There are so many statements you can make about setting goals, but at the end of the day it comes down to one thing. You don't achieve goals if you don't have them.
Last year, on the logs, I have right around 2841 kilometers logged. When I started cycling over the winter, I decided to set a specific distance goal. At the time, I had no aspirations of racing or really getting faster, just to ride more. So, I set a goal for getting 10,000 kilometers in 2006. That's a lot of kilometers for a guy who had not really cycled long distance before last year. I set complimentary goals of 2,500 km per quarter. Here's how we're doing so far:
July - December, 2005: 2841.6 (53 rides)
Jan 1-Mar 31: 3,383.96 km (65 rides)
Apr 1-Jun 30: 3,821.74 km (57 rides)
So far, 2006: 7205.7
So, since I started logging my rides on July 7 of last year, to today's date, I'm over 10,000km! I'm just really stoked about reaching that milestone. If I finish off the year around 14,000km, I'll be happy. Let's hope we escape the rest of the season injury free.
Next year, I'll move from distance to time based goals and plan on starting real race training for Tour de Kunisaki.
Last year, on the logs, I have right around 2841 kilometers logged. When I started cycling over the winter, I decided to set a specific distance goal. At the time, I had no aspirations of racing or really getting faster, just to ride more. So, I set a goal for getting 10,000 kilometers in 2006. That's a lot of kilometers for a guy who had not really cycled long distance before last year. I set complimentary goals of 2,500 km per quarter. Here's how we're doing so far:
July - December, 2005: 2841.6 (53 rides)
Jan 1-Mar 31: 3,383.96 km (65 rides)
Apr 1-Jun 30: 3,821.74 km (57 rides)
So far, 2006: 7205.7
So, since I started logging my rides on July 7 of last year, to today's date, I'm over 10,000km! I'm just really stoked about reaching that milestone. If I finish off the year around 14,000km, I'll be happy. Let's hope we escape the rest of the season injury free.
Next year, I'll move from distance to time based goals and plan on starting real race training for Tour de Kunisaki.