My realistic goals:
- Ride a little further than last year
- Ride a little faster than last year
- More saddle time(trail, trainer, rail trail w/ the kids -anything involving pedaling)
- Ride the Allamuchy 50k and just finish
- Maybe do one XC race
- Convert one of my old hardtails to SS and give that a try
Well, I met a few of my goals, I think:
- I have ridden further - all of my MTB rides were definitely longer than last year.
- Not sure about faster, though.
- Got more saddle time by virtue of road miles.
- No Allamuchy 50k.
- XC race aint happenin'.
- No SS for me this year. Instead I threw slicks on one of the old bikes and discovered that I actually enjoy road riding and hope to get a road bike, maybe next year. So by not pursuing one goal, I was able to improve upon another (more saddle time).
All-in-all a good year so far. The trappings of kids, work, commuting, etc. has put a bit of a limit on riding time, but I've been getting rides in where I can. Had a few surprise things this year like going to Diablo,getting my three-year-old his first bike, and gaining 10 pounds (muscle mass, I'm sure...). Also started using the GPS this year. Last year's surprise was a third kid.
Going to the enjoy the fall and am looking forward to winter riding. Hope we have a winter like last year, but doubt we'll be so lucky.