Randa

I can do 20-30 miles in pretty adverse weather with a few significant hills. I did 25 miles the other day while it POURED rain, was fairly windy and it wasn’t all that warm. I don’t mind cold weather really at all and windy weather is okay. Rain is okay if it is pretty warm as I drip dry, but when it is cold and wet . . . yuck. My clothes were so wet that riding through puddles didn’t make any difference, I was already soaked. To make matters worse I had two layers of clothes on because of the temperature – everything was soaked. My shoes were so wet that I literally squished when I walked and when I took them off I could wring water out of them. Anyway, I’m sure that all this is good for my soul or something.

I had set this goal last summer. I didn’t make it. Well, this summer is another chance.

I think that a lot of the goal is just setting the time aside to do it and then actually just doing it. Sounds so simple, doesn’t it?

Oh, and it has gotten a lot easier to judge much more exactly how far I bike – Gmap-Pedometer makes it really pretty easy.

I’m not taking this off my list, but this is one of those Things that is like “I want to read every book in a public library”. That is not possible, well, not unless you find an extraordinarily small public library . . . and they only have children’s books. (That was a goal of mine many, many years ago.) Anyway, I’m going to keep it as a goal because I think that aiming at competing (although I may change it to “complete a triathlon”, sounds well, scarier and yet more realistic at the same time.

Yeah, yeah, I know that people do compete and win triathlon all the time. However, I need to be realistic about my age and abilities. This is not a realistic goal for me.

I can probably do about 15-20 miles in a day without too much bother. (At least at this point I’m not very concerned about speed.) Goal should be 25 miles and be sure that it is 25 miles (well, or thereabouts).