2010 Goals

[OakLeaf]

Finish my first marathon. And do it early enough in the year that I don't sacrifice too much of my peak-season cycling.

First, I have to sign up..... I'm just terrified of pushing that button....

[Medianox]

My goals for 2010:
1) Build up my endurance and stamina
2) Ride farther on a regular basis
3) Take myself out of town on my bike and find my way back
4) Improve overall technique (specifically climbing)and skills
5) Complete a century ride
6) Do the "Bay to Breakers" with a group from work
7) Lose 10 lbs (that one never changes-lol)
and most of all-
8) Be an aware, considerate and safe cyclist in 2010!!!!

[Ritamarie]

My 2010 goals (which will also be the year I turn 50) -

1) Complete the 100lb weight loss (35 to go)

Wow Kimikaw, congrats on the accomplishment to far.

When I first saw this thread, I couldn't really come up with anything. I've had a great cycling year, and I want another just like it! However, as I thought about it, I've come up with a few ideas.

1. I think it would be cool to ride my bike more miles than I drive my car. This year, with a late start due to some surgery early in the year, I have over 4000 miles on my bike so far and almost 8000 on my car. It's probably unrealistic to close that entire gap, but I'm going to be conscious of it. Maybe I can ride 75% of the miles I drive in my car.

2. Like Owlice, I would like to ride through the winter at some level. Lately I've been doing 600-800 mile months. I think I can keep up the current level through December. It's January-March that will be hard here in PA. So, my goal is to have a reasonable 1000 miles for the year in by April 1. That's only 333 miles a month. It would be great to do more, but I'll set that as a minimum goal. This should put me in at over 5000 miles for the year if I pick up where I left off this year. Maybe more if, for instance, I start riding to the post office instead of driving, in the interest of goal number 1.

3. Related to #2, I'd like to stay fit through the winter, NOT gain my usual 10 winter pounds, and NOT feel like a slug by February. A few years ago, I started celebrating my 1/2 birthday in July instead of my real birthday in January because I always feel awful in January!

4. In 2010, I'd like to cut out the time wasting activities , so that I can not only ride my bicycle at the same level as this year, but my horse too. I've had serious horse-selling thoughts this year. Can I do both to an adequate level? This in addition to a full time job, a family and a farm?

The problem is I never met a hobby I didn't like.

[BikeShopGirl]

Here's my follow up post about my pre-season plans and goals for 2010!

http://bikeshopgirl.com/2009/11/pre-season-part-ii/

[kenyonchris]

I am adding this to my list of goals...


http://www.warriordash.com/

[Trek420]

I'm adding walking this:

www.mercerislandhalf.com

[mhami]

I certainly can't match your goals to mine since I don't ride as much as all of you (yet - maybe in 2011). However, I do have a couple of goals.

1) Lose 40 lbs by my birthday at the end of July 2010. I have already lost 8 of those lbs, so 32 to go.

2) Ride 21 miles, with my two children, to my Mom's house which is six cities/towns over on the Rails-to-Trails bike path. Of course I will have to ride back again, but I plan to spend the night first. I know 21 miles to all of you is nothing, but I have never gone that far on a bike.

[ny biker]

Finish my first marathon. And do it early enough in the year that I don't sacrifice too much of my peak-season cycling.

First, I have to sign up..... I'm just terrified of pushing that button....

You can do it!! Push that button!!

[kimikaw]

My 2010 goals (which will also be the year I turn 50) -

1) Complete the 100lb weight loss (35 to go)
2) Do a 2:45 half marathon - goal is Nashville in April under 3:00 and Chicago in August under 2:45 (2009 Nashville my first half was 3:39 and Chicago my current best 3:09 - speedy or a runner I am not)
3) Complete my 1st and 2nd triathlons - the Pewaukee, WI triathlon in July and the Danskin Chicago/Kenosha WI tri in Sept.
4) Make it up the steep scary hill by my house on my bike.


And maybe do my first century ride.

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

My 2010 goals (bicycle-wise) are:

-To stop recording how many miles I ride and fussing about what my average speed is.
-To focus more on just using my bike for fun rides, exercise, and errands.
-To have my biking be a natural part of my life instead of something separate and special that needs ritualized preparations, even for a small ride.

My goal is to turn my biking more back to what it was when I was a kid.

[OakLeaf]

You can do it!! Push that button!!

Done... ack... Cleveland, in 175 days.

I think I'll feel better about it once I've run 14 in training... more than half. Might just do that tomorrow...

[Owlie]

1. Get over my fear of riding downhill. (So, go for a few rides in my neighborhood at home. It's sort of hill central, and every one has a stop sign at the bottom!)
2. Lose a bit of the "freshman fifteen" that appears to have parked itself on my person.
3. Increase my distance. I'd like to do a metric century...or even an imperial one this year. This goes along with...
4. Start riding more, even if it's just a few miles a day--work, weather and my health permitting.

[Owlie]

Oh, thought of a few more--
5. Try clipless. Although that involves having money, so if that one doesn't happen, not a big deal. Or, at least put the toe cages back on.
6. Get better with maintenance. Ideally, this would include buying an old bike, taking it apart, cleaning it up, and putting it back together...but that also involves having money. I suppose I'd be happy with not having to rely on DBF (as wonderful as he is) for basic tweaks.