speed overall. Again, not because speed is that important to me, but rather because a faster overall speed will indicate to me that I am getting stronger.

[easterbird]

I just posted over on BJ. I passed my last years total of 5300.88 with my current at 5306. I'm a capricorn and I'm thrilled. Had more vacations w/o my bike but just kept at it whenever I could. This brings my lifetime miles to 11000+(I started in Sep 2005 at 57). Yep that's right...big 60 in Jan 2008...wheee what a ride.

I never set a yearly goal for climbing but did start tracking elevation gain after I bought a polar and then an edge 305. That number is 210,188'. how's that really? not so good I bet for folks near some real 'hills'.

Improved my speed(not much but some) 2006 was 13.76 overall with 2007 at 14.2 and my HR avg from 124 in 2006 to 130 in 2007. I really believe I am fitter and am hoping that my interpreation of these few numbers support this hypothesis. You can tell me if I'm wrong so I can get set for 2008!
Reading all your posts(here and BJ) really have motivated me this year..especially when I feel alone(not many of my 'old' friends bike)

Cheers..Happy New Year!