How's this years cycling plan going?

[fatjel]

4880 miles done so still a bit behind my 10,000 aim
2 out of 5 grimpeurs done so still likely
Bottled on the 300 miles to visit my daughter this month :-(
not too bad overall

 

[martint235]

Better than expected. I ended last year really thinking I'd struggle to do 100 miler again after I'd bailed in Brighton. May this year I put together a 160 and 140 miler on consecutive Sundays without undue distress really which was a relief as I'd not done anything other than commute really since the beginning of the year. For the next two weekends I've got another 140 miler and then a 200 miler lined up. Can't believe the difference since Dec.

 

[HLaB]

There's a plan

 

[TheJDog]

Over 5,000km done with 50,000m of climbing. Étape is next weekend. That's what I've been 'looking forward' to all year. After that's done I'm chopping the bike up and throwing it on the fire so I'm not sure how many more miles I'm going to get in the rest of the year.

 

[mustang1]

Only done half the miles I thought I'd ride but all the rides were more enjoyable (quality versus quantity).

I've also come to terms that I really can't ride in summer as much as I'd like because I'd rather spend time with the kids and other family events plus social occasions. All enjoyable stuff and the kids need me more than I need my bike.

I still fancy getting down to the Jurassic coast for an MTB ride even though my off road experience is limited. Let's see what happens...

 

[Cuchilo]

I'm a month and a half ahead of last year, according to veloviewer. But the mileage graph has a few flat spots due to bad colds that I could have done without. Étape du Tour in July, I'm feeling like I will be able to do it, but still would like to get 5kg off and get a few more climbing miles in my legs to make sure that I enjoy it.

The Hillingdon TT series I missed the first one with a cold, the second one is booked solid, but I have booked in for a few in May, June and July. Would like to get into the 25 minutes on my road bike. I've no idea how I'll do on that at the moment.

Have you done a 25 yet ? That's my aim for this season at Hillingdon but I'm told by a few riders it took a few years for them to get a 25 there .

 

[Davos87]

I'm doing rather rubbish trying to achieve my modest 2000 mile target. One of my kids got married and we have been very busy making improvements to her house and since retiring a few more holidays have sort of got in the way this year! Have enjoyed the times I have been out and feel a bit more sanguine about not being nearer my target. Treating my cycling this year more as a very enjoyable leisure pursuit rather that a goal orientated activity.

 

[sutts]

My target is for 9000 miles. I have failed at this two years running, but so far, so good at 5693 miles. 10,000 miles is now a stretch target, as 9000 is looking good!!

 

[lee1980sim]

Seen as this popped up in my notifications thought I'd update too, so far still on target for my higher target, I'm averaging 170 miles a month, could be more but my 5 year old tends to want me at home the few days off I get when he's not at school, and when we go out with the trailer not as many miles get done (23 miles in 3.5 hours today with him and wife as opposed to 23 miles in 1.25hrs on my own with the road bike) but oh well he only gets one childhood which I don't want to miss

 

[Katherine]

This is the first year that I've started to keep a track of my miles. I've managed to keep up with the half century a month challenge so far. It's made me increase my routine rides from 22 miles to 32 miles, time permitting. I've been working on my new year's resolutions to maintain what I've achieved so far, to get better at hills and to keep my bike(s) (n+1 arrived in March) clean but learning how to fettle and look after the mechanisms is still a target. Oh, and second place (by age and gender) in the Great Manchester Cycle!

Commiserations to those who've not been able to get out on their bike, hope things are improving all round.

Well done to those who've been meeting their targets or are just enjoying their cycling.

 

[Saluki]

So far, I'm 200 miles up on my annual target and 30 miles up on my monthly target so very pleased at the moment.

 

[TheJDog]

Have you done a 25 yet ? That's my aim for this season at Hillingdon but I'm told by a few riders it took a few years for them to get a 25 there .

The last one I did I got a 25 50 something. It was the absolutely scorching day. It was hell! Felt pretty sick all the way, but pleased with the time.

 

[contadino]

I expected to be hindered far more by the heat this summer, but thanks to a long mild spring and switching from MTB to tourer, I'm still managing a few hundred km/week.

So if I'd set myself a goal in January it would likely have been something like 2000km and Endomondo is telling me that I've already done nearly 3800km.

I guess September will be a good yardstick. 120km around l'Eroica course in Tuscany followed by Hadrian's Wall 4 days later.

 

[Donger]

Still plodding away in the Metric Century a Month Challenge, though I have come close to failure more than once. This has been a fantastic challenge for me, as it is close to the limits of my endurance. Reckon it will give me a real sense of achievement at the end. Was planning to do my first ever 100 miler this year...... might put that off until December! Not exactly looking forward to that one.

Have also managed to take my bike over to France twice already, with another trip still to come. Happy days. Off to the French Alps in September. There are some big mountains just begging to be climbed. Just have to do it while I'm still able. (I'm not getting any younger, and I'm still over 20 stone despite all my efforts. There has to be a limit to how long I can keep this up, and I don't want to have any regrets).

Annual target wise, I averaged about 1,600 miles per year over my first 5 years, and raised that to 2,400 last year, with joining my local club. This year I've done 1,747 miles already - which must be down to the Cyclechat challenge. Fingers crossed, looking good for 3,000 miles in 2015.

Loving it.

 

[ColinJ]

~24% of my year's target distance in ~28% of the year! (966 miles out of 4,015 - my target is an 11 miles a day average.)

Update: Now ~57% of my year's target distance in ~53% of the year! (2279 miles out of 4,015 - my target is an 11 miles a day average, but I now only need to average 10 miles a day for the rest of the year.)