The "I will ride _____km in 2024" thread - commit and conquer here!!

[Haakon]

I had a goal of reaching the fitness to knock off a 200km ride on the roadie this year. A few months off the bike with my bloody hip has killed that idea. I'll be working my arse off for 6 months to get back where I was

Goal for 2017 - achieve the fitness to knock off a 200km ride on the roadie....

 

[steve jobs' pancreas]

I have to cover 540 kms by the end of the year, guess I mite do a fifth of that on Sunday but other than that I think I'm screwed

 

[k3n!f]

After a slack winter and two months off because of a stolen bike I am not going to make my target.

Still managed 269km this week though, currently at 3520km for the year. Should still manage to get to the 4000km mark.

 

[styler]

Distance 3821km
Time 238h 14m
Elev Gain 42,862 m
Rides 174

Well I have blown my original 3000km out of the water and I'm only a 180km away from my next target of 4000km, I starting off injured in January but I've had a pretty good year with only minor spills. Some time off lined up for Christmas but I'm thinking that trying to hit 4500km would be a little bit of a stretch. Never thought id see the day that I would do 4000km on the dirt in a year.

 

[c3024446]

Pathetically, not going to make my 6038km target (currently only 3500!)
Was on track until the end of May, but then life just got in the way. Moved house, changed jobs, started fixing other people's bikes rather than riding my own, million other excuses that just aren;t good enough.

This year has been a bit of a write-off - 5000km next year hopefully

 

[hakka]

I hit my 5000k (dirt) target last week, off work for the rest of the year so I should crack 6000.

 

[Jezza K]

Despite a gallant effort of 700k in December I fell 300k short of my 5000 target.

I'm going to up the stakes to 6000 in 17

 

[schred]

Was hoping to see this thread bumped and some results! I'm down for a 2017 C&C.

 

[Psimpson7]

As of today here are my totals. I slacked off a fair bit after August. I may try and and do a ride tomorrow

Distance: 13,243.2 km
Time: 524h 9m
Elev Gain: 181,038m
Rides: 325
longest ride: 229km

 

[ozzybmx]

Well done on the distance/climbing !

Beat last years distance but fell short of the 12,000km I hoped to do due to a Patellar tendon injury at the end of October. Still pretty happy and couple of rides still to go in 2016.

Distance: 10,744.4 km
Time: 501h 21m
Elev Gain: 130,001m
Rides: 264
longest ride: 209km

 

[steve jobs' pancreas]

2016 = fail

1,571 km
23,403 m climbed

 

[NUTTTR]

I rode 1300km on the MTB in 2015, so I say at least 1500km in 2016. Although with a second kid due in a month, I don't like my chances.

Impressed to say I had, what is likely to be, the last ride of 2016 today and I'm at 1545km! I ended up having 2mths off work which helped, new job I can't get a ride during the week

Was 26,000m climbed too.

 

[waldog]

Disappointing....

....but it's probably my biggest riding year to date. I was still fucking lazy though.

Distance: 1,744.5 km
Time: 96h 52m
Elev Gain: 20,623 m
Rides: 188

Goal of 3k next year.

Stoked for everyone in this thread!!

 

[link1896]

Kids are a bike time killer, a collapsed right foot arch hasn't helped.


this was a rough year.


1,273km
28,932 meters of climbing


Kid is coming with me in 2017 if he likes it or not.

 

[Markee]

2015 was 1800kms (mostly MTB) so aiming a little higher this year, 3000kms should do it.

1300kms for 2016. New bike, new child, new job and a few small niggly injuries getting in the way. Oh well, onwards and upwards.

 

[Lazmo]

Well on the 2nd of January at 08:55 PM I wrote... I have no idea of how far I ride each year, as I don't use strava, except to find new trails when I'm somewhere new. But other than motorbikes, all my pedalling riding is mountain bike... and I mtb ride three to five times a week... with most rides between an hour to an hour and a half... at say twelve kays an hour, worst case is 1872km ... and super optimistic is 4680km, which is clearly dreaming ... so I reckon probably 2000-ish. In the end I don't give a rats... as long as I'm riding.

So, at year end I'm going with ~ 2000kms.

Anyway... the big actual question is how did Johnny go? On day one of 2016 he said... "In 2016 I will ride 2501 kilometers on my bikes in a mix of commuting and trail riding (I actually get to ride my fav trails as part of my commute to work every day. My life rocks.)"

Johnny... come home, where the hell are you?... tell us how you went.

 

[johnny]

Still got one ride left in me for 2016.

 

[Lazmo]

Still got one ride left in me for 2016.

Yeah me too... it'll be Redhill for us.

But I'm keen to see if you made your '16 goal.

Wish you would post more.

 

[MarioM]

Well I`m going to try and aim for 3000 . Last year i had 1896 but was without my garmin for a month so would have been over 2000 . All offroad .

Well I fell short . All dirt and more than last year so I`m happy . Now to somehow ride everyday next year ?

2044 km
32,187 meters climbed
108 rides

 

[pharmaboy]

Almost no riding for second half this year - renovating house on the back of tennis elbow injury

What have I learnt?

Goals should be shorter term. A year goal should actually be a bunch of weekly goals.