All worthy goals…but beware the ‘ride your age’ program. I embarked on this years ago and found we too quickly reach the point where the math just doesn’t look so good…i.e. it’s all backwards.
My grandfather, who taught me all I ever needed to know about bicycle mechanics, had a goofy plaque over his workbench: ‘Vee get too soon oldt und too late schmart’. Jock On Fri, Jan 5, 2024 at 6:48 AM Bill Lindsay <tapebu...@gmail.com> wrote: > Often we do a goals thread, and there seems to me that there's a schism on > how to approach goals. Some folks have very specific goals: i.e. "average > 10 miles a day over the year". Others enjoy eschewing the specificity: > i.e. "have more fun on the bike". > > I'm a devotee of S.M.A.R.T. goals, which are (S)simple, (M)easurable, > (A)chievable, (R)relevant, (T)imply. The notion of the S.M.A.R.T. goal has > improved my life in several ways and maybe in a way has saved my life. I'm > a compulsive person and I'm a numbers guy. I'm going to be compulsive about > *something > , *so if that something can be achievable and healthy, then that's a good > thing. I've gotten into the habit of setting up tons of tiny S.M.A.R.T. > goals, and it sets me up to have a regular pattern of taking W's. > > My big picture goals for 2024 include: > > 10,000km ridden > Summit Mount Diablo 5 times on 5 different bikes > Put myself in the position to attempt my first 400k brevet > Complete the Marin Mountains 200k brevet > Complete 25% of every city in Contra Costa County on Wandrer > Complete 25% of Marin County on Wandrer > Ride 55 miles on my 55th birthday and kick off riding my age on my > birthday as a regular event > > Bill Lindsay > El Cerrito, CA > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/8a7e8cfc-b9fe-4990-876c-20c4211b6c44n%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/8a7e8cfc-b9fe-4990-876c-20c4211b6c44n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/CA%2BkTrE6Kpk5W6cFmFS34R_-hPsO6zuUm-3yVGHPL_zrBMvE0qQ%40mail.gmail.com.
