2012 Goals - Cycling and Fitness

[shootingstar]

Just ride at least twice per week in winter, and then switch to daily when it warms up, by commuting and adding on mileage afterwards.

I'm not even looking at mileage, I need to do more hills. Each time I return to Vancouver, I'm reminded...

[Crankin]

Keep going to my strength training/core classes through the summer (not sure if I can do this)
Do at least 2 metrics, on my own or organized and maybe another century
Work a little harder when I ride. Not looking for huge mph gains, but I slacked off this year a bit. I am good with that, but I need to work on my mental attitude
Ride at least 3,000 miles
Get more comfortable on my Guru, which I haven't ridden much
When my foot gets a little better, start running again

[goldfinch]

This is a work in process:

Get faster on the bike, which probably means pushing it more rather than simply putting in the miles. I am very slow and want to be able to ride with people and do long rides in the time allowed.

In a few days I turn 57. I want to ride 57 miles some nice day in January when it isn't too windy.

Ride 100k.

Do a multi-day charity ride, either Habitat for Humanity or one of the MS rides, when I am up north this summer.

Work on strength training by doing trainer designed weight program in motorhome two days a week. In spring return to gym for a refresher with the trainer.

Do neck and shoulder exercises every other day. No matter how boring it is. I've fallen off on this one since getting to Texas. I can feel it in my neck

Exercise at least 6 hours a week.

Maintain weight to no more than 112 pounds.

Count calories every day.

Weigh in once a week.

Eat plenty of blueberries, even though they cost way too much money.

Watch my impulsiveness: I buy too many things I don't need.

Not sure whether to have any running or walking goals yet.

[Giulianna23]

1.- Keep losing weight until I reach my ideal which is 160 lbs. Hopefully I'll reach my goal by the Summer.

2.- As soon as the winter its over I will love to start commuting to work everyday until winter again. It will be a total of 18miles round trip.

3.- I want to get a brand new Road Bike

4. - I want to travel somewhere on a vacation to a tropical Island.....maybe back in Panamá or it could be in Colombia or I may go the opposite way to London...

[Anelia]

My first goal is in April and it is to finish this challange and do my best on the next day. My next goal is to become national cahmapion again in XCO and XCM.
And hopefully to participate in the 24h marathon.
Meanwhile there will be lots of other races.
I would like to keep on weight lifting but I find it very difficult with approaching of the season, so many hours of base training so I don't want to set up such a goal.
I will maintain my weight of 112 pounds until the start of the season but later it is still difficult for me to balance on the thin line between good recovery and overloading with carbs.

[Dog]

These are my goals for 2012:

Learn how to cross-country ski (already signed up for the mountaineers course)
Learn how to work on my bike (including maintenance and repairs)
Weekend Bike/Camping Trips
Resume running when my plantarfacitus is clears up
Ride Hurricane Ridge (Olympic National Park)
Courage Classic - Washington (3 day ride over 3 mountain passes)
RAPSody (2 day ride around Puget Sound)
Ride up Mt. Erie (Fidalgo Island)
Kayak/Camp
Lose about 10 pounds and increase lean body mass
Learn how to play the Harmonica (got one for Christmas!)
Spend more time with friends doing the above!

I loved the Holstee Manifesto link that was shared....thank you for that!

Happy New Years!

[marni]

this link pretty much says it for me.

http://vimeo.com/34028125

I will have to take it day by day with ailing 90 year old FIL. Two two hour sessions a day at the rehab center, monitoring his meals (he is allergic to eggs and yet they persist in serving him things that contain eggs. I live in fear of having him die of allergic reaction in front of me since the staff at the rehab center don't seem capable of conceiving of this as the life and death issue it is) take a big chunk out the day it's a half hour commute each way. I do breakfast, go to the gym which is about midway, do a two hour work out of training session, run errands, go back the the rehab center, monitor lunch , go home, grab some lunch, catch up with backlog of stuff, etc.

Himself takes the dinner shift and gets home for a late dinner.

It's kind of exhausting, but I sure miss the road biking.

Here's hoping something changes for the better in 2010.

In the meantime, I take the link as an inspiration and a goal.

marni

[Bike Writer]

2012 Goals, good subject and none too soon to plan for.

Bike riding goals will look pretty much like this

• Shoot for 1300 miles of outdoor riding.
• Increase MPH avg by 20%
• Increase distance per ride
• Increase endurance and hill climbing abilities
• Get fast enough to keep up with group rides

Some of these goals are easily quantifiable, the endurance and hill climbing abilities are not as easily documented so they are going to have to be a subjective thing. If I measure my first full year of riding from July 24, 2010 to July 23, 2011 I come up with just over 1140 miles. This last outdoor season I had a full season to work with and managed just over 1213 miles for the year so there was a tiny increase, almost negligable. I didn't plan for much of an increase this coming outdoor year because it will be a campaign year for me and I'm not certain that I will have the time to devote to pleasure riding, but I do intend to make use of my bike while campaigning! Plus I want to continue to maintain my current level of fitness. Some of that may have to come from walking as opposed to cycling. Well, these are goals related to the bike, not enough space to write about non cycling goals...

Oh, one last but very important goal - continue to use my bike as a vehicle for exploration and have fun doing it!

[Cyclesome]

Love the Holstee Manifesto link Thanks for sharing

2012 Goals:
1. Lose 15 pounds
2. Spend more time with family and friends cycling
3. Cycle 1000 miles
4. Master the Slagel Hill climb
5. Complete a few metric centuries

[ivorygorgon]

Veronica: The double we will be training for is the LA Wheelmen Grand Tour.

[jobob]

This year,

• I want to get back to my "climbing weight". I'm almost there!
  
  
• I want to get back to where a metric century is not a big deal, and an imperial century or a double metric is not in the "you've got to be kidding!" category. Been there before, I can do it again.
  
  
• And in early August, I want to ride up the mountain in the background of this photo (which is Mt Shasta; the last climb of the Mt Shasta Century is up the Everitt Memorial Highway to the Old Ski Bowl).

[maillotpois]

Jo - that's a great pic!!!

I'm going to be working on the "to do list" I created after my DNF of the TT. I've got the new bike with better climbing gears. I'm planning to do the TT specific training rides SRCC puts on - one of which is even harder than the TT. Now that I'm back from my trip to the east coast, it is time to resume the weight loss I started last year.

On the way to the TT, I'll do some brevets and doubles. I'd like to repeat my time at DMD, which I was really happy with. And I will mostly try to have fun on the bike and keep fitting in family time along the way.