OR! Join the unwashed, unplanned, ungeeky (oops, nobody in their right mind would say that)... UNPLANNERS... who still didn't want this bike thing to be a "oh, yea, I was going to do that and it just never became a habit" ... um,... failure would be a strong word but that's srue what it feels like.

I am pretty severely organizationally challenged ... I can do it but only for a few things, and not while I'm doing other stuff. Yes, I have a lot of trouble with follow-through, too.

I log my miles - used to do it on a wall calendar, then on a spreadsheet Mike Bentley did, now it's on bikejournal (but I want to bring my personal spreadsheet up to date). I make big goals like "1000 miles for the year" that I ***know*** I can do... because I like to win by a landslide. Then I calculate how many miles per month, week, and day I'd have to do... and gosh, I'm already ahead. (Okay, yea, I'm a geek :=))

However, that's my personality - I'd rather just ride a little harder and longer today than yesterday, let nature take its course, and then bask in the surprise and elation when yes, I *can* do those long rides. And, of course, every time I *do* one of those long rides and bask in the elation, it makes it easier to do the *next* one~! How many things that let us bask in elation actually are good for us??? Bicycling is LIVING RIGHT