Conference noted::bicycle

    "Both bikes being out of commission for a month this summer was ..."
    
    Sounds like enough reason for a third bike...  :-)
    
    Seriously though, I did somewhere over 4000 miles this year, nearly
    5000.  In '94, I'd like to spend more time seeing the countryside
    doing closer to the mileage that I did in '88 and '89 but without
    the back-to-back[-to-back[to-back]] doubles and get the old five
    digit mileage again.
    
    Toward this end (now that AXP has shipped) I have begun regular
    (close your eyes if you're sqeamish) wind trainer workouts.  I have
    found that using a heart monitor makes these more tolerable.  I
    even have the computer interface (actually it was my wife's
    birthday present :-) ) so I can study the numbers to a ridiculous
    degree.
    
    ed

    Just did my totals for 1993:
    
    - 2,993 road bike miles 
    - running, 260 miles
    - MTBing, 133 hours
    - xc skiing, 32.5 hours
    - rollers, 9.5 hours (and hated every minute!)
    - weights, 12.5 hours
    
    This included 12 road races, 6 MTB races, and 2 running races
    
    My estimate for total hours for the year is 393.  I'm interested in 
    how much time other folks spent training in 93'
    
    Aims for next year - build a training plan and STICK to it, try a few 
    XC races, more weights and NO rollers ;^)  
                                             

My goal for 1993 was to ride 4000 miles. I fell short of this, with a total of
about 3300 to date. I'll get in another few dozen before the end of the year.
Of this total, about 1800 were from commuting 69 times between March and
October, and a whopping 26 were from two races. 

Last year I also rode 3300-something miles; maybe this is my upper limit, given
my free time. For next year, I dunno. Unless my family leaves me alone on a lot
of weekends (hah!), I suppose 3300 is a good goal for 1994. I would also like
to race more than twice next year; I had very bad luck with few free weekends
on nearby race days this year. 
						-- Tom

    6,000 miles, 1,500 of them since October 1!  The way winter's been
    acting the last few years, I figured I'd get my base miles for '94 
    in now!
    
    My goals?  Climb better, make a little more money at the crits, and
    keep my weight down!  Yep, that's become more of a problem, now that 
    I'm over 40 (says a guy who just wolfed down 3 Christmas brownies!).
    
    Won't give away what I want to do on the Gardner course -- it'll just
    be a surprise ;-)
    
    Justin
    me if 
    
    

    
    I guess I'm the lightweight so far...
    
    My 1993 goal was 2200 miles.
    
    I only did 1900 miles plus 23 hours on a trainer.  I have only ridden
    25 miles since September 25, when my son was born.  Hey, nobody told me
    that babies take up ALL of your free time ;-)
    
    My goal for 1994 is to teach my son to ride.  It's never too early.
    
    
    
    Steve
    
    

    
    
    
      Get back on track after a miserable 1993. I was injured and had mucho
    job pressure. So :
    
    1) 10,000 Km, (6000 miles)
    2) Do as many races as possible
    3) ry to mix training into commuting a bit more
    4) Start to work towards the goal of winning the Provincial Vets Champs
       (like a State Championship) RR within 4 years or so
    
    Happy Cycling Holidays to all

    
    
    Lightweight goal: 1250 miles
    
    Achieved 1266.  I had set the 1250 as a goal at the beginning of the
    season and upped it to 1500+ as I really got into a regular routine
    until.....
    	
    	1. Shift lever boss broke off, repaired at frame shop, bike tied up
           for three weeks, one got one bike.....;
    	2. Rear deraiuller went out to lunch resulting in complete drive train
           upgrade (~$250.00 unplanned);
        3. Torn cartlidge in right knee just after hitting 1000 mile mark
           in August.
    
    Overall, I am pleased with the year as many obstacles were overcome and
    I still managed to hit my original goal.
    
    
    ...Tom  

     Well, I did a little over 5k miles including the MB. I'd like to
     do more centuries this year (1 in '93).
     
     I'd like to do a 27 minute TT this year (12 miler). I posted a 28:34
     this year.
    
     I'd like to race more this year (did about 5 races this year as
     opposed to about 12 in '93).
    
     DEFINITELY NOT missing Mt. Washington in '94 (even if someone has to
     carry my ashes up in their pocket!)
    
     Riding CAT 5 again (now being called Novice) and get point to qualify
     for the Beginner (CAT 4) class.
    
     No crashes! 

