I need my ride goal making to be seasonal, because, riding in the summer is
decidedly more unpleasant than other times of the year. My goal for this
summer is to get my fat ass out of bed and ride at least 4 days a week in
the morning. I can ride on my lunch break if I could just send the kid
Jay
Thanks for those words. I get it that work can poison the entire notion of
being organized, and I TOTALLY get how escaping one's work-head-space is
necessary for some people. It sounds like you've got something going that
works great for you. Saturday was one goal (finish a 300k) and I
Bill - that is amazing what you've already done in the first two months of
the year! Happy 55th! My favourite of your goals is summiting Mount
Diablo 5x on 5 different bikes. I watch a lot of YouTube cycling videos,
some from California, and it looks amazing (I'm in Ontario, an hour outside
At the beginning of the year I listed several S.M.A.R.T. goals:
10,000km ridden. (on-pace, over 500 miles/month in rainy Jan and Feb)
Summit Mount Diablo 5 times on 5 different bikes (on pace, 2 done, one more
next Saturday)
Put myself in the position to attempt my first 400k brevet (DONE! I
"Now...about your new roadeo"
I was kind of expecting it to be delivered today, but Rick emailed me about
my seat tube decal choice, which I think means that clear coats are still
to be laid on. Probably next week is when we can start doing damage on the
RoadeoRosa.
Bill Lindsay
El
Happy Birthday Bill! As a Utahn, I’m a bit jealous of SFR’s frequent winter
brevets. Ours are still a few months off, so I content myself with Nordic
skiing as the weather makes it available, and Zwift races here and there.
Best of luck on the 200k!
On Thu, Feb 8, 2024 at 6:00 PM Bill Lindsay
Happy birthday Bill...great way to spend the day
Now...about your new roadeo
Best...Ryan in winnipeg
On Thursday, February 8, 2024 at 8:41:42 PM UTC-6 DTL wrote:
> Ride with friends more is a goal of mine. Even once a month would be an
> increase for me!
> And a general ride more with no
Ride with friends more is a goal of mine. Even once a month would be an
increase for me!
And a general ride more with no music / podcast playing / phone not on the
quad lock (when appropriate) - to echo John's sentiment of presence.
I have such a good memory of a ride I did a few years ago which
I did my 55 miles on my 55th birthday today, -AND- got my second summit of
Mount Diablo of 2024 on a second bike. Last month I rode my Black Mountain
Cycles road. Today I rode my 57cm Legolas (in Amethyst Smoke). On
Saturday I'll be riding that same Legolas on a 200k brevet with SF
Earlier I said:
"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%
At 74, I bike a mile farther than the same month last year. May in 2022 I
did 200 miles, May in 2023 I did 201, May this year I’ll do 202, for
example. Since the goal depends on the weather, it works out to about 1350
a year. This keeps me (slowly) improving without killing myself.
I mean,
Only in beds, Cindy and I gave up camping awhile ago, my last big camping
tour was the Great Divide in 2016. I am riding more days and less
miles/day.After tge last month of most rides in the 30’s F, high 50’s are
predicted for the coming weeks.
Steven Sweedler
Plymouth, New Hampshire
On Sat,
You're living my best life, Steven. I hope the weather is agreeable on
your tour. Will you be sleeping in beds or on the ground?
Bill Lindsay
El Cerrito, CA
On Saturday, January 6, 2024 at 7:36:11 AM UTC-8 Steven Sweedler wrote:
> In 2021 I made a goal of 7000 m. to coincide with turning 70.
Good luck Bill S with your healing and goals for 2024.
Brady, a 600k would be epic. London-Edinburgh-London 2025! Amazing. One
cool thing about goals is that writing them down is a brain hack that helps
make you see it through. Even though we aren't going to bug you about it,
it's kind of
In 2021 I made a goal of 7000 m. to coincide with turning 70. I surpassed
my goal, riding over 8000 m/ yr for 3 years now. I am tryingvto
maintainnthat mikeage for at least another year. Tomorrow I start atour in
Portugal that should be a good start.
Steven Sweedler
Plymouth, New Hampshire
On
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On Saturday, January 6, 2024 at 8:00:00 AM UTC-6 Bill Schairer wrote:
> My annual goals for the past for the past 7 years, going into the 8th have
> been Simple, Measurable, and Achievable - except I missed it in 2023 by
> about 70 miles due to filling a cancellation
My annual goals for the past for the past 7 years, going into the 8th have
been Simple, Measurable, and Achievable - except I missed it in 2023 by
about 70 miles due to filling a cancellation spot for hernia repair 12/26.
I do have my High goal (6,000 miles) vs my Minimum goal (5,000 miles).
‘Vee get too soon oldt und too late schmart’ I love it. Sounds exactly
like some of the things my grandfather used to say. I may have to make a
plaque for this myself.
On Friday, January 5, 2024 at 11:08:36 AM UTC-6 John Dewey wrote:
> All worthy goals…but beware the ‘ride your age’ program.
Yikes, when did I start? In my mid-60s I suppose, thereabouts. Got 75
coming up later this month. I’m ready for it so should be good to go. An
old fart in Athens, whose name I can’t recall, had a good group ride-along
on his 84-miler. I’d be happy with that now.
Trouble with getting older is the
"I think you meant "timely" instead of "timply" in your SMART acronym?"
Indeed I did. S.M.A.R.T. goals are a regular thing. I didn't make up the
acronym. It's a common technique to ward off gloom and depression.
Therapists, life coaches, etc frequently recommend these things. The
great
The trouble is that too many other things interfere with my biking - yard
work, home repairs and routine maintenance, auto repair and maintenance,
and of course, the weather which can be unpredictable, especially in these
latitudes. IIRC the last 100 miler I rode was something like 2007, the
Jock said "but beware the ‘ride your age’ program. I embarked on this years
ago and found we too quickly reach the point where the math just doesn’t
look so good…i.e. it’s all backwards."
At what age did you start? How long did it go? and when did you decide
for yourself that you can no
All worthy goals…but beware the ‘ride your age’ program. I embarked on this
years ago and found we too quickly reach the point where the math just
doesn’t look so good…i.e. it’s all backwards.
My grandfather, who taught me all I ever needed to know about bicycle
mechanics, had a goofy plaque over
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,
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