Goals galore

Alex Simmons

OK peoples, it's that time of year.

What are everyone's cycling goals for 2007?

Nothing like making them public to keep you honest and accountable.....


Mine are to better my previous performances in the points races at State & National Masters Track Championships (March), ride PB pursuit times at same events and make the points race final at World Masters Track Championships (October).

I have others but they are my main goals.

Merry Christmas and a safe & fun 2007 to all.

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11ring

Here's one big one:

Move to A grade by end of 2007

Julian G.

Start racing... try not to come in last.

rayhuang

Top 3 Masters 40+ State Time Trial.

Move to Cat.3 by end of summer.

Make guys hurt on the local club rides (which are brutal fast).

btw-July 2007 will mark my first full year back in cycling since 1991 or 92.

PartisanRanger

Score Top-10s in collegiate races, maybe upgrade to B level.

RapDaddyo

Survive the Everest Challenge http://www.everestchallenge.com/.

watts4speed

300W CP which translates to 4.42 W/Kg. Just hit 248W last week. Don't know if I'll make it, but then if I do I guess I'll have to raise the goal :-)

sogood

Not to get dropped on club rides and get forced into riding "ITT" every Sunday.

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Pureshot78

Hit 300W FTP or 165 lbs by May 1. (Currently at 260 and 179lbs)
Or hit both for a FT of 4.0 w/kg
This will be my first season as a cat4.

BullGod

upgrade to Elite License. Get a chance to do the "long classics" here (Netherlands) and not have to only do 50km criteriums.

Race in Belgium.

Do my 100km training ride in <2h 45m.

Sillyoldtwit

Do more racing.

Do the Fukui Fondo 100 mile mountainous ride again in June, and plan through stealth to be first home of 300 riders.

Some time in 2007 to crack 300W FTP (preferably before June )

Give RD a run for his money up Mt Charleston in October. I know he thinks it can't be done by "feel" - maybe he's right, only time will tell.

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NomadVW

Personal fitness:
1. No more than 1 day per week on rollers. Endure the cold, sleet, snow.
2. Increase FTP to 350 (up from current 317) by April.
3. Decrease weight to 77kg ( currently 79 ) by April
4. Ride more than this year. Moving to 6 days a week instead of 4-5.

Race Goals:
1. May - Sub 4:40 Tour de Kunisaki (165km road race). Last year this would make me top 10.
2. August/Sept - Sub 1 hr 40km TT
3. October - Podium, Okayama Int'l Circuit. This year, 11th place, 8 seconds off the lead.
4. Race more races in between. There aren't many in my area, so this will probably be the hardest of all of them :P

Ideally, I'd like to move back to the states in Feb 2008 with the documentation necessary to upgrade from Cat 5 to Cat 4 almost immediately.

VW

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Sillyoldtwit

Hey Nomad, that Kunisaki race sounds interesting - have you any info on it?
Thanks. Tyson.

Ooops! We've just had a small earthquake in the Nagoya area.

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NomadVW

Tour de Kunisaki is a FANTASTIC race. It goes every May 3rd (start of second half of Golden Week).

The web page for 2006 race is:
http://www11.ocn.ne.jp/~kunisaki/

The route map that I GPS'd this last year is:
http://www.magnalox.net/log/no.php?fmt=g&lid=12136

I took a pretty easy shot at it this year and placed 51st out of around 500 riders that competed in the 160km route with a time of 5hrs 23min. Top 3 riders were 4:35min and better, 2 professionals and one of the riders from our local club. We take the whole family down and camp for the week prior in Itogahama just north of Beppu.

You'll all have to hear about that race from me for the next six months.

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