	Miles: ~3200 road, ~200 MTB
	
	Goals: 7.6 miles, 12% grade (Mt. Washington), everthing else is 
	preparation.  OK, maybe 5000 miles, there, I said it.  Do I 
	have to stick to it?

	Stop falling off the MTB.  I lost some road miles this year to a 
	pair of sprained wrists.

	Drink more water, so I won't weigh less than when I was in 
	high school.  My minimum weight is in July.  Maybe I should
	drink heavy water? ;>)

	Break the pschological 43 MPH downhill barrier.  44 would be fine
	for next year.  I find the TREK OCLV frame lacking in momentum,
	not speed, but the mass part.  Doesn't feel solid at speed.
	Or am I just chicken?  Maybe I'll recalibrate the cyclometer so
	it reads slower, so I won't know I'm going faster.

	
	1993:  2300 miles

	My goal was 5000 miles, but I missed out riding all of June-August
	& part of September, due to a broken hip.  (Thanks to Ed Fisher for
	the E-mail encouragement last June when I was sitting around at
	home wistfully reading bicycle notes!)

	Goals for 1994:  1)  No broken bones!
			 2)  Ride all the centuries I planned to ride in
				1993 but missed.
			 3)  5000 miles.

	- Diane

93 Goal: 4500 miles
Reality: 4401 miles

My goal for 94 is another 4500 miles.  Maybe 5000 but, I don't know if I have
sufficient motivation do do that extra few hundred miles.  :-)

re .9  I'll let you borrow my Trek 1400 to break that 43 mph barrier.  I managed
       56 this year decending Freemont Pass.  Better yet, we can just trade     
       bikes.  :-)

Mark

93 goal: didn't really have one, just ride more than '92, approx 1400 miles

93 actual: 3200 miles - helps to have a good group to ride with at lunch 

94 goal: 4K miles on a bike with STI or Ergo, be able to hang on with MKO1 & 2
          pyschopaths when they decide it's time to hammer

re .9 - Tom, Paul and I both hit 50 mph coming down Mt. Vernon one day this
	summer ( in one of our stupider moments). I'm sure you can break 43
	if there's no wind.

-tom

    re .0  4367
    Update that to 4426, difference done at 20F or less.
    Beat ya .11 (4401) ;-)
    kb

    Aim for 93    2500 miles
    Actual miles  2000 miles
    Aim for 94    2500 miles
    
    Started the season great then screwed up my back with my 
    constant fussing with position  on bike. My Trek 1400 frame
    was replaced in sept. hope to have much better season next year
    with much longer rides and to ride with a club. 

	Tom:  As I said, it's a pschological barrier, i.e., I'm 
	chicken sh..  I know a guy who's done 58MPH on that hill.
	My physical limit would be less cause I'm very light, but
	it's > 43.  Like I said, 44 would do ;>)

	Hey, your mile totals are tracking mine.  Except I seem 
	to be a bit more ambitious for '94.  We'll see if I make
	it.  Wanna join the lugnuts on Mt. Washington?  Let's
	get Paul and Geoff up there too. 

	See you out there.  You and I can enjoy the view of the
	hammerheads riding off into the distance.

	:Tom

    
    I don't keep exact records of my annual mileage, to be honest I don't
    think that it means any more than personal satisfaction. Instead I try
    an set targets like "do xxx in a under xxx hours". But for this year,
    it probably doesn't make that much difference. The highlights were
    about 2000kms, most of which came from commuting with the bike (about a
    75km round trip). Commuting was really my only other landmark, albeit a
    short lived one as the winter over here has taken it's toll. I leave at
    5am to ride in on an early shift, and get back at 1am from a back
    shift. The roads are just too dangerous just now to ride at those
    times. Injury-wise, it's not been a good year. Broken fingers at the
    start of the year had me in plaster for 3� weeks, finally getting my
    back sorted out had me off for 1� - 2 months in the summer when I was
    starting to go well and then the most recent crash which had me off for
    7 weeks. But they say that bad luck comes in threes, so I should've had
    my lot.
    
    Next year, I don't know what is going to happen other than it will be
    my last year at DEC. I'm leaving the company in October to go to
    university, so the next 9 months are going to be pretty hectic as I try
    and sort everything out, including earning as much as I can to ensure
    that my 4 years studying are as wealthy as they can be. As a result, I
    see most of my riding coming from commuting again in the spring so that
    I'm reasonably fit come October, when I can make the most of my
    new-found free-time. And I need to steer clear of injury...  :*)
    
    Graham.

