New Years Resolutions

Secteur

I was thinking more cycling / fitness / lifestyle oriented, but all contributions welcome!

This will be my third year as "a cyclist". I have made great progress with drastic weight loss and a complete change in my body and mind.

However, I feel that I have stagnated in the last few months, and gone backwards a bit, so my New Years Resolution is (starting from 1sr Jan), to get back into it with motivation, dedication and enthusiasm.

I will be keeping a food & training diary and hope to learn not to keep falling for my usual weaknesses (cakes & biscuits).

So, in a nutshell, my resolution is to train hard, eat well, adopt a holistically healthy lifestyle and get in cycling form;

1) get to 75kg (been at 79-82 most of the year - currently at 85kg!!)
2) maintain a consistently healthy diet / lifestyle and get my cholesterol down (6.6 - aged 33!)
3) maintain the motivation to keep riding, and not to look for excused to sneak off (too windy... too wet...)

Good luck to all you BR's - you have been a constant source of knowledge, motivation and inspiration, and I look forwards to another good year with you all (albeit in cyberland!).

pinno

My NYR - Double this years mileage to 20.

Gizmodo

My NYR - To always be 1 mile ahead of pinarello001

crispybug2

Do at least one sportive or long distance ride per month

Lose another 10kg (yeah right!!)

Get my daughter (5yo) riding

upperoilcan

1- To get run fit after missing most of last year due to a stress fracture.
2- To avoid more injury from running.
3- To balance my bike riding with my running.

daviesee

I am still maintaining one made in the late '80s.

Not to make another resolution.

True though.

thegreatdivide

Grow the fuxk up
Hit 62kg
Top 100 time in this year's Etape Caledonia
Build a bike from scratch
Quit drinking completely - don't drink much anyway but when I do I feel grim for days
Grow the fuxk up

carl_p

Clean my bike more, read more and reduce time spent on this flamin' laptop.

verylonglegs

Never seen the point of them as you can change your life any day you want. In fact as far as cycling goes it's not the best time in the calendar to make them either, the worst of the winter weather is usually still ahead and it's still dark evenings for a couple of months. So stop beating yourself up and save your mental energies for spring!

gareth1234

To ride from Wrexham to Cardiff in a day (was forced to quit with hypothermia this year , 12 miles short)

To ride in Italy, hopefully during Giro

Get to 2,000 miles this year

And the cigarettes.......AGAIN!!!!!!

chrisaonabike

thegreatdivide wrote:

Grow the fuxk up

Terrible resolution. You have to get older, but you sure don't have to grow up.

ElLawro

pinarello001 wrote:

My NYR - Double this years mileage to 20.

Keep it realistic

crispybug2

ChrisAOnABike wrote:

thegreatdivide wrote:

Grow the fuxk up

Terrible resolution. You have to get older, but you sure don't have to grow up.

You can't stop yourself getting older.....but you can be immature forever!!

Loretta Damage

Lose 10Kgs (at least). Definitely NOT grow the fuxk up, my kids would never forgive me!

ben@31

1- Run a marathon
2- Take part in some sportives
3- Do a good triathlon

I might leave winning the TDF on a unicycle and in fancy dress until next year.

ben@31

thegreatdivide wrote:

Quit drinking completely - don't drink much anyway but when I do I feel grim for days

I've always considered this. But social occasions make it almost impossible, it just doesn't feel right. Especially going to the bar and ordering a round of cokes and no alcoholic drinks. And drinking lots of coke all night makes me feel just as ill (awake all night, constantly urinating and a ton of sugar).

cyclingtazz

new years resolutionsare great but how many of us stick to them :?:

Ben6899

1. Build a titanium road bike (probably a Pretorius with SR/R).
2. Ride Ventoux.
3. Run two consecutive 6min miles.

team47b

1 less time on a bike
2 gain a couple of kilos
3 take up smokin' n' drinkin'

Probably won't achieve any of these...again :roll:

finchy

Cycling

1) Keep myself sane until April
2) Build my left leg strength up while waiting for the doctor to say I can go cycling again - lots of swimming
3) Get out on my bike after about 8 months off

Non-cycling

Continue enjoying my time with my baby
Do well in my new job
Do well in my studies
Become fluent in Hungarian

MattC59

Ben6899 wrote:

1. Build a titanium road bike (probably a Pretorius with SR/R).
2. Ride Ventoux.
3. Run two consecutive 6min miles.

Nice !
I did No.1 last year and wanted to do No.2 but personal stuff conspired against me, so I'm also hoping to do it this year. as for No.3, I hate running, so it
S not gonna happen

Ben6899

MattC59 wrote:

Ben6899 wrote:

1. Build a titanium road bike (probably a Pretorius with SR/R).
2. Ride Ventoux.
3. Run two consecutive 6min miles.

Nice !
I did No.1 last year and wanted to do No.2 but personal stuff conspired against me, so I'm also hoping to do it this year. as for No.3, I hate running, so it
S not gonna happen

Your titanium bike looks quality. Enigma, right? I'll pop over to Pretorius this week and sound them out with regards to buying/building an Outeniqua.

alihisgreat

1. Do at least double the mileage of last year (aiming for ~5000-6000miles for 2013)
2. Become better at doing things

ademort

1) Do as much cycling as possible, 2012 was a washout due to work commitments.

2) Lose the 8 or so Kilos that i put on as a result of the above.

3) Get my 15 year old Son interested in cycling so he does at least some sport and stays off the bloody X box, Playstation etc.

Here,s hoping
Ademort