bikeridesteve

Happy New Year y'all. Don't have any specific resolutions for 2019 except getting more consistent about cycling:

Ride 3 times/week (outdoors), weather permitting.
More interval training to increase speed.
Supplemental training, e.g. weight training at least a couple of times a week.

Hopefully I'll do more of that in 2019 than I did in 2018, but not pressuring myself to do it. Life is too short!

DeceptivelySlow

If life allows me; I hope to have more miles on the bike and more miles on the feet with my wife. Got in a nice walk with the wife yesterday and nice ride today so I'll call it a good year as of today. Happy New Year and may your resolutions/goals work out.

surlyprof

79pmooney

My goals are two. To ride RondePDX in March (~7000' in 50 miles, all very close to my house, but some stretches very steep) and probably, ride the crazy gravel 5-day ride in the Cascades in June. (I've to scope out the camping amenities. I'll be 66 then. There are some things I have done in my younger days that I will not do now.

I'll have to look into RAMROD. I'll be building that kind of fitness. And Cycle Oregon - if the route interests me. Crater Lake - I'm on. Especially the North Entrance.

Ben

wphamilton

I thought ya'll were exaggerating this, but man was it crowded last night. Took about an hour for one of the treadmills to free up.

mr_bill

John00

Resolutions/Goals? I have none, I'm going to ride as much and as far as I can, just like other years.

KraneXL

Is not a bad word you know. But I think a lot of people fear it because we don't want to make promises that we can't keep. I've learned to make mine realistic. But they really need to be as clearly stated as possible. I start by giving myself either a time frame or a specific amount.

For example, I want to achieve a 10% BF ratio by July. Or not just I want to start a running, but say I want to start running 1 mi/wk by March, and be up to 3 mi/wk by summer. Now I'm a lot closer to something I can measure; and a clear and present plan to achieving my resolution...or goal if that's a more comfortable word for you.

Thing is, if you come back and I haven't made my goal by June, I still have another 6 months left to make myself honest. I've made a game of it by predicting all the people that will drop out and by when. I've gotten pretty good at it over the years.Bad FlashBazbo. Resolutions really need to be stated positively. Sure you can state you're not gong to ride your bike in any dangerous environments, but its better to be positive and say you're going ride more safely and/or exercise with more caution in '19 than you did in '18. Well, actually, a "rose by any other name...". That's still a resolution.

Thomas15

I'm a goal setter for sure.

2019 Metric Century.

Here I am 60 years old. I'm not in terrible shape or even the slightest bit over weight but I'm certainly out of shape. For many years I did fun bike rides and usually did four or 5 half or metric centuries a year. That was a long time ago, the last time I did any serious riding was 25 years ago. I do want to lose about 10 pounds but better yet just tone up a bit.

I have a classic steel road and a entry level mountain. Where I live we have all kinds of trails from epic single track to rail trails. Road biking is a bit of a challenge because it's hilly, 3 miles in my neighborhood is about it but I have noticed it getting a little easier??? I took my road bike completely apart, replaced the bearings, new seat, brakes, new cables and rubber. Most of the bike is as purchased in 1986.

So I have all of my gear and accessories set to go even have a smart watch now I need to get going. Out of excuses. Starting now I'm going to use an indoor exercise bike and when the weather allows some short rides. By April 1 I want to be in the saddle 4 days/week and by May 15 on the road ramping up to ride a metric century end of July. That is my goal for the year a metric by July 28. What I want to do is not simply complete the ride, I want to bomb it.

bruce19

My goal is to have no goals. Wait. What?

nesdog

Sign up for Tour de Tahoe in September. Seventy two miles around the lake. I've spent plenty of time riding the north shore but never the full loop. The event comes during busy work period so always vacationed in July. Different this time? I'll be retired!

KraneXL

No goals mean you don't progress. Not a typically a good thing.

bruce19

Not really. It just means you don't set expectations. Riding and just enjoying the ride is not typically a bad thing.

caloso

Awesome! I've ridden around the lake a few times. Once on the TDT and then a few other times solo. It was a very well run event when I did it.

kevincgove

I'd like to find a riding club to join that fits my riding style or find a riding partner or two.