    This years total of 4979 (includes some wind-trainer miles, and I might
    put some more on today) is a bit less each of the last two year's
    totals.  The main reason is that I didn't go on a two-week tour this
    year.  What kept it up was doing a lot of centuries (at least one each
    month, and a total of 16).
    
    Aims for 94: Another round of centuries each month, and BMB.
    
    Rich

     1993 weekly totals  - Total to date 10012km/188kpw
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280-                 *    *   *  **        **             
260-                 *    *   *  **        **      *      
240-                 *  * *   *  **    *   **      *      
220-            * *  *  * *   * ***    *  ***      * *    
200-        **  * ** *******  * *** * **  ****     * **   
180-  *  * *** ***** ******** ***** * **  ****     * ***  
160-  * ** *** ************** **********  ****  *  ****** 
140-  ******** *************************  **** *** *******
120-  ******** ************************* ***** *** *******
100-  ******** ************************* ********* *******
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      |   |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |
      1       10        20        30        40        50 Week
      JJJJJFFFFMMMMAAAAMMMMMJJJJJJJJAAAAASSSSOOOOONNNNDDDD

Well, I made it.  My cycling weeks start on Monday and finish on Sunday, so
26th December was the last counting day for 1993 as far as I was concerned.
Anything between now and the real end of the year counts into 1994.  It was
fitting also that I brought up 10000 km as I rode past the Matisse chapel
in Vence, a place I pass almost every week.

Highs for 1993:
	- Milan-San Remo on the Poggio
	- A 4th Epervier and another Silver
	- Finishing the Coppi in a reasonable state (and time)
	- Weekend away to the Verdon with the CC Antibes
	- Still having a job

Lows for 1993:
	- NOT seeing Big Mig and Toni the Tiger on the Restefond
	- Getting a suicidal Japanese kid under my front wheel
	- NOT celebrating Roche's retirement with his sportif
	- The weather this Autumn

Aims for 1994:
	- Another Epervier, hoping for nearer 8 hours and to soar up Notre
	  Dames des Anges like one (Ange or Epervier!)
	- The Raid Leman-Med from Thonon to Nice
	- Some sportifs with the CCA, how about Marseille-Nice or Cannes-
	  Imperia and back?
	- Still having a job

    1993 goals - 2000 miles, upped to 2500 when I passed 2000.
    Actual 2430 since I didn't get on the bike at all for 3 weeks on
    vacation in October - which pretty much ended the season.
    
    Also to get in a few metric centuries, which I did.
    
    Not bad for Minnesota since according to the weather service we had
    between 18 & 21 days with rain per month this summer, and only 3
    weekends between April and October where it didn't rain AT LEAST one of
    the 2 days.  Being the wimp that I am, I don't ride in the rain if I
    can avoid it!
    
    Goal for 1994 - 2000 miles.

    1993 Goal - 3,000 miles
       Actual - 3,007 road, 262 VTT, 211 rollers
    
    1994 Goal - 4,000 miles, more VTT and less rollers :-)
    
    Don

   1993 targets v actuals:

    o  Target 8000km, actual 7004km (making a big December effort).
    o  Crack some 2500m cols: got the Galibier - 2645m, a pig - also the
       Furka at 24xxm, Grimsel and St Gotthard at around 22xxm, and the
       Croix de Fer at 2069m. All in all I logged about 75km of climb
       over the year.
    o  Did three cyclo-sportifs: Marmotte (175km/5000m), good weather, poor
       ride, bronze; Portes du Soleil (185km/4700m), awful weather, good
       ride, silver; Megeve M Blanc (155km/3400m), awful weather, fair
       ride, bronze.
    o  Didn't do a 300km dayride or anywhere near.
    o  Didn't go under 40min on the Faucille, but was only 48s away from
       that on a borrowed bike.
    o  Cycled Geneva-Venice and had a grand time.
    o  Went to Campag Veloce Ergo shifting - wonderful.

    Some memorable incidents in 1993: getting caught in icy rain at
    the top of the Grand Colombier and then finding a warm caf�, the
    Marmotte for the crowds, the weather and the course, the
    bone-chillingly cold descent of the Furka, sprinting into Venice
    Mestre, crashing on the Col de Joux Plane, and my final ride of 1993
    which included 14km at a wind-assisted 43kph average.
    

