How's you're Yearly goals coming along???

c.p.w.g.w · 03-12-2018 10:05pm

jive wrote: »

Assuming commuting every day you’d be getting roughly 46*5*2 or 460 rides in a year.

serious commute, especially with all the elevation:D

C3PO · 04-12-2018 8:02am

jive wrote: »

Assuming commuting every day you’d be getting roughly 46*5*2 or 460 rides in a year.

Yep - I'm at 523 rides YTD!

jethrothe2nd · 04-12-2018 10:11am

I hadn't really set myself a target for this year but I am on 4,457km so far. I'd like to get myself to 5,000km but not sure how much I'll get in between now and the end of the year.

I'm going to set myself a 6k target for next year though.

monkeyslayer · 04-12-2018 2:53pm

Not going to hit my 10,000kms this year unfortuntaly but I haven't had a cycle commute at all this year so 7000 odd still feels fairly respectable. Still going to try for the 100.000m of climbing tho, about 8500m shy of it at the moment, might just concentrate on that rather than distance now for the next two or three weeks, if the weather stays ok I don't see what not

andy69 · 04-12-2018 4:16pm

back on 12th Jan...

andy69 wrote: »

Big one for me this year:

Geneva-Nice (Route des Grande Alpes) in August :eek:

So of course that means a couple of training camps to get the body tuned up and ready for a 7 or 8 days-in-a-row block of riding like that...
- Training Camp in Malaga in March
- Training Camp in Calpe in June

Shedload of sportives here too (Orwell Randonnee, Mt.Leinster, Mick Byrne, Tour de KK to name but a few!)
...
There, I've said it now..no going back

Done, done, aaaaaand done!

Broke through the 10,000km mark there last week. Clocked (climbed) up over 85,500m of elevation in the process. Happy out!

Gonna take it back a notch for next year and train with the missus to get her up a level and do the 'biggies' (Mt.Leinster/Orwell/Mick Byrne). Week in Spain already booked :cool:

Wishbone Ash · 18-12-2018 9:14pm

Reached my goal of 20,000kms today.

(I also had an elevation goal of 150,000m which I passed a couple of months ago).

moonshadow · 18-12-2018 9:41pm

Right that's it, I'm not playing this game anymore ....
Serious kudos btw.

C3PO · 19-12-2018 8:03am

Brilliant - well done!

mr spuckler · 19-12-2018 11:38am

Wishbone Ash wrote: »

Reached my goal of 20,000kms today.

(I also had an elevation goal of 150,000m which I passed a couple of months ago).

33 1/2 full days on the bike, so allowing for 12 hours off per day between sleeping and eating etc that's over 2 months of daytime that you spent on the bike :eek::pac:

daragh_ · 19-12-2018 1:03pm

Wishbone Ash wrote: »

Reached my goal of 20,000kms today.

(I also had an elevation goal of 150,000m which I passed a couple of months ago).

“The gross and net result of it is that people who spent most of their natural lives riding iron bicycles over the rocky roadsteads of this parish get their personalities mixed up with the personalities of their bicycle as a result of the interchanging of the atoms of each of them and you would be surprised at the number of people in these parts who are nearly half people and half bicycles...when a man lets things go so far that he is more than half a bicycle, you will not see him so much because he spends a lot of his time leaning with one elbow on walls or standing propped by one foot at kerbstones.”
― Flann O'Brien, The Third Policeman

Eamonnator · 20-12-2018 10:21pm

My total for the year so far is 15,142kms, compared to 15,102 kms for last year.
No commuting.

rushfan · 20-12-2018 11:22pm

Got back on the bike today after 7 weeks off it with back issues. Took it handy just to get the relevant muscles working again. Had several false dawns including burying the mother yesterday but finally got out which was liberating in more ways than one. Won't get to 4,000km but hey ho, there's always 2019.

Mercian Pro · 21-12-2018 11:20am

Wasn't looking good at the beginning of the month but, thanks to quite a few club spins, I've just 240km to go to hit the 10,000 target for the third year in a row. Hopefully the weather will cooperate next week and my current puncture jinx will come to an end.

secman · 22-12-2018 2:09pm

secman wrote: »

Hit the 6,000 km target at the weekend, happy days, no commuting km. Hopefully will hit 7,000 km for the year.

