Your Goal

LeicesterLad

I was thinking to myself that I don't really have a goal this year, I don't drive so any getting about I do is by bike or further afield train - Leicestershire isn't exactly the place to be for Sportives and racing (not club 10's - I mean racing) is pretty non-existent here, plus i'd be crap at it anyway...so somehow i need to set myself a decent goal before I adhere to the weather and my fitness drops.

So...what is your Cycling related goal this year?

nevman

LeJog.

pinno

I have a toddler and 1 on the way, my missus is still working (nights) and I by day. I am just trying to get out on my bike! If i'm not completely knackered. So I have your goal - avoid that fecking Hinckley sh1t hole and... move to St Ives.
If you know a guy called Terry Fordington? Avoid him too.

tim_wand

http://www.garendon.freeuk.com/leicstour.htm

Give this a go in one day or two, I ll do it with you if you like, once I achieve my goal this year,

Persuading Mrs W to let me have another road bike after she made me sell the last one.

Me new Oakleys are nice though.

CiB

That tour of Leicestershire looks good. Consider it lifted for future use.

LL - why not pootle down through Hinckley & continue on into Burbage, find your way to St Catherine's Church, have a pint in The Keys opposite then stroll up the road 30 yards and spend the afternoon lobbing bricks at the Conservative East Mids Office next to the Conny Club there? That'd be up your street surely?

Cleat Eastwood

raise over a thousand pound for charity* by doing sportives - then not hand the money over and instead use it to fund my life of drugs* drink* and women*


*by charity I mean christies and myasthenia gravis.
*by drugs I mean sanatogen
*by drink I mean my favourite gin and lucozade cocktail.
*by women I mean yossies missus

LeicesterLad

CiB wrote:

That tour of Leicestershire looks good. Consider it lifted for future use.

LL - why not pootle down through Hinckley & continue on into Burbage, find your way to St Catherine's Church, have a pint in The Keys opposite then stroll up the road 30 yards and spend the afternoon lobbing bricks at the Conservative East Mids Office next to the Conny Club there? That'd be up your street surely?

You do realise I am a self confessed Tory voter, much to TIM and Frank The Tanks dismay.

Pross

Mine are to lose 2 stone (1.5 gone so far), do a sub 25 minute 10 which would be back at the same sort of level as in my first stint of cycling (24.20 PB back in the day), bunch finish in some road races, finish Welsh vets RR champs and complete the Welsh 12 hour with at least 200 miles (never ridden a 12 before). As well as that I'm aiming to get my Level 2 generic BC coaching qualification and possibly either Level 2 specific in road or track.

MaxwellBygraves

I'm not very fit atm, a good goal would be to get a nice century under me belt, bout it.

MaxwellBygraves

CiB wrote:

spend the afternoon lobbing bricks at the Conservative East Mids Office next to the Conny Club there? That'd be up your street surely?

Now there's an idea...

daviegb

A trip in May to Barcelonnette for 4 days of cycling in the southern French Alps, with an extra day to ride Mont Ventoux! Enjoy your riding, whatever goals you end up setting yourself.

alihisgreat

Loose a stone

Go on 1st club run

Maybe do 1st century but I will see how it goes.

Tom Butcher

LL- you could race at Mallory - it's within riding distance of Leicester too.

LeicesterLad

Tom Butcher wrote:

LL- you could race at Mallory - it's within riding distance of Leicester too.

I had been keeping an eye out for the Mallory park races on the British Cycling website (and calander) and couldn't find any! Though they might have been done away with! If they are still going then that could be a reasonable goal...

MaxwellBygraves - I'm still to get a 60+ mile ride in this year. :oops:

TimWand - haha! Sorry to hear the bike went Glad you got the Oakleys though!

CiB - I'm pretty sure your a Tory voter - how dare you advertise the stoning of your club

Pross - Alright alright, enough already - your shaming us all here...

Cleat - It should be a goal that you havn't already achieved

Yossie - Sorry to hear about your wife

CambsNewbie

I want to be able to cycle 100km by the end of the summer.

