How's this years cycling plan going?

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jazzkat

Fixed wheel fanatic.
I think this is the first year that I've not had some sort of specific goal.
I'm just going to enjoy going out on my bike when I want.
 

Dogtrousers

Kilometre nibbler
Pretty good. I joined the metric century a month challenge and I've done 8 so far. The result of this is that today I did an annual 100 miler (including a few stinker hills such as Ditchling and Gangers). I finished it feeling great, whereas I've been dead on my feet the last two years.
 

shouldbeinbed

Rollin' along
Location
Manchester way
No targets set but its not been the best, particularly last month after a small op, recovering from that is not going too bad now & I'm multi modal travel at least, but my knee starting to give me bother again too.

I think if I was a horse I'd be on my way to the dog food factory now.
 

deptfordmarmoset

Full time tea drinker
Location
Armonmy Way
I think this is the first year that I've not had some sort of specific goal.
I'm just going to enjoy going out on my bike when I want.
This is also the first year for a decade or so when I haven't given myself any set targets apart from the metric half-century, which didn't happen in Feb but began again in March. I've still got my unfinishable ''ride every road'' thing, where every now and then I cycle off to a couple of blocks of streets which I don't know and then add them to the area I've covered. The bigger the ring of covered roads gets, the further I have to cycle to reach new ones and, at the beginning of prostate problems, I can't do it very often. Still, just ordered a Rido saddle which might help.
 
Pretty encouraging so far, given that it was chilly, wet, icy, etc. until now. It's my first year of cycling (started last August) and I've set a few targets.

1. Metric Eddington number of 66, with 100 as a bit-of-a-stretch target. I'm up to 43 so far.
2. Total annual distance of 7777. A third of the way there with the most disruptive weather probably over.
3. I'm trying to complete the Metric Century a month challenge and that's going well so far.

I'm finding it very motivational to have targets, especially the Eddington number one, which encourages me to not do too many short rides, and the Metric Century one, which prevents me focusing on the 66km thing.
 
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