Post your Riding Goals for 2010!
 

I posted this in the 50+ forum, but I guess most of us old farts have "done it all" and are just happy pushing out miles. Since I just started in Feb, I'm trying to catch up for the last 40 years, so I'm packing it in while I still can.

Subject to further consideration, here are my 2010 Goals.

1. Do more Charity Rides. 6 this year, I think We have the Joe DiMaggio Childrens Hosp ride in Feb, MS150, Frank Starke Ride, etc
2. Do a Birthday Ride, for real this year (Jan 10th) Missed it last year cause I didn't start riding until Feb/Mar.
3. Do a century at 20+ mph
4. Do a 35mph sprint
5. Try CycloCross - man, that looks like fun.
6. Ride ~ 100 mi+ each week. (5,000+ this yr)

If I can think of any more ways to torture this tired old body, I'll post them later!

Be careful here. These road riders eat old men for lunch.

maybe a bit over ambitious, but:
win Sugarloaf Mtn RR again, this time as Cat 3
win State Championship RR (crit if I plan to race it)
oh...enough with the specifics, just place well in general

I'm 51--started riding last summer. My goal for 2010 is to start early and put as many miles on the bike as I can between March and November. In my case, a realistic goal is probably 4,000-5,000. I'd be thrilled to do a 20 mph century, but there's not enough flat ground where I live. The climbing really slows me down.

Ride more than I did in 2009. That shouldn't be too difficult.

Average 20+ hrs per week of riding.
Lose the upper-body mass (too much weight room) to get from ~180 lbs to <165 lbs.
Get to Cat 3, hopefully Cat 2 (we'll see about that one).
Get over my manliness and shave my legs.
Win some races.

Daytrip, I'm from Albany so I know from whence you come. Granted, So Fla is flat as a pancake, and we ride 365, but like the plains we get some stiff unrelenting winds. Sundays KID century had a 6 - 10 mph headwind most of the way up, and as luck would have it, it swung around into a cross wind on the return :^(

I like climbing, and while I'm a rank noob, I find myself passing a lot of others on the frequent bridges and overpasses. I'm looking forward to this summers return to Albany on vacation and another great ride though the Heidelbergs.

Let 'em at it. First, they gotta catch me... well I guess that part would be easy. Then they gotta chew though 62yr old grizzle. Not very pleasant, and certainly not tasty.

BTW, 10wheels, I see you changed our Avatar yet again. I liked the Gen. better. No offence.

That avatar is Chris. He rode The 42 Ride with me on a fixed gear 4200 miles. Each time one of the riders has a birthday, I will have new avatar.

1. Turn 50.
2. 4:30 century. (Maybe 4:20?)
3. 5,000+ miles
4. Unsupported century.
5. At least one ride per week in the mountains.

1) New Year's Day century with some club members.
2) Paul Bunyan Double Century in June (202mi).
3) Enter and finish my first (and hopefully not last) race.
4) Ride at least 5000 documented miles.
5) Sub 5:30 solo century.
6) Local MS150 ride.

Pretty hard to beat biking around NYS in the summer. When it's hot, I head up into the Adirondacks and Tug Hill Plateau. Cooler temps, down towards Norwich, Hamilton, etc. One of these days I'm going to make a photo essay of all the historical markers there are along my favorite routes. One farm has a sign on the barn that says "A family farm since 1796." Pretty cool--they're still hanging in there, barely.

I'm starting to grow fonder of climbing. No choice, really. One nice thing about the hills is that they shield you from the wind. Typically, it's from the west. I try to start my rides heading into the prevailing wind and uphill, hopefully finishing my loops going downhill with a tailwind. Then I feel like a cycling god.

10, yeah, now that I see it again, I remember him from some of the videos. Funny thought, I don't remember seeing the General. Of course, everyone looks different in cycling gear. ;^)

1. enter 15 races
2. lower my weight down to 160lb.
3. lower my body fat down to 9%
4. ride 100-200 miles a week
5. be able to "sandbag" in CAT5.......

Other than just generally finding more time to ride, I only have two specific 2010 goals at this point.

1) I'd like to start commuting in to work at least once a week starting in the Spring.

2) Haven't planned the exact route yet, but I want to ride to my sister's house. Approximately a 120 mile unsupported ride.

1) Repeat as Florida State Tandem Time Trial champions;
2)Cut 3 minutes off last year's time;
3)Upgrade to Cat 3;
4) Top 10 finish in Masters 45;
5) Win the Co-Motion Classic Tandem Stage race (B division)
6) Sub 4 hour century (Swampman)

Get below 200lbs again, ride 5 days a week at least an hour a day. I've got the itch to compete again so, renewal of license and entry into some RR/crits.

I'm still pretty new so I'm gonna keep my goals modest til I get it all figured out.

1. Sign up with team FatCyclist and hopefully raise enough money to get into Livestrong San Jose
2. Do at least one century.
3. Get started in cyclocross in fall.
4. Drop 10lbs of fat and gain 10lbs of muscle.
5. Make some cycling buddies.
6. Bike to work everyday.
7. Sign up for a crit
8. Impress the ladies with newly developed quads.

...at least somewhat modest

Ride lots.

Don't crash or get run over.

Get faster.

Get a win - been a while. Tired of 2nd - 10th

Try & find some time for good long rides up north from here.

Upgrade to Cat3.

Win a race or two.

Help teamates win a race or two.

+1 although I'm already doing all those things :p:thumb:

also:

join a team (already did this with my school)

race (season starts in February (stupid WCCC schedule) :notamused:)

upgrade as fast as possible (road coordinator has faith in me and wants support in the B's)

place respectably

Im new, also. In no particular order, and with varying degrees of realism:

1. Make more time to ride. Another difficult semester ahead, so.. perhaps 100 miles/week? Sadly that would be quite an improvement upon my current state :(
2. Sign up with my LBS's club and join in on their practice races which are in the works. Also, tuesday night crit practices with the other clubs.
3. Lose ~10 pounds of fat and tone up the limited muscle i have.
4. Be fit and smart enough to _join my first crit and not get dropped!_ :D Ok, perhaps I should just hope to finish a race, be it the first or 3rd..
5. Conduct the spring break tour that a friend and I are beginning to plan. Im sure that my first century will be included here, if this trip works out.

my goals for 2010:
do a charity ride
do a 50 mile ride
do a 100 mile ride
meet new riders
lose weight (while cycling of course)

i just started riding back in march and these goals may sound newbish but i gotta start somewhere right?

Ride at least once a week (commuting doesn't count).
Go to spin classes 2 or 3 times a week at least until it warms up so road riding is more reasonable again.
Do the AIDS Lifecycle ride from SF to LA.
Not get run over or crash.