In the gym goals are to be able to bench, squat and deadlift my own bodyweight. Hit that goal with the deadlift, not far off the squat. Unfortunately the bench press and upper body strength I struggle on.

Hopefully as the cycling goes up the bodyweight will come down making the targets easier!

CiB

LeicesterLad wrote:

You do realise I am a self confessed Tory voter, much to TIM and Frank The Tanks dismay.

I didn't - I thought everyone on CS was a deeply committed socialist. After a while the endless whinging anti-everything rhetoric merges into a dull blur and can be safely skipped over.

LeicesterLad wrote:

CiB - I'm pretty sure your a Tory voter - how dare you advertise the stoning of your club

Double bluff designed to waste your time actually as I'm pretty sure they've moved on from there these days. It's a long while since Plod ordered the line of traffic with me in it to one side to allow Denis & Margaret a free run to the front door in the ministerial limo when they came a-visiting.

Redhog14

Goals - get a decent holiday in...
Eat more pies, drink more beer, maybe get a tan
Trying my hand a MTB orienteering this year...
Get to the Alps with a bike before the winter (note: that is with a bike and not "on" a bike, worse luck)
Watch more of the TdF than ever before...
Help Speedybird get back to last years level of fitness, although I know I may regret this, again, as I end being her domestique...

Frank the tank

My goal this year has been to do with weight loss and getting fitter for my up coming op.

Well, October I was a gnats cock under 13st (heaviest ever in my life) today I'm just 11st 5lb about 3lb off target TBH, but with my op being next Friday I'm happy with my weight.

Have they got a statue of Thatch in Grantham? I might have a ride over their next time I need a dump if they have. It could form part of my post op recovery.

Pross

LeicesterLad wrote:

Pross - Alright alright, enough already - your shaming us all here...

Only if I hit them all. I'm more likely to shame myself by acieving none of them having put them on a public forum!

y33stu

3 goals for me this year.

1. Ride the 200 mile coast and castles route from Edinburgh to Newcastle - In 1 day for charity (I've never done 100 before)

2. Lose 1.5 Stone before number 3.

3. Hope the other half says yes when we get married in September ( even after I keep my bike in the house after she keeps telling me to keep in the garage.

Blacktemplar

Get under 12 stone (currently 3 lbs over)
Ride at least 4 sportives - one down, one on Sunday, one booked for June
Cycle 6,000 miles this year - on target to hit average 500 pm so far.....
Not fall off (epic fail every year so far)
Shave legs... oh, wait. Done that :oops: (and all without Veet for Men)
Buy n+1

slowlanejane

1. Try to avoid surgery on my back by being really really good at my exercises and hoping for the best.

2. Assuming I manage 1., get back on the bike and ride it outside ( I am allowed on the turbo, and can ride my hybrid short distances outside, but because 1 leg doesn't work properly I am not very balanced and avoid roads).

3. Assuming 1&2 go to plan, I'd like to be doing 20-30 miles comfortably and be able to manage more than a motorway bridge in terms of hills, so that I can join a club.

4. I'd also like to be running again, target is 5 miles comfortably.

J

Tom Dean

LeicesterLad wrote:

I had been keeping an eye out for the Mallory park races on the British Cycling website (and calander) and couldn't find any! Though they might have been done away with! If they are still going then that could be a reasonable goal...

http://www.britishcycling.org.uk/events?fromdate=19%2F04%2F2012&todate=&hc=&distance=&postcode=&zuv_bc_discipline_filter_id=&zuv_bc_race_category_id=&zuv_bc_licence_discipline_id=&series_only=0&keywords=mallory&resultsperpage=20&series_id=&submit=Search

LeicesterLad

Tom Dean wrote:

LeicesterLad wrote:

I had been keeping an eye out for the Mallory park races on the British Cycling website (and calander) and couldn't find any! Though they might have been done away with! If they are still going then that could be a reasonable goal...

