"The last three on my list are: 25% of Marin County, Finish the Marin Mountains 200k, and ride 10,000km. Those are all still achievable."
I rode the Marin Mountains 200k yesterday. I did the ride, and finished the full course, so I'm calling it done. In a lot of ways, that ride is the icing on the cake for a bunch of smaller wins that served as prep for this ride. Technically, I was 11 minutes over the time limit, though, so if you look it up on my RUSA record, it might not be there. It was a MONSTER. Here's the route: https://ridewithgps.com/routes/36612186 Two more to go! Bill Lindsay El Cerrito, CA On Tuesday, June 4, 2024 at 10:22:41 AM UTC-7 Bill Lindsay wrote: > In January I listed 7 S.M.A.R.T. goals and had completed 3 of them. I > finished another S.M.A.R.T. goal yesterday, and this one took some real > determination and focus. This one was to complete 25% of each individual > city of Contra Costa County on Wandrer.earth. The extra > determination/effort was the act of curating a bunch of rides and doing a > lot of driving to get to a ride out at the nether regions of my county. > The last city on the list was Antioch. 25% was the number because Wandrer > gives a bonus at 25%, so that program of getting 25% of every city > maximized my points and cements my #1 status for Contra Costa County. I > had been doing a kind of tug-of-war with one other rider who wanted to have > that top spot. This 25% goal was part of my "shock and awe" campaign to > put my top-spot out of reach. 1 point on Wandrer represents 1 new-mile > covered. At the end of 2023, both me and "the challenger" were around 3000 > points in Contra Costa County. Now that the "shock and awe" campaign is > complete, the challenger is at 3200 points, and I'm at 7200 points, because > of all the bonuses I've been racking up. I wanted to get this done before > the real summer heat kicked in, because the eastern/inland part of Contra > Costa is where the >100 degree days are common. > > The last three on my list are: 25% of Marin County, Finish the Marin > Mountains 200k, and ride 10,000km. Those are all still achievable. > > Bill Lindsay > El Cerrito, CA > > On Sunday, May 19, 2024 at 4:45:47 PM UTC-7 Bill Lindsay wrote: > >> One of my 2024 goals is knocked down. I stated the goal: >> >> Summit Mount Diablo 5 times on 5 different bikes >> >> I did my fifth summit of Diablo today on my fifth different bike. Pics >> prove it: >> >> https://flickr.com/photos/45758191@N04/albums/72177720313832831/ >> >> Bill Lindsay >> El Cerrito, CA >> >> On Friday, January 5, 2024 at 6:48:14 AM UTC-8 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/3ffb347e-1442-4831-a051-60a71eb010abn%40googlegroups.com.
