What challenges are you planning for 2016?

It’s time to shake things up and commit to something a bit scary where I feel like I’ve bitten off more than I can chew – I’m thinking of maybe a 300km or even 400km Audax.

What are you eyeing off that’s making you a little nervous?

Would love to be inspired by your physical/sporting/health/mental self-inflected projects/challenges….

A) 1 year without the need of crutches

B) Organise one new bike event (already started)

C) Improve the appearance and usage of Southampton Bike Park (part funded by B)

D) Lose 2.5 stone (hopefully though step E)

E) Actually ride my bike

Run a 1h13.xx half marathon.

turning 40 gracefully.

Becoming a dad 🙂

More pies or less pies, i’ve yet to decide.

C2C

100 mile ride

Here was me thinking that Glentress 7 would be a challenge enough for 2016! I’m obviously not trying hard enough!

100 miler

Way of the Roses

Stealth Camper

I’m thinking of doing Iron Cross next September, definitely Roubaix and Tro Bro Leon, maybe Super Enduro B-Road, Gravel Dash, Battle on the Beach, oh – and a new kitchen…

Knock work on the head for six months and go travelling. I haven’t got much beyond panicking about that… As far as cycling goes we’re doing a couple of three day MTB things in the Andes which should be good.

edit: f7a sport would be nice though

Run a decent half marathon

Run an ultra

Get back to only having two bikes (n-1), and actually race them more

3 stars on all angry birds levels without using power-ups or the big bird thing.

Walk the WHW in 3 days for my 60th

I was thinking this very thing earlier.

Mine are:
Lose 1.5 stone, mainly so can ride with some speed…
La Marmotte if I can get an entry.

That’ll do for the moment.

Three peaks (running version). Not really tha big and scary but it’s the main goal for the spring and 3 times further than any previous fell race (I’ve done flat road marathons). Will try to find a few long MTB events too.

Learning to ride a horse to go horseback trekking in the Alpujarras.

expecting jek no2 in the first half of the year, which will be a rainbow baby so all fingers crossed.

Paying for the 2 bikes I bought this year 😆 And the greatest challenge of all, getting decent money for all my 26 inch stuff.

Get below 85kg

Get my partner to learn to ski and want to go again.
Believe it, that may be challenge enough 😉

(and possible persuade her to marry me…)

Learn to swim and compete in a triathlon.

Contemplating C2C road ride in a day.

Next springs challenge will be to ride to the seaside for a paddle.

Following on from this years challenge of riding to the pub for a beer.

Was thinking of setting the target of cycling every single day of the year.

For those contemplating weight loss:

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I lost 21 pounds in two months. Bearing in mind, my commute is 200 miles a week…

200 mile ride next may and then Twentyfour 12 solo

I have the Brentwood Half Mara in March that I do every year to keep me honest through the winter months.

The Salisbury 5-4-3-2-1 50k as something to build up to in August

Might look for a Tri or two for somewhere in the middle of those dates

Come out of winter the same weight I went in, with my asthma under control.
Some 60-100 mile offroad rides in spring/summer.

Use the 12 hours+ a week that I have been studying for exams this year on top of the day job to…
– spend loads more quality time as a family and
– Ride more
– Do some kind of charity biking event with some big hills and mileages
– Lose at least a couple of stone
– Finish all the half done garden projects

That should see me thorough next year. none individually should be a massive issue, the challenge is balancing them!

(off-topic but agree with above poster that 5:2 fasting works well)

Be in shape to bench 140, press 90 and run a 5 min mile.

Beat my marathon PB (3:09). And a couple more ultras, just not sure which yet. I’ll probably do the (local to me) GTP again, and I’d like to do one the spring ones in the Canaries.

booking the week of the 28th of may off work and riding my bike solidly for a week i would hope…..

Lots of long distance touring (on and offroad )culminating with the LEL Audax in 2017 .
So a load of injury free miles for next year please 🙂

Loose 2 stone by next summer.

Beat my shocking Ride London 100 time from this year (subject to me getting a ballot place)

Complete the Dunwich Dynamo.

Ride more than this year (going to end up at about 2000 miles for 2015)

1) Hold my marriage together
2) if 1 == TRUE
{
try and get [wife] pregnant and carry the child to term (or at least to more than a survivable number of weeks)
}
3) Ride more, maybe even get fit enough to go to BPW, Snowdonia and some of the other fun/nice places
4) Try and get my running back up to half marathon level
5) Learn to swim properly and maybe to a triathlon

Do at least one bivi/camp per month (again). I’ve managed this in previous years but somehow got lazy this year.

To crack 50 continuous pull ups, currently at 45 in a minute, just had inguinal hernia surgery, so a bit of a set back and then nail the one arm pull up and to do an iron cross.

Lose more lard and change career/find a new job.

Find a new job (being made redundant, so no choice).
Build a proper shed type thing with power and naked dancing girls
Cycle Malin head to mizen head (irish lejog)
24/12 torchbearer

Ride from home to somewhere nice with a hostel and bike back the next day

Ride to the coast from home

Possibly do a c2c

Save more money and stop buying shit I don’t need (Including bike stuff)

Have enough motivation to seek alternative employment

See more sunsets and sunrises

Although hampered by worsening health I would love to cycle a modest route that can be broken down into chunks and spread out over the year. Very keen on following one of the many ancient trackways in Wessex so an evening with maps spread out on the floor, beer in hand plus rock on the hifi should enable me to formulate a plan.