What is your goal for 2006?

[Adventure Girl]

I don't have my team together.

Do it solo! You're tough! 24-hour solo racers have something wrong in their brains!

[maillotpois]

Well, you'll get #1 out of your way this week...

On mine:

I'm 1 of 5 doubles down. Basically I've got a double a month through September (except July, but that's Death Ride month). (Added that 600k, which wasn't a goal - can I make it a retrospective goal? )

508 is looking good - may team up with a woman who's done it solo.

My Death Ride team is doing so-so. Some have not been able to do some of the rides, but I think they will make it. Many of them are doing the 200k this weekend and that wil be a good marker.

And Em and I had a great bike ride Sunday - started out a bit sketchy, but ended up super positive.

Slow and steady progress toward those goals....!

[snapdragen]

To get my butt on my bike.....grumble, grumble; wtf is this SK - 21 mph, grumble, grumble.....I'll be happy if I break 14.....grumble, grumble.

Snap "I've removed the laundry from the spin bike" dragen

[SadieKate]

"I've removed the laundry from the spin bike"

Remember, baby steps! You're making progress.

[luv'nAustin]

Great question

To be strong enough to climb the steep hills without falling over. I'm afraid this has happened in the past because I can't seem to unclip fast enough when my legs turn into logs

I also want to do my first century, as well as the MS 150.

To do another rim-to-rim-to-rim Grand Canyon hike. But this time I want to do the entire hike in under twentyfour hours...no sleeping on the North rim! No tears either...last time my IT band went bonkers and I had to do eleven hours of the hike in intense pain

Free time to fly back to Phoenix for as many training hikes up and down Camelback Mountain that I can possibly fit in...and as long as I'm there...a few hikes up and down Piestua Peak (aka Squaw Peak) for good measure too.

To do the Danskin tri without the aid of a swim angel. Gonna need lots of practice time in the water if that is going to happen!

Last, but not least, to keep riding these rolling Austin hills... to get stronger, faster, and perhaps a little lighter in the saddle.

Whew, I'm already tired and it's only November!
karri

[Grog]

I've been lurking on this thread for the past few days, I didn't really know what to say. Still don't.

My objective in 2005 was to ride 1500 km. It was my first real season on the bike. I am now at 4200 km or so, and hoping I can ride 300 km before the end of December. My other objective was to stop being afraid of hills. That's pretty much done too: I now consider hitting the slopes of the very hilly neighborhood where I live a fun way to spend an hour.

Since moving from Montreal to Vancouver, I have started considering that doing a triathlon is an accessible challenge. I am NOT a swimmer, but I'm learning, and I love running again. I have registered for the UBC Triathlon in March.

SO:
Increasing mileage will probably happen, especially since I will start riding in January, not April, this year. But it's not a specific objective.

My only real objective for 2006 is to do a sprint triathlon in March. Maybe I'll decide to do another one after that...

I will not enter road races... at least not for now. Even the simplest of accidents could be highly problematic for me, I really need my two arms right now, and I find road races a bit too risky for that.

But: I will keep riding with my new club and work more closely with the coach. I want to build speed a bit.

I hear of a couple of big hills around here, the kind of hills that take an hour to climb. I want to start tackling them in the Spring. There's nothing like getting to the top.

Most importantly, I want to keep cycling (and running and swimming) because it helps me keep a good balance and spirit to keep up with my work (being a PhD student). I want to keep having fun and smiling like a fool when I get to the top of hills or zoom down.

I guess that's that.

Oh, I also have an objective for 2007: doing a short triathlon with my mom in March of 2007. She sent me an email today (she's in Florida with my Dad right now) saying that she takes walks in the morning and then rides her city bike around Fort Lauderdale and swims in the afternoon. Triathlon! I called her immediately and asked her to do the short triathlon of UBC with me in March of 2007. I also asked her NOT to answer now and think about it. So I guess convincing her to do that with me in 2007 will be another goal for 2006.

