So I plan few trips for next season. First one in last week of July - get to
Vienna, around Danube to Linz and then back to CZ to small town Slavonice.
(About 600km I plan it for 7-9 days) Second to Hamburg - the farthest city with
direct train back home. (About 900 km I think it will take me about 14 days) Few
shorter trips and 10km every day to work… My brother said now something like
“C’mon next year you will have 5000 km on bike”
In 2023, I rode 4,500 miles (7,200 km), of which about 3k was outdoor and the rest indoor on Zwift. My goal was 4,000 miles, which I hit at the end of November. I was on a road trip for about 4 weeks in 2023, and I knew I wouldn’t be able to ride much during that time (I got a few rides in, but nothing like I would have at home), so I’m surprised I hit the goal so soon.
Failed goal: I like to do at least one imperial century each year, but in 2023 I did not achieve that goal - I was all ready to go, building up my endurance for long rides in the preceding weekends, then I got sick AND the weather was miserable the weekend I would have done it. Dang. The ride was rescheduled, but we were out of town that day, so I couldn’t join. My longest ride in 2023 was 92 miles (148 km).
Achievement, aside from the miles: Since late July, I’ve been riding a metric century or more each weekend, except for about 5 weekends when other things intervened (the sickness and weather above was one; one was a mechanical issue where I still got ~55 miles; the rest were other commitments that didn’t allow time to ride). I don’t know why I’m doing it, other than because it’s kind of interesting. There’s no larger overall goal.
Goals for 2024:
Same mileage goal, 4,000 miles. I just don’t see how I could increase that significantly without dumping oodles of extra time into it that I just don’t have. Fortunately the 4k isn’t a major motivation for me - it’s useful to see where I am throughout the year compared to what I now “usually” ride, but I didn’t stop riding when I hit it early in 2023.
Finish building my rocker plate for Zwift (that should be in the next week or two, hopefully) - I have the major components but will need to get the hardware to assemble it yet.
Continue my weekly metric-or-more riding, as much as possible. I know there will be some I miss, but that’s okay. If I accomplish, say, 42 of them (missing 10 weekends), that’s roughly 2,600 miles right there.
Go on a bike tour. I built a gravel/road touring bike a few weeks ago, now I need to use it. I haven’t figured out what I want to do yet, maybe Cumberland or Pittsburgh to DC.
In 2023, I rode 4,500 miles (7,200 km), of which about 3k was outdoor and the rest indoor on Zwift. My goal was 4,000 miles, which I hit at the end of November. I was on a road trip for about 4 weeks in 2023, and I knew I wouldn’t be able to ride much during that time (I got a few rides in, but nothing like I would have at home), so I’m surprised I hit the goal so soon.
Failed goal: I like to do at least one imperial century each year, but in 2023 I did not achieve that goal - I was all ready to go, building up my endurance for long rides in the preceding weekends, then I got sick AND the weather was miserable the weekend I would have done it. Dang. The ride was rescheduled, but we were out of town that day, so I couldn’t join. My longest ride in 2023 was 92 miles (148 km).
Achievement, aside from the miles: Since late July, I’ve been riding a metric century or more each weekend, except for about 5 weekends when other things intervened (the sickness and weather above was one; one was a mechanical issue where I still got ~55 miles; the rest were other commitments that didn’t allow time to ride). I don’t know why I’m doing it, other than because it’s kind of interesting. There’s no larger overall goal.
Goals for 2024: