Personal Road Racing Goals for 2004
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Personal Road Racing Goals for 2004
Well what are your personal goals for the 2004 year?
I have in mind to:
Do really well in the Schools Time Trials
Crack the hour for a 40km Time Trial
Complete the 196km K2 challenge (hilly terrain for the whole race)
Complete the Around Lake Taupo Century in a time well under 5hrs.
To do some of this I am:
Saving for a Cervelo Soloist 105 bike (aero frame)
Aerobars
Aero wheels
Brendon
I have in mind to:
Do really well in the Schools Time Trials
Crack the hour for a 40km Time Trial
Complete the 196km K2 challenge (hilly terrain for the whole race)
Complete the Around Lake Taupo Century in a time well under 5hrs.
To do some of this I am:
Saving for a Cervelo Soloist 105 bike (aero frame)
Aerobars
Aero wheels
Brendon
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I'd like to win states and place at nationals. Definately high hopes, but before you can acheive the goals you have to aim for them.
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Podium in a cat 3 crit.
2004 will by my first year road racing, I'll have to start out cat 5, like all others, but I feel i am cat 3 shape and form at this time. Lets see were it goes!
2004 will by my first year road racing, I'll have to start out cat 5, like all others, but I feel i am cat 3 shape and form at this time. Lets see were it goes!
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Good luck, Joe. You may feel that you're in cat 3 shape but you'll be blown away when you see how fast your first cat 5 race is.
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Good thread!
My goals are to ride a 30km time trial in 55 minutes.
Place in the top half of the field in a sprint triathlon.
Complete an olympic distance triathlon.
Ride "Vättern Runt" (Around Vättern) - a 300km cycle race around Sweden's 2nd largest lake. I'm aiming for a time under 12 hours.
This will be my second season of racing and I think that my goals are achievable at least.
My goals are to ride a 30km time trial in 55 minutes.
Place in the top half of the field in a sprint triathlon.
Complete an olympic distance triathlon.
Ride "Vättern Runt" (Around Vättern) - a 300km cycle race around Sweden's 2nd largest lake. I'm aiming for a time under 12 hours.
This will be my second season of racing and I think that my goals are achievable at least.
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does finishing near the front of the local fast rides count as a goal for 2004?
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Originally Posted by RiPHRaPH
does finishing near the front of the local fast rides count as a goal for 2004?
Next Saturday I'm going to do my first crit. I guess my goal is to finish respectably and maybe win a prime.
This summer I'd like to average 23mph in the bike leg of an Olympic distance tri.
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Originally Posted by Joe Gardner
Podium in a cat 3 crit.
2004 will by my first year road racing, I'll have to start out cat 5, like all others, but I feel i am cat 3 shape and form at this time. Lets see were it goes!
2004 will by my first year road racing, I'll have to start out cat 5, like all others, but I feel i am cat 3 shape and form at this time. Lets see were it goes!
If you are not doing this yet, suggest riding with a team, and if you can, find one with practice races.
If you already know this, good luck. BTW...one of the employees in the shop where I work is CAT III. Trains 2 hours per day on the inside trainer, then lifts weights, then runs. Power Tap, HAC 4 Ciclosport computer. Knows all his levels and heartrate thresholds. And knows how much he needs to raise his lactate level to compete, regularly, for podiums at CAT III. He wants to get to CAT II.
Luck to you!!
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I just joined a team! I am in the 50+ catagory. I have never raced, so I am looking forward to finishing a race (in one piece!!). If I survive that, I will see waht I can do to move up in the pack and maybe finish at the front of the pack. I haven't tested myself agains guys who have been racing for a while, so I have no idea what I can REALLY do.
Results will be posted later (but not on OLN)
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my goals are:
podium in cat 4, (maybe a first )
possiblity of cat 3
perhaps a new bike if all goes well who knows.
realistically, I'm just gaining experience this year
podium in cat 4, (maybe a first )
possiblity of cat 3
perhaps a new bike if all goes well who knows.
realistically, I'm just gaining experience this year
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I do not race save for two events:
They are both against Trek employees and I will win one, and come in about 20th in the other (the riders in one of the races are Cat racers).
They are both against Trek employees and I will win one, and come in about 20th in the other (the riders in one of the races are Cat racers).
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I'm just getting back into riding so I would like to find a race/charity ride to do in Spring/Summer to see what I'm capable of. I try to ride 20 miles a day with 2 days off and am going to up that in about a month
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To race 10 cat 5 races to move up to cat 4 and hopefully a top 10 finish in cat 4.
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Originally Posted by sherpa
To race 10 cat 5 races to move up to cat 4 and hopefully a top 10 finish in cat 4.
Are you planning on doing road races or crits? I think the first NorCal RR is Patterson RR.
Steve
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Originally Posted by RiPHRaPH
does finishing near the front of the local fast rides count as a goal for 2004?
Good luck to you RiPHRaPH
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Originally Posted by NZLcyclist
Well what are your personal goals for the 2004 year?
I have in mind to:
Do really well in the Schools Time Trials
Crack the hour for a 40km Time Trial
Complete the 196km K2 challenge (hilly terrain for the whole race)
Complete the Around Lake Taupo Century in a time well under 5hrs.
To do some of this I am:
Saving for a Cervelo Soloist 105 bike (aero frame)
Aerobars
Aero wheels
Brendon
I have in mind to:
Do really well in the Schools Time Trials
Crack the hour for a 40km Time Trial
Complete the 196km K2 challenge (hilly terrain for the whole race)
Complete the Around Lake Taupo Century in a time well under 5hrs.
To do some of this I am:
Saving for a Cervelo Soloist 105 bike (aero frame)
Aerobars
Aero wheels
Brendon
My primary goal this summer is to beat all the roadies in the Avita Black Bear 100 mile point to point race. An average speed for the course will need to be in the 26 mph average to reach my sub 4 hour solo goal.
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First off, joining a club Luckily there's a really good one a few minutes from my uni halls.
As for actually riding, I just want to get my average speed up to at least 20mph (currently at 13-14mph ), and maybe enter a TT or two, and possibly do a few track tasters. This season is going to be more preperation for next year than actual competition.
As for actually riding, I just want to get my average speed up to at least 20mph (currently at 13-14mph ), and maybe enter a TT or two, and possibly do a few track tasters. This season is going to be more preperation for next year than actual competition.
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GOALS:
Upgrade to CAT 1 before I turn 19 (March 31, 04)
Top 10 at Espoir National TT Champs
Top 40 on GC at Fitchburg Longsjo NRC Race (this race is tough as hell)
Upgrade to CAT 1 before I turn 19 (March 31, 04)
Top 10 at Espoir National TT Champs
Top 40 on GC at Fitchburg Longsjo NRC Race (this race is tough as hell)
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Originally Posted by SteveE
Sherpa,
Are you planning on doing road races or crits? I think the first NorCal RR is Patterson RR.
Steve
Are you planning on doing road races or crits? I think the first NorCal RR is Patterson RR.
Steve