I've just started the annual drafting of next years 'to do' list and I thought it would be interesting to see what other people have planned, if anything?
It could be a very short ride that you really want to do to a round the world cycle ride, solo sailing trip across Rudyard Lake...anything at all. No prizes for the toughest, just a list of things that you want to do. I was going to put sort my head out but I think it's about as good as it's going to get :-}
Here's mine so far although it looks pretty full already. Some I've already done but I want to do again and some will be first times:
South Downs Way in a Day (MTB) 100 Miles (BHF event)
Cycle Cheshire Ring in a Day (MTB) 100 Miles
Paddle Cheshire Ring in a Day (Canoe) 100 Miles
Run a Marathon (legs) as yet unspecified 26.2 miles
Ride 100 miles one day every month (road bike) 100 miles x 12
24 Hour solo MTB event (MTB) as yet unspecified
Manchester to Sheffield and Back On/Off Road (MTB/cyclocross)
Ride all three routes at Llandegla non stop (MTB)
Pennine Bridleway from Middleton Top to as far as possible in a day (MTB)
Scottish western isles road tour with the GF (june)
Week mtbing somewhere, probably uk based unless i get a better offer
Unlikely to do any racing, just not my sceen
Would like to get a forest of dean or cwncarn uplift day in too
Sleep more.
Move house.
Get some time in overseas.
Ride bike in nice places, also including overseas.
Discover the next big thing.
sleep with pimpmasterjazz (again).
Ooo, you little monkey!
😀
100 miles in a day in a canoe? 😯
I quite fancy soloing a 24hr MTB event. Hopefully I'll be able to get out to the Alps again and annihilate the Megavalanche, too.
No real plans beyond that...
brass monkeysx3
all meridas
back mountain 3 day if it goes ahead
Transwales
lose 27 kgs......... 😳
will update you in a year!!!!
I to fancy the South Downs Way in a Day (MTB) 100 Miles. Might try the double if I can organise it.
Trans Am - Virginia to Oregon. 4300 miles, bought my air tickets yesterday. 🙂
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Get and do more work - make some/more money 😕
Get better at sailing my new boat (lots of practice)
Have house painted (see top of list)
Try and ride better
Looks good mcmoonter, similar idea myself.
Warm weather training - Majorca (booked)
ESSC - Belgium
Tour Divide
WSSC - Ireland
LEJOG, Pennine Bridleway, Welsh C2C, 7 Stanes link ride - some of these as preparation for the above.
I'd like to have a crack at the Kielder 100.
Also the GR20 in Corsica (on foot).
But mainly finish my PhD and get on with my life/career.
24 Hour solo MTB event (MTB) as yet unspecified
Exposure 24 hour
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My goals
Exposure 24 solo - to collapse over the line having given everything for 24 hours
Better this years solo result @ Mayhem - I've told the g/f when I was lying on the floor after this years event that when I said "I'm NEVER doing another 24 hour solo" she didn't hear me say "this year......"
Paint the house !!!!
Bivvy nights
Some long distance off road multi day riding
Sail more - not difficult as I've sailed once in the last 20 years !!!!
More natural trail riding (back to my routes man!)
nuffin
Getting home (the south-west).
Sorting out the Welsh Ride Thing ... again.
Trans cambrian non stop.
SSWC ... riding there and back.
Quite a list you've got yourself there Kev!
Put my feet up for a while - redundancy at end of december
Do more riding now work not in the way
Do more skiing now work not in the way
See more of my friends now work not in the way
get better at photography
and I suppose find a job 🙁
gravity enduro series
afan monster
some 100 m rides - quite fancy south downs way
all in prep for trans-wales and hopefully trans-provience if i can get in
Get a job back home
Do the Midland Super Series XC races
Do as many Enduro / CRC Marathons as I can
Isle of Man end 2 end thingy
More time on the bikes preparing for:
Uk gravity enduro series (or at least a few of them)
Mega Avalanche
full road race season getting reamed out by junior elites with the heart rate of a hummingbirds wing.......
Trans Alps
Portugal new year
Morocco booked
Who knows what else - keep my options open. Been a great 12 months done loads mtb and:
Nepal
India
Japan
Dubai
France
what happens in next 12 months? No idea take it as it comes.
Having a baby
im decideing between canada, europe somewhere or a tour of the uk!
UK Gravity enduro series, or at least as many of them as possible.
Alps riding.
Nothing really beyond that, just lots of riding and knowing it can only be better than this year.
Go to Whistler for a week, and then later in the year go to Whistler for a week
Whisler again or maybe the The Alps..
jesus, there's so much more to bc than whistler! 🙂
I've thought of another. Beat my current PB for the Sarn Helen. Hoping to do it in under 53 hours. Not the fastest but as above, that will be better than my previous best.
Wookster + Ginger
Have you done the TransWales before or just thinking about it?
I am in dithering mode . 🙄
Do the entries open in Jan ?
generally stumbling, from one pay-day to the next, knowing that any unexpected bills/car breakdowns etc will put me seriously overdrawn and not have any means to get myself out of the overdraft.
But, at the same time, need to sort out some replacement glazing for the house.
And then, hoping SWMBO doesn't get diagnosed with something scary following the lumps and shadows that have shown up on a recent scan.
Oh, and riding my bike... i'll be grateful for a couple of days in the Peak District in the whole year. Other than that, I'll try to get the kids out riding more, and I will be wearing a groove round Clumber Park with my regular local loop that I ride.
Good luck to you folk who have more adventurous plans than I...
No solid plans but...