Eventually broke through the 7k barrier this morning, a bit of twinge in the back since yesterday, hopefully okay to attempt Rapha 500 to hit 7500 for the year , fingers crossed.

Macy0161 · 27-12-2018 10:45am

Made it through the 5,000 outdoor kilometer mark on Christmas Eve.

Thought about the Festive 500, but when I was saying I'd reached my target for the year I got an only slightly tongue in cheek "good, you don't have to go out on the bike until next year then" from swmbo :eek::D

terrydel · 27-12-2018 10:47am

Ended October needing 600km to hit 6000km, spent pretty much all of November sick, only managing a couple of spins, December was busy with Christmas stuff and now I've a rotten sore throat. Still 212 short of the goal and it aint gonna happen. Ah well.

terrydel · 27-12-2018 10:52am

Macy0161 wrote: »

Made it through the 5,000 outdoor kilometer mark on Christmas Eve.

Thought about the Festive 500, but when I was saying I'd reached my target for the year I got an only slightly tongue in cheek "good, you don't have to go out on the bike until next year then" from swmbo :eek::D

Am I the only one who finds that festive 500 really annoying?
I'm no fan of raphe at the best of times, but I think Christmas is a time for family and sitting back and chilling out and enjoying the time off, not spending 20hrs of a week indulging in what is for most of us just a hobby, neglecting those around us. Lets face it, they are a lot of people who are addicted on cycling, I've tried myself to strike a much better balance this year, and that addiction causes issues in relationships etc. I'm not comfortable with the idea of a company encouraging people to spend 20+ hours a week away from their family on what is probably the most important family time of the year.
Just my opinion.
500km in any week is seriously tough, let alone this one.

jamesd · 27-12-2018 11:06am

Not my goal yesterday- 4500km so delighted as the 2nd year in a row to make it to the goal.

No improvement on last year in km but feeling stronger.

dahat · 27-12-2018 11:24am

Had a 10, 000k goal but two injuries out paid to that unfortunately. I will have somehow managed to scrape to 7,500 by year end which I'm pretty pleased with.

Roll on an injury free 2019.

Macy0161 · 27-12-2018 11:37am

terrydel wrote: »

Am I the only one who finds that festive 500 really annoying?

I'm just jealous more than annoyed!

One of my unwritten goals was to try to fit my training in more around family life. They lived with it through my (even more) obsessive weight loss period, I kinda felt everything and not just my weight had to go back into maintenance...

secman · 27-12-2018 8:06pm

terrydel wrote: »

Am I the only one who finds that festive 500 really annoying?
.

Terry you're just grumpy from being under the weather, I'm managing to spend lots of time with family and do the Rapha, early morning spins while they are tucked away in bed , happy New year to you and family.

terrydel · 27-12-2018 8:09pm

secman wrote: »

Terry you're just grumpy from being under the weather, I'm managing to spend lots of time with family and do the Rapha, early morning spins while they are tucked away in bed , happy New year to you and family.

Haha, I got Mr grumpy underwear fir Christmas so you might be right!
Happy new year to you and yours too!

P_1 · 27-12-2018 9:36pm

Was all set to hit 10,000 then injury and seasonal depression happened. Will end up with a shade over 7,000 in the bank. My biggest annual total but yet I still feel disappointed

selwyn froggitt · 28-12-2018 2:13pm

Scraped through the ten thousand kilometer mark yesterday but considerably down compared to previous years.
I am not doing as many long distance commutes as before,am doing more and more gravel/boreen/back of beyond cycles and have substituted some rides for very long walks instead,still very happy with what I’ve accomplished though.

Here’s to a great 2019 and a HNY to everyone on this forum

Gerry · 29-12-2018 9:23pm

Very happy with the year on balance. Didn't do many long road spins and had a few spills from MTB which set me back a bit. Still, enjoyed the mb200 and the 3 enduros. Didn't put many km in until I changed jobs and started commuting again, total was 4272km and 42799m climbing, and a decent improvement on fitness year on year. Happy new year all.