    1994 targets:

    o  8000km (again, and why not)
    o  A 300km dayride
    o  Cycle some more famous cols
    o  Give Mig and Tony a tough target time for the Cluses-Avoriaz time-trial
    o  Have a great time


    Rod

    YYYYYYYYYYYYYYYEEEEEEEEEEEEEEHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH
    
    I MADE my goal!  Last night I managed to get in a short ride that put
    me over the top and got me past 2500 miles (2506) for the season!  It
    looks like a good thing I did too, since it appears that it may be time
    to get out the skis!  We had excellent weather here in Minnesota this
    fall which made it pretty easy to get in several rides after coming
    back from vacation.
    
    Well, time to go activate the SKIING conference...

    congrats...
    
    ed

    congrats!!!!!!
    
    now for next year ... i hope we have just as nice a spring/summer/fall
    next year as this year.
    
    dave, since you made your goal, can i take my bike outta the car now?
    
    ya see- i ride with dave quite a bit and i have my bike in the back of
    my car from april til about now. 
    
    	ann

    What's a season?

>             <<< Note 2713.26 by ODIXIE::CIAROCHI "One Less Dog" >>>
>
>    What's a season?
    
    For those of you who are "seasonally challenged" I'll try to answer
    this one!
    
    For ME, here in Minnesota, a season is that thing that is defined by a
    major change - for bicycling the START of the season is when the roads
    are no longer covered with snow or ice, and MAYBE the city has
    accidentally swept up some of the million or so tons of gravel they
    throw on the snow and ice all winter.  It usually also coincides with
    putting away my skis, and having enough daylight to be able to go for a
    short ride without being in the dark and having to fear frostbite! 
    This year, this occurred on March 23 for me.  The END of the bicycle
    season usually coincides with the arrival of the COLD north winds,
    snow/sleet/yuck coming down from Duluth (and I don't wanna hear any
    crap about how a day like this IS SUMMER in Scotland!), and the getting
    out the skis to run them over to the shop for tuning!  
    
    Now, in here, because of the utterly insane nature of many of the
    hard-core cycle-a-holics, general wackos, and absolute riding maniacs,
    you'll get a variety of definitions, but in short its when you put away
    your skis and get out your bike or vice versa!  Even here in MN there
    are people who INSIST that its "great fun" to go out in the <10 degree
    f (or even colder) weather and pedal around on a bike, through the
    freezing slush thrown up by the cars, and taking their life in their
    hands.  I'm just not one of 'em!  I'd rather go skiing.  Like Shaw!
    
    Besides, ITS SUPPOSED TO BE FUN!  And when that cold wind comes up, and
    those portions of the external anatomy get really frozen, it just
    detracts from the enjoyment for me!  
    
    And, yes Ann you can put away the bike now!  Get them skis out - won't
    be too long now!

    <-- What he said.
    
    and I can point out in Graham's absense that Scotland *isn't* cold - it
    rarely, if ever, gets to O�F.  It is just miserable because it hovers
    at a temperature which is particulcarily unpleasant - making the worse of
    the wind, the wet (yes it is warm enough to be wet) and the cold....

    The season starts when my beater goes on the trainer (January). I
    usually take December off so I can really appreciate all the holiday
    stress and pound tons of the worst artery-clogging lard down my gullet.
    
    We can usually get out here (New England) in March too.  
    
    Chip  

    Ah.  I see.  We had one of those last year.  I think it was the second
    week of January.  I had my wife drive me to work, and rode the bike
    home.  It was tough.
    
    ;-)

>    and I can point out in Graham's absense that Scotland *isn't* cold - it
>    rarely, if ever, gets to O�F.  It is just miserable because it hovers
>    at a temperature which is particulcarily unpleasant - making the worse of
>    the wind, the wet (yes it is warm enough to be wet) and the cold....
    
    Graham's still here... :-)
    
    And I agree, Scotland in winter is not that cold. Just the most
    miserable place on earth. I love it... :-)
    
    Graham.

    haven't you got any lectures to skive or beer to drink or something ?

    
    Can't turn down money... :-)
    
    Graham.

re. 18 (My 1994 aims)

Centuries: 6/12 - January was too cold, so the first one didn't happen until
May.  I rode at least one century a month (5 in August) from May-October.

BMB - 1/2.  Since my training got off to a slow start I knew that BMB was going
to be out of the question.  At the end of the 300K brevet I learned of an option
of doing 4 back-to-back (long) centuries on the southern end of the course
during the event.  I still have to learn to eat better during endurance events
as I started feeling a lack of energy 1/2 way through day 3, and dragged all day
on the 4th day.

I will exceed 6000 miles for this year - the most miles I've ever done in a year.

Rich