goals- the finishing year and the new year

[azfiddle]

Did you set goals for last year? Do you have goals for next year?

I had hoped to ride 4000 miles this year. Due to injuries, I didn't quite make it, but with one more possible ride on the 31st, I will reach between 3760 and 3780. That's still an "A" by percentage, so I'm pretty happy. My other big goal was to ride the 109 mile distance in El Tour de Tucson, but that didn't happen due to the hip issues this fall. I did log over 75,000 feet of elevation gain, including a ride up Mt. St. Helens, and 3 very cool rides in Ireland: around the Dingle Peninsula and two rides in County Clare near Doolin and Kilfenora.

New goals? Mainly, I want to keep having fun on my bike, it makes me smile and is helping me maintain my weight at a level proportionate to my height for the first time in my adult life (that would be several decades!). It also has given me and the DH a lot of wonderful time together, and has been very positive for our relationship. I would like to set my mileage goal for 4000 again for next year, but it will all depend on whether the hip, legs and back will cooperate. The actual miles aren't nearly as important as the rest of the stuff

What about you?

[Koronin]

Coming into this year not only did I have no goals, I did not have a road bike and had mountain bike that was too big for me and I was not comfortable riding. So I know have a road bike and a mountain bike that I am comfortable riding. I guess my goals for next year are a bit more arbatrary as they are to just increase stamina and speed while riding.

[Chile Pepper]

For 2010 my goal was to ride 3,000 km. I was on track to do that or more until I fell on Easter and then spent four months on the DL. My ride tomorrow should put me at 2,175.

So this year, no goals. I do not want to tempt fate again by aiming for anything. At all. Except, maybe, to be injury free for as much of the year as possible. See? Even there, I'm giving fate an out.

[nscrbug]

I had a goal of riding 7,000 miles for this year, but fell just 41 miles short of it. I may have one more shot at it, on New Year's Eve...as the forecast is calling for near 50-degree temps, but flooding rains to go with it. If there is a dry window of opportunity, I'll try my best to hit my goal.

As for next year...well, I guess I'll shoot for 7,000 again, if I don't hit it this year. And if I do hit it on Dec. 31st, then my goal for next year will be 7,001.

[Catrin]

I had a goal of 2500 miles in 2010 as my first year of cycling, but injuries stopped me cold at about 1,700 miles. Considering that I only made it out of training parking lots in March, and didn't start riding actual roads until May, I think that I still did pretty darn good! I had to back way down in mid-September so there is no double in my mind that I would have met that goal if I hadn't injured myself.

For 2011 I want to set my goal at 3,000 miles, and if my body will let me ride further than that then I will just let it happen I have already selected some events that I would like to participate in, body and finances permitting, and am looking forward to taking advantage of my new home's location and riding every opportunity that I can and just having fun with it

[maillotpois]

Congrats on those of you who set and made (or came really close to) goals for this year.

I had no goals for 2010 and I didn't even keep track of my mileage, which I have done religiously since 2005. I generally hit between 4000 - 5000 miles a year and have no reason to believe I wasn't right in there somewhere. I did some really good rides, including my longest ride in about 3 years, and had a lot of fun on my bike.

I have some ride specific goals for 2011 (I'm going to do a brevet series and some double centuries), but I probably won't track mileage overall. I'm really trying to focus on quality of rides, not so much quantity. And having fun.

[shootingstar]

For all the past years of cycling, I've never set a mileage cumulative goal.

I just ride and hope my heart and health will propel me onward. This works for me 'cause then I never end up disappointed with myself.

I only hope to know more about where I live cycling-wise in 2011. 2010 had incredible highs and lows on the path of life for me.

[SLash]

My biking goal for 2010 was 2,000 miles, I rode 2178.47 according to my Edge.

For next year, make that this year, my goal is 2150 miles. I've been riding consistently for 20 years as of September 2010 and I have never completed a century, so that's on my list for 2011. I've had lots of rides near 100 (85 this year, 97 another) but never a century. I'm overdue!

