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Two targets - more riding, more smiling - ahead on both.
Still haven't joined that Strava thing yet.
You sound like a bunch of roadies, not one mention of quality, for me it is all about aesthetics, that ribbon of singletrack, a long techy descent in the high mountains ridden clean, just being in the mountains with those expansive views . My mantra aims, goals and quality.
Waaaaaay too subjective, a road or trail might be quality one day, crap the next, or that one gem of a trail/road might be bracketed by crap on either side. You'd never end up riding for fear of not riding the 'best' trail.
Better to just ride loads and let quality find you.
I've done 418km this year. Normally I'd be up around 1500 but events have conspired. That and not commuting have killed my mileage.
That said, 200 of those kms have come from two FNRttC events which I've really enjoyed, so I'm not too bothered.
Went out for a 30km spin Sunday morning and smashed loads of segment PBs without really trying so it can't be harming me too much 🙂
You sound like a bunch of roadies, not one mention of quality, for me it is all about aesthetics, that ribbon of singletrack, a long techy descent in the high mountains ridden clean, just being in the mountains with those expansive views . My mantra aims, goals and quality.
That's the other thread, where people post up pics and rave about what they've done. This thread is for the stats, man 🙂
The reason I'm trying to motivate myself to put in a decent mileage, especially when the weather is shite in Jan/Feb/March, is to be able to do the rides I want now the good weather is here without feeling like I'm dying and having to bail halfway through.
a long techy descent in the high mountains ridden clean, just being in the mountains with those expansive views
LOL i live in West Berks, not Morzine. I got a day in the woods above Goring/Pangbourne at the weekend, that's as exicting as it gets !
Didn't really set a target distance / elevation gain wise, just one to do 10 hours or structured (my own made up plan) riding / training per week up to the middle of May then rest for the WEMBO Euro 24hr Solo MTB champs at the start of June and then see what happened after that.
I pretty much achieved the 10 hours a week thing with a mixture of track, turbo, commuting and some actual proper riding for fun, coupled with as many races as I could fit in. It all appears to have worked as I bagged some respectable results in the run up and a very good one at the Euros 🙂
Since then I've only done a few short rides, but the base fitness is still there and the speed is coming back, so once the decorating and other jobs I neglected for the first few months of the year have been finished, and the family holiday (there'll be some riding done on that, especially as we're on Cornwall), done it'll be back on the bike trying to restructure things for a possible tilt at the WEMBO World's at the back end of October.
This will obviously write off any thoughts of racing 'cross until at least December, when the season is basically done and dusted anyway.
So target wise, all good a the moment. Deciding what I'm doing over the next few months, somewhat wooly to say the least.
2018 aims - to learn how to wheelie and jump.
I am yet to achieve this.
I just head out and ride. Doesn't really matter if it's road, gravel, MTB or whatever - I'll just do whatever I feel like on the day. Having a target (or targets) is useful as motivation and stops me being lazy.
The Strava monthly climbing challenge is the only "external" challenge and living where I do is actually fairly easy to reach - I did 14,500 metres of climbing in May for example but actually rode less than half the days in the month, about 3/4 of that total was off-road. Just the nature of the beast 🙂
I dont track miles, no interest in that. I track how may bike-parks/centre's I visit. At least once or twice a week weather permitting.
So 10 this year. Later start due to raining till mid April & then injured for a month.
I'm 2144 into a 4000 mile goal for 2018.
Zwift has been a leg saver when its crap outside.
Goal this year was 500 000 feet descent. So far 150 000 completed, 2 weeks lift assisted in France coming up though...
sorry but you didn't cover any miles at all while you Zwifted your life away scared of the weather..