KraneXL

You're mincing words. Yes, even the laziest bum on the side of the road that lives day to day and never lifts a finger to improve himself will move forward along with the rest of society. However, that's not what we're taking about here. Rather, individual expectations and achievements. Everyone (however you care to make them) needs goals and plans to accomplish that.

bruce19

I am not "mincing words" whatever that may mean to you. I'm stating my perspective. No one said anything about a lazy bum who doesn't care to move forward. We are talking about setting goals. I plan to go out without set goals and enjoy my ride. I guarantee you that without setting goals I will be stronger/faster/smoother in September than I will be in April. You don't have to set a goal to improve. Sometimes improvement, however one decides to define that term, happens as a result of participation.

daoswald

Maintain my 2018 weight loss of 37 pounds. Possibly get to an even 40, but if I don't, that's ok too. Continue going to the gym four times a week unti it is warm enough to ride outdoors Then ride four times a week and layer weight workouts in two times (continuing what I started doing in the Fall).

Hit 4000 miles, versus 3000 in 2018. Climb Little Cottonwood Canyon or Big Cottonwood Canyon once every two weeks or more frequently, once the snow is gone. Do at least one century on the spring and one in the fall.

KraneXL

To be indirect.An analogy, not meant to be taken literally.I was under the impression we had already come to a consensus on your potential? See previous post.

work4bike

I'm resolved to age well...

Long article, but a good read...

https://cosmosmagazine.com/biology/m...ow-to-age-well

KraneXL

Well you missed the cliffs? Allow me:

This is a look into research that supports caloric restrictions and suggest exercise additionally, may slowdown the signs of aging.




Voisin tells me that calorie restriction can produce an epigenetic “signature” or biological age younger than a person’s chronological age. It is much less clear, she says, whether exercise could have a similar effect.

work4bike

Actually, I do know the importance to calorie restriction; I learned it on my thru-hike of the Appalachian Trail. Long story short, while hiking the trail you are forced to basically run on caloric "fumes" day-after-day, until you get to the next town and resupply and eat all you can in restaurant(s); this is all because you can only carry so much, thus you must ration your food, but at the same time you're walking over mountains all day with a weight on your back -- fun stuff. In the beginning you're irritable and are usually in a state of very low energy; however, after a while your body becomes super efficient. I was totally surprised at how much I could do on so little food.

After my hike, I started looking into this issue and, again, long story short, I am now convinced more than ever that we Westerners eat way too much food. Everyone hears that about eating way too much food, but it's one thing to hear about it and another to experience it. I now am very conscious of not eating too much and at times I do very long rides and such on an empty stomach.

However, with that said, I see weightlifting and other exercises very important for us ageing folks, simply because if we don't we will lose muscle mass, no matter how good our diet is we will lose it, if we don't use it. You can eat all the quality protein in the world, but if you're not exercising your muscles, they will get weaker and weaker, until you have a fall or some other negative effect of an ageing body.


BTW, here's a great article on exercising on an empty stomach

https://www.triathlete.com/2014/06/n...-machine_31034

YankeeRider

I want to lose 15lb and get in decent shape again. If (when) I reach that goal, I'll set another goal that raises the bar further.

bruce19

Several months ago, I went to a couple online sites that had formulas for determining your daily calorie requirements for a given gender, age, and weight. With Male, age 72 and 180 as a goal, they all said I should eat 2,000-2,500 cals a day. Had my annual physical and mentioned this to my MD. She said that was too high and I should use 1800 cals. I was thinking, "How the hell can I do that?" Then I went to a low carb diet (not Keto) and, now, if I go over 1800 cals I feel like I've pigged out. I'm convinced that you are right...generally we eat too much. It doesn't help that we eat so much sugar and processed food either.

BikingTech

My goal this year is a new computer monitor with a 1440p resolution...waitta minute. I thought I was in tech forums.