As an educator, I'm also a fan of S.M.A.R.T goals, probably more so than my middle schoolers, though.
In 2023 I managed to ride 200k, 300k, and 400k brevets. For 2024, I'm planning on adding the 600k, in part because I've always wanted to do the whole series, in part because I scored an entry for for LEL 2025, and I need some practice riding, sleeping, then riding again. I'd also like to commit to more mountain biking and finally make it up Little Cottonwood Canyon on the road bike, a feat I've never attempted due to its fearsome reputation and it being just a bit farther away from home than it's less fearsome sibling. Brady in SLC On Friday, January 5, 2024 at 7:48:14 AM UTC-7 Bill Lindsay wrote: > Often we do a goals thread, and there seems to me that there's a schism on > how to approach goals. Some folks have very specific goals: i.e. "average > 10 miles a day over the year". Others enjoy eschewing the specificity: > i.e. "have more fun on the bike". > > I'm a devotee of S.M.A.R.T. goals, which are (S)simple, (M)easurable, > (A)chievable, (R)relevant, (T)imply. The notion of the S.M.A.R.T. goal has > improved my life in several ways and maybe in a way has saved my life. I'm > a compulsive person and I'm a numbers guy. I'm going to be compulsive about > *something > , *so if that something can be achievable and healthy, then that's a good > thing. I've gotten into the habit of setting up tons of tiny S.M.A.R.T. > goals, and it sets me up to have a regular pattern of taking W's. > > My big picture goals for 2024 include: > > 10,000km ridden > Summit Mount Diablo 5 times on 5 different bikes > Put myself in the position to attempt my first 400k brevet > Complete the Marin Mountains 200k brevet > Complete 25% of every city in Contra Costa County on Wandrer > Complete 25% of Marin County on Wandrer > Ride 55 miles on my 55th birthday and kick off riding my age on my > birthday as a regular event > > Bill Lindsay > El Cerrito, CA > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/40f38f60-38ff-4786-8e67-efc177bf02c2n%40googlegroups.com.
