2013 Riding Goals

[Catrin]

Miranda - that is a great goal! That is certainly one of mine this year

Indy - good for you and your DH! Nothing wrong with keeping a tradition.

As for me, I think that I will finally get a century in this year. As I am doing the 24 hours of Booty in Indianapolis, I've decided to have a goal of riding 100 miles in those 24 hours. I don't mean doing all 100 miles at one time. Frankly I don't know that I could be ready for that by late June given last weekend was the first time I've ridden since Christmas. Nope, I think it will be more like ride 25 miles, take a break, ride 25 more, etc. I will be quite happy at riding 100 miles within that 24 hour window and is probably the most realistic way I can accomplish this.

[never2late]

My goal is to ride 3,000 miles this year. It's a big decade birthday year and I've been dreaming for 6 years about what I wanted to do to celebrate this milestone.

I spent 2012 putting my base in, got a new bike (can't remember how to edit my signature, but I have a beautiful Bianchi). I rode the old Schwinn until my dear
husband saw I was serious and then he gifted me with a bike last May. I managed to get just over 2,000 miles for the year. Rode my first century, along with
three other rides earlier in the season, gradually increasing my distance for the September Century.

I now have to work on upper body strength...my least favorite things to do...but necessary.

Congratulations to everyone on your goals for this year, I know we can all encourage here!

till soon,
Susan

[uforgot]

I just need to start riding again. I have neglected it for so long!

[DocZan89]

My first goal...to get around my "block". My block is 4 miles around which is not much but it has some pretty decent hills. Like you smittykitty, I need lots of work on hills. They are my nemesis and the thing that psychs me out of riding close to home.

Rosanna

[TrekDianna]

kacie tri-ing - you are amazing.

[marni]

I turn 65 in May. I have been saving for a new "special " bike since I was 60. I am buying it for my birthday present to myself. That will happen sometime after June 1, as I have challenged my three biking sisters to ride a century with me in the Little Red Riding Hood Ride in Utah. My other goal is to continue to ride my age each week, only this time to make it more than 2/3 of the time. On my new bike it should be easier right?

[Atlas]

I mentioned that I want to ride a century before the summer is over and my boyfriend will hold me to that (which is what I need). We just moved to a new city so I hope to get more comfortable with traffic and get out of town more on my bike. I'd also like to try mountain biking since we now live in the mountains instead of the flat plains.

[indysteel]

I turn 65 in May. I have been saving for a new "special " bike since I was 60. I am buying it for my birthday present to myself. That will happen sometime after June 1, as I have challenged my three biking sisters to ride a century with me in the Little Red Riding Hood Ride in Utah. My other goal is to continue to ride my age each week, only this time to make it more than 2/3 of the time. On my new bike it should be easier right?

Sounds like a great plan, marni! What bike do you have in mind?

[shootingstar]

Well, I did meet part of my 2013 goals..to ride several times per wk. during the winter. Short rides, some super cold rides in Alberta, but all good and ..now I'm reminded how helpful it is for today's longer ride..in Vancouver for 42 kms. up several hills and in such fine weather with cherry blossoms. And I didn't die. I haven't done a ride this distance since last November.

As for rest of this year, ah heck. For me, just ride longer every day when I can and wherever I go/visit. At least 1-2 touring trips 2-3 days long. I haven't figured out the total target annual mileage. I just want to keep on enjoying cycling as much as I can. Not sure, I guess last year I did probably under 3,000 km. So if I do that this year, great or more, that'll be great. But I'm not keeping accurate count and haven't been for past decade. I just know the trips where we've done 80-100 km. in 1 day vs. other trips 15-45 km. around town during the day.

[Bike Writer]

I set these up in late winter while dreaming about spring time and a new riding season.

• Ride 5 new trails or paths
• Do at least 2 urban rides in a city
• Take my bike on at least one vacation
• Rent a bike on one vacation in a style different than what I normally ride
• Take on one bicycle advocacy initiative
• Go on a bike ride with one kid under 10 yrs old who is not a relative
• Test ride some different bikes than what I normally ride
• Ride a tandem
• Do at least one charity ride
• Do at least 2 group rides
• Train to ride a trip of 40 miles
• Ride 1,000 miles
• Increase my riding average speed to 10 mph
• Ride a real mountain bike trail

I ride slow and want to increase my mph so that I can cover more miles on an outing. My goal for annual mileage for the year is considerably lower than my best year but after all the interruptions from last year I'll be very glad to make 1K this year.

[Owlie]

Oh yes, here's one.
I want to do a century, self-supported. I want to ride the entire length of the Little Miami trail and back. I promised myself I'd do this before I left Ohio and this summer's my last chance.

And another two:
Explore some more of the bike trails around Xenia.
Ride to school at least once. Possibly ride to work. That one's going to be harder.

[NbyNW]

If there's one thing I've regretted about the last few years, it's that I wish I had ridden more.

So my goal is to just start riding again. I will be happy with 5-10 miles RT.

But first I have to go shopping! And I need to handle this delicately with DH because I just plunked down a bunch of money on a DSLR.

My bikes are all in storage back in the US .... we didn't have space in our air freight allowance to bring any over.

I wanna test ride some bikes this month. Might be a challenge with a baby in tow. Or maybe shops will hook up a trailer so baby can come along for a ride, and I can see what it's like to have a trailer! Or a child seat. I'm really not sure what to get, but that's probably a whole 'nother thread.

[lovelygamer]

I have gotten into road cycling this year. We are planning to train for a century in October. We have a long way to go! I am also working on speeds. Starting next week, I am commuting to the farm to pick up our CSA. I think those are my goals for the year.