[bluerider]

Totally inspired by all the posts here!

Thought I'd put my down in writing so I can revisit in a year's time and put little checks beside them (I hope).

1. Keep on riding! Would like to ride 10K next year and do my first century (not metric)

2. Bike up a infamous local grind that has 4 tight switchbacks and is uber-steep

3. Join a bike club

4. Race a road race

5. Run my first marathon (Chicago is the plan)

6. Compete in my first Olympic tri (couple of sprints under my belt now!)

AND...*drumroll please*....

7. Find a hot guy who loves biking as much as I do...whoops was this about athletic goals?????

All of the above are commitments with the exception of 7 which I will pencil in for now.

[wavedancer]

For 2006 I would like to ride at least one century.

I want to ride or get to the gym at least three times a week.
Total miles...at least 1500.

There are several uphill sections of our local mountain bike Trail of Tears that I want to be able to do without falling over...Same for the downhill parts.

I want to keep my weight between 110-115. That will require the above AND avoiding the never-ending supply of chocolate and sweets that will appear at work from now until after Easter!

[Lise]

What a wonderful thread this is. I've been off the site for a few days, working and computer problems. So cool to come back and find all these amazing goals. As for me...

Research and buy a "real" triathlon bike. Then "really" train for the tri, not just ride my bike whenever and wherever I feel like it.

Do two sprint and two Olympic distance triathlons. The last one in Lake Geneva, WI, to check out the course. If I can hack the hills, my goal is to do a 1/2 Ironman tri there in '07.

Run a 1/2 marathon in May, another in Sept, and the Chicago Marathon in October. Find my "all day pace", and run for miles with that.

And, in the spirit of blue rider, to find a really wonderful partner who loves to bike and run and wants to be with me more and more as the days go by...

Plus, if I could lose the belly fat.... I'd look a lot cuter in those biking jerseys!

Best wishes to all! Lise

[amg]

You are all amazing!

My goals are fairly simple this year:

• make it through another year of school - just a year and a half to go!
• keep up with the training plan I wrote out in November (when I should have been studying...)
• Ride in the Test of Metal again and improve on my time from last year
• try to not be too hard on myself if I don't live up to my own expectations
• start doing more mountain biking again - it was my passion, but I lost it somewhere along the way
• make more time for doggy belly rubs (this is an important step toward reaching world peace )

oh, and survive my bike commutes - you should see me in the mornings, all lit up like a neon green Christmas tree decorated with red and white flashing lights...

[SnappyPix]

My goals:

1. Stop lurking so much on this forum and start posting!
2. To join the local bike club and do as many rides and events as possible.
3. To increase my hill work, having discovered that hills are the secret incredient to any good training plan! Well, actually, it's not that secret, I've just been in denial!
4. To find more time to run and swim ... and bike!
5. To increase my mileage.
6. To show restraint when walking into a bike store.
7. To further develop my ridiculous tan lines.
8. To continue my quest to convert the unsuspecting into cycling, until the last pair of eyes on earth glaze over.

[DirtDiva]

So very simple, I know, but I have a bike designed for dirt that doesn't see nearly enough of it.

[latelatebloomer]

Get light enough and fast enough to try a club ride in the spring.

Keep riding in my relentless way - all the way to a century by 10/10/06 (my 47th birthday.)

Be kinder & easier on myself & those around me.

Finish revising my YA fantasy novel and have my editor really go for it.

Work on/ improve my little Goblin farm in a relaxed and joyful way.

I would really really love it if 2006 is the year that I start weighing less than 200 lbs.

Get a little more active about defending the planet, working for peace & freedom.

[luv'nAustin]

I love these goals! Bikerchick68, how do you come up with the routes and do you ride with a group? I'm hoping to do a century next year as well, but as a new rider, I'll probably want the security of an organized ride.

karri

[Technotart]

I want to do at least 2400 miles this year - Jan 02 begins a new riding season - my trainer is baited and waiting in the hall!