2013 Cycling Goals

[IBrakeforPastry]

I just want to have fun.

Yay - this! I just want to ride more, and get back into it. I used to ride a lot, then the past few years I slowed down a bit. Some minor, but prolonged, health/injury problems changed my focus to rehab and wellness. Hopefully this will be the year!

I'm not competitive, but I would like to work on my off-bike fitness routine to make the cycling more enjoyable and efficient (more distance with less discomfort).

I want to make sure I have the right bike. If the fancy new road bike I bought in October wasn't the best choice, I will accept the loss and get the right one. With all the snow we have now, it will be a while before I will know for certain.

Thanks for giving me things to think about!

[shootingstar]

I haven't had an computer on my bike in several years, so I have only a vague idea of how far I've gone on any given ride or how fast (DH has one and sometimes I ask, while sometimes I don't).

Same here Indysteel. I know from dearie who uses his cyclometer, the distance of several common routes in the city where I live now, plus 2 other cities where I used to live and still go back to visit and cycle. He's religious about using his cyclometer plus I always know what I've done when we go bike touring anywhere.

I tell him he is real used car: he's clocked in 200,000+ km over the past 22 yrs. since he's done several transcontintal bike trips on his own plus regular cycling at home. Yup, has his spreadsheets. Hope his grown children appreciate this record one day.

I should get back into yoga and some pilates to keep some pains away... I'm impressed some folks jump rope, I tried doing a couple spins a few months and was amazed what type of muscles it uses that I took for granted as a child and how easily breathless I became as an adult.

[katluvr]

Good timing for me to read this thread as I have been formulating some 2013 "goals" or "resolutions". Yet to put them down on paper (or computer). So I'll start with the bike goals:

#1: Ride more this year (running took over last year)
Log my miles to see how much I really ride this year.
Ride more regularly.
Get a bike fit (easy--received gift certificate for X-mas)
Do a Century (haven't done one for a few years)
Put the old bike on the trainer and work on overall fitness! (And bike while I what TV instead of drinking wine while I watch TV)
Do an charity ride (normally a MS ride) in a new state
Ride to work (I really do want to do this)
Start riding my bike for short errands or lunch downtown.
Obviously I would like to "get faster"! (Who wouldn't?)

Ok, so mostly generic type goals, no specifics...but it's a start!
Happy New Year!

K