Just bought a spinner so I'm logging lots of indoor miles 200+ since mid-Nov - lots to me.

Happy New Year everyone!

[azfiddle]

How did everyone do with their goals?

Mine was 4000, and despite some time off in June for back/hip/leg issues, I passed my goal during November, after getting in a lot of miles training for El Tour de Tucson.

I am at 4563 as of today, with my goal reset to 4800 for the year. I have 2 weeks of vacation starting Saturday, and can count on relatively mild weather here in Tucson so I think it should be quite do-able.

[Owlie]

I was secretly hoping for 1000 this year, but with a very wet spring, grad school (I barely rode in September and October), and this freaking injury, I'm stuck at 700-something.

As for the stated goals in this thread, I managed the weight loss. Overall fitness still has a way to go, I think.

[Crankin]

I did pretty well with the mileage goal. With 2 weeks left, I have 61 miles to reach 3,000 miles. I might not make it, but I'm going to be pretty damn close. Considering I've been working about 35 hours a week since June, I am OK with that.
I didn't do enough long rides, though.

[maillotpois]

How funny - I started reading this thread, and didn't even realize it was from last year til I got to my own response. I did scratch my head about your El Tour thing, azfiddle, and said to myself "I swear she did the whole ride..." (because you'd done it this year but obviously didn't complete it last year.)

It's obviously been a long day.

Anyway I hit 3850 miles counting outdoor miles only (I do a computrainer class 1 1/2 hours, ideally 2 times a week). I will probably get to 4000 by the end of the month. I've only had 52 outdoor rides for the year, which seems to show I lived up to my comment from last year about riding for quality not quantity. That said, I did a full brevet series and a half (2 x 200k, 2 x 300k, 1 each 400k and 600k), 3 double centuries and some other fun rides. I had a lot of fun and made some great new friends and left myself some "unfinished business" for next year as well!

Congrats to those of you who've hit your goals - or came close!

[goldfinch]

Round about December of last year, or maybe January of this year, I decided to start losing weight. I had no particular goal in mind, it was a low carb experiment while wintering in Texas. I did count calories, figuring that 1200 a day on average was going to lose about a pound a week for me. After I had lost about fifteen pounds I decided to have a weight goal of 115 pounds.

I made it. I lost a total of 46 pounds, going from 158 to 112.

Now my goal is to maintain my weight in the 110 to 114 range.

I started cycling this year. I have roughly 1350 miles in for the year and may get fifty or a hundred more once I am back in Texas on December 15.

I have to think what would be reasonable goals for 2012. Maybe 2000? 2500? I can't believe it is going to be 2012.

[tealtreak]

Did you set goals for last year? Do you have goals for next year?

I had hoped to ride 4000 miles this year. Due to injuries, I didn't quite make it, but with one more possible ride on the 31st, I will reach between 3760 and 3780. That's still an "A" by percentage, so I'm pretty happy. My other big goal was to ride the 109 mile distance in El Tour de Tucson, but that didn't happen due to the hip issues this fall. I did log over 75,000 feet of elevation gain, including a ride up Mt. St. Helens, and 3 very cool rides in Ireland: around the Dingle Peninsula and two rides in County Clare near Doolin and Kilfenora.

New goals? Mainly, I want to keep having fun on my bike, it makes me smile and is helping me maintain my weight at a level proportionate to my height for the first time in my adult life (that would be several decades!). It also has given me and the DH a lot of wonderful time together, and has been very positive for our relationship. I would like to set my mileage goal for 4000 again for next year, but it will all depend on whether the hip, legs and back will cooperate. The actual miles aren't nearly as important as the rest of the stuff

What about you?

Having fun is what it is about! I came back from a ride cut short by a brake cable blow out to read this and realized...That Is IT!!!! I must force myself to start carrying more tools and learn to use them! (: New years Resolution done...haha if I keep it that is......)