30-12-2018 1:52am

9 stitches total this year, 7 planned or 'elective' and 2 from a cut. Strava tells me I did 3011km . Glad that wasn't 2997km or there bouts or I'd have walked the bike to get to 3k

Did at least 700km in the middle of the night after feeding the baby on a 4km loop I did 4 or 5 times a go when it made no sense to go back to bed and I just got in the habit of leaving the gear and bike ready and then the school run with the eldest.

Cookie_Monster · 30-12-2018 8:15am

Smashed all of them apart from the weight loss one. Got most of that and then hit the Xmas hols and beers

davef1000 · 30-12-2018 12:50pm

I'm 1,123km short of my goal of 6,000km. I injured my hamstring after the Reservoir Dog in Sept and spent the last four months trying to fix that. I'm on the mend, and will be back regularly on the bike soon, but I was pretty disappointed to not hit that goal. I did 5,000km in a 017 and was definitely on course to hit 6 this year until mother nature intervened.

retalivity · 30-12-2018 2:58pm

4,187k for the year, well short of what i was aiming for.
A combination of a new job with a shorter commute and doing very little after a 2 week holiday at the end of august killed any hope i had

monkeyslayer · 30-12-2018 7:04pm

100,287 metres of climbing for the year with a day to spare, pretty happy with that. Though still well over 2k shy of my 10k distance goal but considering spent all of January still recovering from surgery and most of August and all of September hiking in India I'm happy with that too. Great year of cycling, snow, sun, torrential rain, you name it, it had everything.

Mercian Pro · 31-12-2018 1:08am

Made it with a day to spare! Almost identical to 2016 although club rides (60) now make up a greater proportion of the total. Happy to get to 10k again (while managing to stay married) with many great memories and photos of the cycling year.

Wishbone Ash · 31-12-2018 1:40am

Mercian Pro wrote: »

.....Happy to get to 10k again (while managing to stay married)....

It's the secret to a good marriage!

secman · 31-12-2018 1:43am

Finished the Rapha challenge today which edged me just over 7,500 km for the year. My goal was 6,000km but only got going mid Feb due to back issues which started early Dec 17 which resulted in missing 6k km target in 2017 by 95km.

Happy out today.

terrydel · 31-12-2018 12:19pm

secman wrote: »

Finished the Rapha challenge today which edged me just over 7,500 km for the year. My goal was 6,000km but only got going mid Feb due to back issues which started early Dec 17 which resulted in missing 6k km target in 2017 by 95km.

Happy out today.

Fair play to ya! Even if it is rapha :pac::D
10k next year?

magicbastarder · 31-12-2018 12:21pm

final cycle of the year this morning. happy enough with that total, had been aiming for 5k:

py · 31-12-2018 1:01pm

py wrote: »

Aiming for 4-5k for the year with hopefully 50,000m of climbing most of which will probably be on Zwift, here we come Tron bike Bit of work to hit the climbing goal but distance should be no bother.

Reduced body mass by about 14Kg with another 9Kg to hit my goal for the year and well on target for that, just need to keep eating well.

Hit my annual distance goals without issue, didn't hit the weight target but will keep on tapping away at it.

nilhg · 31-12-2018 2:37pm

A good year on the bike for me, happy out, finished up with 12700km and 89K meters of elevation.

Highlights would have been my first ever race win (only a little league race but they all count) a 625km charity spin over 2 days and completing the national 24hr TT with 614km, a tough day in the saddle that but a great experience.

Looks like I'll have a bit of a change of emphasis for next year but that's for another thread.

jrar · 31-12-2018 2:42pm

nilhg wrote: »

A good year on the bike for me, happy out, finished up with 12700km and 89K meters of elevation.

Highlights would have been my first ever race win (only a little league race but they all count) a 625km charity spin over 2 days and completing the national 24hr TT with 614km, a tough day in the saddle that but a great experience.

Looks like I'll have a bit of a change of emphasis for next year but that's for another thread.

Did you get the Festive 500 done ??

