I'm not a road biker. My thing is M.U.P. and local nature preserves . My main bikes are Surly Long Haul Trucker, flat bar Cross Check and a Steamroller. I was doing 700-1000 miles a year until 2017 when health issues took me off the bike. My goal this year was to get back on a bike. I got 57 miles in May 63 in June and have had 25 already in July already. Nothing compared to most here , but after just 40 miles in the past 5 years it's progress. My goals are just a little more each month

My goal has been 5000 miles and am currently about 2400, so close. I was a little short last year, so maybe I need to figure a 5 year rolling average, like they do with the stock market. Besides, I like the sound of "rolling average" for bike miles...yea, I am going to do that.

I have failed to meet my goals this year.

Last Fall, I set the following (I am retired and on Medicare, so not a youngster)
1. 4 W/Kg at threshold
2. CTL of 150+
3. Break 3:50 on my interval hill
4. A specific time on Paris Brest Paris in August

I got a bad case of Covid and then it morphed into Long COvid

1. I do not accurately know my threshold because I can't do a sufficient effort to test it and overweight, it is probably 3.3 WKg. Not horrible for an old fart but nothing special
2. Chronic training load is at 91 right now.
3. I am closest on this one. 4:25-4:30 is good fitness for me, 4:06 is my all time personal best. I did 4:07 the other day. I'll get that one even if I have to leave my water bottles and tools down at the bottom of the climb
4. I am less than sure if I can complete PBP but less time is easier for my busted up body, so, the jury is out.

I'd prefer to have over 500 hours on the bike but only 301 hours. C'est la vie.

I've ridden bikes my whole life, but never seriously.
Now, I've gotten myself a nice road bike and realize my fitness needs work, despite not being too fat.
My goal is to be able to hang with a group @ 15 mph by fall. My average now is 11 mph; hills just kick my butt.

Do you have a medical condition keeping you from completing a 20 minute test?

Got serious about cycling just about a year ago. Rode a borrowed bike until my own showed up in Oct. 22.
Managed 702 miles for last year. This year targeting 1600 and sitting at 780 at the moment.

I've lost 10 lbs. so far.
I want to lose another 25, to get out of the Overweight BMI category and down into Moderate.
I'm 5'8" tall, so I should be 125-158 lbs.