http://www.britishcycling.org.uk/events?fromdate=19%2F04%2F2012&todate=&hc=&distance=&postcode=&zuv_bc_discipline_filter_id=&zuv_bc_race_category_id=&zuv_bc_licence_discipline_id=&series_only=0&keywords=mallory&resultsperpage=20&series_id=&submit=Search

Thanks, I noticed it earlier, its definately only recently been updated, I swear!

tim_wand

Frank, thankfully no statue of Maggie in Grantham, just a blue plaque high up on the wall at 1 North Parade (The Chiropratic and Wholistic healing centre) I did go in there once and ask the poor girl on the desk if she could cure a persistent long term pain in the Arse. Surely you mean your Gluteus Maximus sir?

No my arse , you can start with taking that Effing blue plaque down..

She didnt see the funny side think it upset her Chakras.

L/L got another job just need to keep hold of it long enought to see if I qualify for there C2W scheme.

LeicesterLad

tim wand wrote:

Frank, thankfully no statue of Maggie in Grantham, just a blue plaque high up on the wall at 1 North Parade (The Chiropratic and Wholistic healing centre) I did go in there once and ask the poor girl on the desk if she could cure a persistent long term pain in the ars*. Surely you mean your Gluteus Maximus sir?

No my ars* , you can start with taking that Effing blue plaque down..

She didnt see the funny side think it upset her Chakras.

L/L got another job just need to keep hold of it long enought to see if I qualify for there C2W scheme.

Hey, Congrats, nice to see somebody on the up for a change!

geoffgomez

Join my local club and go on my first club run, possibly even have a go at a time trial.

Kendal Black Drop

My goals for the year are doing my first 100 miler (I've done 100km before) and doing a Coast to Coast (and probably back too). I might try and combine the two, a leisurely trip going east, a days rest and then back in one day. I'm planning on doing Arnside to Scarborough.

Yossie

ALIHISGREAT wrote:

Go on 1st club run

With all due respect, its not really a goal.

Turn up to meeting point.

Lots of people in lycra standing around in cliquey groups.

85% will ignore you.

Ride along in a big group.

85% will ignore you.

Some people think they are pros so will try and boom off, others will say things like "get in line" "car on" single file" and "what's he wearing that for, he hasn't earned that kit"

85% of people will still ignore you.

Finish ride.

Go for disappointing tea and cakes while 85% of people ignore you.

Go home, wonder why you bothered.

Or you could change your goal to "go for a long weekend with your mates in France, get some brilliant riding, eating and drinking in. Share a ho' as it works out cheaper. Go home exhausted and happy"

You could do your century there as well as the roads are nicer, traffic is lighter and you'll be bombing along without a care in the world as you are on holiday so it'll go quicker. The food, drink and ho' will also be nicer when you finish.

HTH

Y

Redhog14

Yossie wrote:

ALIHISGREAT wrote:

Go on 1st club run

With all due respect, its not really a goal.

Turn up to meeting point.

Lots of people in lycra standing around in cliquey groups.

85% will ignore you.

Ride along in a big group.

85% will ignore you.

Some people think they are pros so will try and boom off, others will say things like "get in line" "car on" single file" and "what's he wearing that for, he hasn't earned that kit"

85% of people will still ignore you.

Finish ride.

Go for disappointing tea and cakes while 85% of people ignore you.

Go home, wonder why you bothered.

Or you could change your goal to "go for a long weekend with your mates in France, get some brilliant riding, eating and drinking in. Share a ho' as it works out cheaper. Go home exhausted and happy"

You could do your century there as well as the roads are nicer, traffic is lighter and you'll be bombing along without a care in the world as you are on holiday so it'll go quicker. The food, drink and ho' will also be nicer when you finish.

HTH

Y

Got an axe to grind about your local club and cafe Yoss?

iPete

For April: hit 1,000 miles.

Then smash the s**t out of the 112 mile Ironman Bolton cycle course.

and then hobble the marathon