2012 Cycling Resolutions
01-01-12, 08:27 PM
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- Ride more and smile while doing it!
- Devote solid time on the rollers when snow/ice keep me in.
- Stay uninjured and able to once again group ride at club speeds.
- Ride more in the early morning than in the evening.
- Plan a few classic cycling multidays to motivate and recreate.
- Devote solid time on the rollers when snow/ice keep me in.
- Stay uninjured and able to once again group ride at club speeds.
- Ride more in the early morning than in the evening.
- Plan a few classic cycling multidays to motivate and recreate.
01-01-12, 08:32 PM
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I've actually never road cycled up but it is/was home so I've done plenty off road down.
01-02-12, 01:18 AM
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Every lane is a bike lane
1. Sue the red light runner who took me down last year and get some money.
2. Actually do the ride from Paris to Barcelona that was on the cards until the above happened.
3. Get to the point where I have more strength, pace and endurance than I had before the aforementioned crash. I'm close now, but I'm sure I can do better.
4. To successfully tame the Lions -- a brutally hilly ride I've mapped out to the west of here that's about 280km in length.
2. Actually do the ride from Paris to Barcelona that was on the cards until the above happened.
3. Get to the point where I have more strength, pace and endurance than I had before the aforementioned crash. I'm close now, but I'm sure I can do better.
4. To successfully tame the Lions -- a brutally hilly ride I've mapped out to the west of here that's about 280km in length.
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01-02-12, 01:32 AM
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This time, I'm going to take my own bike and make sure I drink and eat more. It's a lot of calories to get my fat ass up 10K feet so I need to keep stoking the fire. Really looking forward to it.
01-02-12, 02:17 AM
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*lose weight I gained after my crash (split my knee open)
*race more on the MTB and get back into racing crits
*don't wreck hard
*race more on the MTB and get back into racing crits
*don't wreck hard
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01-02-12, 02:25 AM
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~Gain 12 pounds before l'Etape du California
~Drink more Scotch, preferably the crappy, blended kind
~Find a less-hot, older, single mother to replace my current girlfriend.
~Beat my dog more often
~Participate in more A&S threads
~Focus on a more choppy, Parkinson's-afflicted newbie-triathlete spin form.
~Make the people I love more miserable
~Drink a quart of gasoline by the end of the year
~Figure out which day is actually backwards-day.
~Drink more Scotch, preferably the crappy, blended kind
~Find a less-hot, older, single mother to replace my current girlfriend.
~Beat my dog more often
~Participate in more A&S threads
~Focus on a more choppy, Parkinson's-afflicted newbie-triathlete spin form.
~Make the people I love more miserable
~Drink a quart of gasoline by the end of the year
~Figure out which day is actually backwards-day.
01-02-12, 03:10 AM
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Be super epic... lose weight. Find a job after college. And Ride a lot more
01-02-12, 06:05 AM
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I try not to be very structured in my riding. It is just a hobby to me and I want to keep it fun. I don't chart anything other than the fit on the bike.
My goal like most said...is to ride as much as I can with my friends which will satisfy my goal of managing my weight.
I basically want to be out in the sun on my road bike in 2012 whenever I can.
My goal like most said...is to ride as much as I can with my friends which will satisfy my goal of managing my weight.
I basically want to be out in the sun on my road bike in 2012 whenever I can.
01-02-12, 07:30 AM
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01-02-12, 07:31 AM
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not buy any bike stuff at all
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01-02-12, 08:33 AM
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01-02-12, 04:37 PM
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Just once before. My wife dropped me at the Kmart (Dairy Rd. and Hana Hwy.) and then started heading up the Haleakala Hwy. I stopped to have a drink and a banana at the high school. Stopped again at a little store in Kula. Waved at all the sane folks coasting down. Kept climbing. Took another break at the visitors center at the entrance of the National Park. And then the final push. It's a long slog, but it really gets tough once you get above 8000 ft.
This time, I'm going to take my own bike and make sure I drink and eat more. It's a lot of calories to get my fat ass up 10K feet so I need to keep stoking the fire. Really looking forward to it.
This time, I'm going to take my own bike and make sure I drink and eat more. It's a lot of calories to get my fat ass up 10K feet so I need to keep stoking the fire. Really looking forward to it.
01-03-12, 08:18 AM
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Ride more, maybe a couple races if I can find them. 2011 was a bad year for me for cycling. Fewest miles since my first year due to being sick most of the summer. But for 2012 I plan to drop a few more pounds, training for a half marathon in the spring will help with that. Also got my girl a bike, so my biggest priority is to find a way to get her into it while finding safe, fun routes without much traffic.
01-03-12, 09:42 AM
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-350 hours on the bike
-Earn a Wisconsin Triple Crown jersey
-Structured workouts during the summer instead of so much JRA.
-Earn a Wisconsin Triple Crown jersey
-Structured workouts during the summer instead of so much JRA.
01-03-12, 10:36 AM
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Hike and climb more, which sadly means ride less.
01-03-12, 10:49 AM
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Get better at climbing where road grade >10% and ride at new places, particually hills & mountains.
01-03-12, 12:09 PM
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Bike ≠ Car ≠ Ped.
Quit riding.
Who keeps a resolution anyway? I know I'll fail, so why not set a goal I'll never achieve?
Who keeps a resolution anyway? I know I'll fail, so why not set a goal I'll never achieve?
01-31-12, 10:56 AM
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Dang! No ride this weekend...have a wedding to travel to!
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