West Highland way, possibly
No Fuss Endurance Downhill, maybe
Lots of local riding while unemployed, almost certainly
And if unemployment doesn't last, then blowing my redundancy payout on things I don't need, woo hoo!
I'm wondering if a pipe might look good with my latest 'tash; it works with mirrored sunglasses, and I'm thinking of throwing a hat into the mix before the end of the year. I'm probably thinking a little too far ahead, as the 'tash is a bit magnum at the moment.
i fancy doing the gravity series things.
and maybe the ss thing in ireland.
but deffo a weeks ride from home tour with the lads.........even if i have to push the bike round......... 8)
Been with Bike Verbier for the last 5 years.
Just do it ! You will love every minute.
Buying a downhill bike and getting my full radcore on. Might do a merida marathon, but then again it seems a bit boring. Also if I get a job I've applied for oop north I'll hopefully be doing a lot more "natural riding" than I do now as the peaks will only be about an hour away.
MOnksie, are you Leek-based?
After a disappointing summer of riding, I'd be pleased if I just managed an average of one ride per week. I would like to do the STW weekender tho'
Move to Cumbria.
Drive down to Alps with bikes for a few weeks in summer.
Nothing too strenuous really though.
😉
I'm in Stockport StillTortoise, sorry.
That up there should be all [b]four[/b] routes of Llandegla non stop.
Have more fun on the bike.
Maybe do D2D and Mountain Mayhem depends how fit I can get.
Want to do Mountain Mayhem better than last time (i.e. fitter and with a bike I can ride through mud) - minor details like lack of a team etc... to be dealt with later.
Brighton Big Dog (if it's on).
W/e at 7 Stanes.
Some long days out.
The things I know I am doing are
Strathpuffer 24 (mixed pair)
10@KT (solo)
Selkirk Merida/CRC Marathon (100k)
24 Hours of Exposure (solo)
Kielder 100
Tour Mont Blanc (I think with MBMB)
Kinross black Sportive (Roadie event)
Musselburgh Sportive (Roadie event)
Not sure of anything else just yet
Finish House
Move into house
Start riding again (from my new front door high in the pennines)
Get a child trailer & take little monster out in pennines
Get the missus out on bike again
Relax in new bath with a beer looking out on all i survey & the colne valley
I'm in Stockport StillTortoise, sorry
It was mention of Rudyard lake that piqued my interest. Just down the road for me. The way my riding "season" has gone, a ride to Rudyard would be a good achievement 😆
I only mentioned it as I rode over to Rudyard Lake last weekend to be shown round some trails. They were rubbish and Rudyard Lake was still fresh in my mind. Still, it got some Autumn miles in the legs.
Is there any good mountain bike routes over that way?
is there any good mountain bike routes over that way?
if you stay the right side of cheeky, not really. I hope someone will come on here and correct me, but since moving from Buxton to Leek I have found the doorstep (off road) riding lacking somewhat. Once you start getting the north side of the Roaches and into 3 Shires Head, Flash and beyond into HOllinsclough there is some excellent stuff, but not a lot to entertain for an hour or two after work without getting in the car or onto the cheeky trails.
That said, there are a couple of local woods with some nice singletrack and some BIG jumps (way too big for me). I was a bit spoilt where I lived in Buxton tho'. I could be on the Pennine Bridleway within seconds of leaving the house
Travelling around New Zealand in a campervan 🙂
Race the nationals, national championships, a few decent regionals, the Mega & a few of these gravity enduro type races.
Oh, and get out on the XC bike a bit more. Got a bit sick of riding downhill this year.
South Downs Way in a Day (MTB) 100 Miles (BHF event)Cycle Cheshire Ring in a Day (MTB) 100 Miles
Paddle Cheshire Ring in a Day (Canoe) 100 Miles
Run a Marathon (legs) as yet unspecified 26.2 miles
Ride 100 miles one day every month (road bike) 100 miles x 12
24 Hour solo MTB event (MTB) as yet unspecified
Manchester to Sheffield and Back On/Off Road (MTB/cyclocross)
Ride all three routes at Llandegla non stop (MTB)
Pennine Bridleway from Middleton Top to as far as possible in a day (MTB)
Respect.
I need some targets for next year.
I just entered the Attakwas Extreme MTB Challenge in SA ( 15 Jan )
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Get married (feb)
Mountain Mayhem solo again
Sleepless in the saddle,either solo or team
couple of duathlons-Clumber Classic for one.
Some big proper mountain rides, really want to get out in the wilds instead of being stuff in traffic jams on the trails in the Peak District & locally.
Transportugal
Welsh Ride Thing
perhaps a SDD attempt
Kielder
Keen to get back into "racing" after almost a 5 year absence.
Cycle tour through Iran
Some big bike-polo tournament somewhere
Win the british Cycle Messenger champs (as if)
Learn to manual proficiently.
Minimum of 4 sportives on the road bike (3 already entered).
Hell of the North Cotswolds.
Visits to Gisburn, Brechfa and one of the mid/north Wales trail centres.
Do some rides in Exmoor,the Brecons and Forest of Dean.
Get back into skiing after a 5 year absence (Tignes booked).
Redecorate flat and sell it.
Decide whether to continue with the uncertainties of being self-employed or get a 'proper' job.
Avoid getting injuries that involve a long lay-off on the bike - had one in each of the past 3 years, though of these only one was as an injury caused by cycling.
Midlands XC series.
Brownbacks series.
As many of the NE XC series that don't clash with above.
National XC series.
National XC champs.
Dark & White Winter TQ's.
Dark & White Summer TQ's.
Track racing every Monday.
And a bit of 'cross over the winter.
french alps with hubby doing mega!