C3PO · 31-12-2018 2:55pm

Best year so far ...
14,945kms / 193,914mts / 651 hours / on the bike on 354 days!

Fighting Tao · 31-12-2018 3:03pm

I didn’t set any goals and it was probably for the best. I’ve only spent 4 months on the bike due to a longish illness, arrive of baby and laziness. I plan to make up for it next year though as it’s no fun spending 1.5 hours in traffic just to go 6km!

The sad thing about the attached stats is that many of the ‘rides’ were 1-2km on Dublin bikes.

jrar · 31-12-2018 3:09pm

Happy out with my best year ever also !

10042 kms and 72002m climbing from 126 rides over 353 hours

Can safely say I enjoyed pretty much every minute of those 353 hours !!

nilhg · 31-12-2018 3:09pm

jrar wrote: »

Did you get the Festive 500 done ??

Yeah, finished with 530 yesterday

CramCycle · 31-12-2018 3:31pm

9k for the year, wasn't a goal but not bad.

irishrover99 · 31-12-2018 3:54pm

irishrover99 wrote: »

100 total times up Kilmashouge by year end. So that would be 50 more in just over 3 months(October- December)compared to the previous 50 in 4 years.
I've done 3 since then so 47 more left.

Just under 7000 for year which is my worst year of cycling since i began.
I missed all of January and February and then all of November.
By the end of March i had just 400 kms.

Mid year was going good and finished the evil but the i got some knee issues which had me worried for a while.

My attempt at 100 times up Kilmashouge was going well.
At the end of October i had 70 done so that meant only 30 left over 2 months but then my Father passed away and then i got sick so the last 2 months have been pretty pathetic on the bike.

New year should be better as i've all my bikes in working order and i had a bike fit recently so no injuries either.

https://veloviewer.com/infographic

Type 17 · 31-12-2018 4:05pm

No goals for the year, but managed 3,457km (no commuting).

PS: This morning, the two Dublin southside bike counters on the Rock Road at Booterstown and on the N11 at UCD were reading 265,969 and 212,469 respectively (totals for the year, which presumably will reset tonight).

Justwinginit · 31-12-2018 6:15pm

Didn't make the 5,000, only about 3,500 due to work & ear/throat infections, but had a great first year cycling (got the bike early Jan) Really enjoyed it. Managed to do a few sportifs. Still, next year will be chasing that 5,000..Have a great new year all...

terrydel · 31-12-2018 7:10pm

terrydel wrote: »

Ended October needing 600km to hit 6000km, spent pretty much all of November sick, only managing a couple of spins, December was busy with Christmas stuff and now I've a rotten sore throat. Still 212 short of the goal and it aint gonna happen. Ah well.

Two other goals of mine were the etape and to do the wicklow gap from laragh section in under 20 mins, managed the former, and the latter came at the wicklow 200, doing it in 19:54.
Next year I'd like to get under 19:00, but it'll be tough!

Weepsie · 31-12-2018 7:46pm

6443 km.

Originally planned for 10000, but flu and a crash saw me revise it to 7500. All was going well, but got few too many colds, and had another crash while my enthusiasm waned a lot, probably a bit sick of my own company and need to head out with someone the oddtime this year.

Smashed my time up lovers leap lane enroute to telling my partner's mother that I planned on proposing to her (it was a 160km race against the clock as I had to get there and back without her knowing as she was driving down). Something very pleasing about that, as it ruined me the last time I tried it.

2019 is about enjoying it again as much possible, whatever the weather, just get out and do something. Also more time in Wicklow. If I could cut the first 15-20kms of my cycle out, (and then too the last as well) I'd enjoy them much more.

davidsatelle100 · 31-12-2018 8:00pm

Stats for the year - Chuffed to get over the 11k mark for the first time - bit annoyed at 500 short for 75k Climbing

Activity count:
457

Total dist:
11,048 km

Total elev:
74,534 m

Total time:
486:16:49

Lumen · 31-12-2018 8:04pm

Only 5 hours left until I'll be briefly on track for my yearly goals.

How's you're Yearly goals coming along???

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