Thanks to Aimee making today an indoor ride at the shop, I was able to reach my February goal of 250 miles 4 days early...NICE! This will give me a few extra miles this month with two shop rides left this week. I usually do about 15 to 20 miles a ride at the shop and around 12 at home/school. So the extra time should provide about 30 extra miles added to my current total of 260. I might make 300 this month. For winter indoor training, that is huge. My legs feel pretty good despite all the miles, so I am excited about getting outdoors.
In comparing this year's to date totals to last year's, several things stuck out in my mind. 1 was that I had 200 more total miles thus far...HUGE! Also, My cadence and speed are up as well...NICE! In the past both numbers are lower, usually, indoor because of the rest periods, but I have been working hard with Power and Cadence that enables my speed to be up slightly. Last year I had a 100 miles outside, while this year I only have 15 or so. This might make the transition to outdoor riding harder, but we will see.
I believe that making monthly goals and being able to track my progress toward them is key to more miles. It really helps me get off the recliner and into the saddle on the dreary days like yesterday. Knowing I only had 20 miles left, made me ride yesterday. The goals also make me bring my bike to work on days when I might not have otherwise. Setting realistic and attainable short term goals has been the key thus far.
Once I get outside I may have to increase my short term goals to realistically match my totals and keep me motivated. This may in turn require me to rethink my long term goal and move that upward as well. However, I will stay on the conservative side, unless otherwise indicated in future analysis. I am pumped to be ahead of schedule as last year I was always behind, or injured...Knock on wood!
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