Wednesday, November 10, 2010

Calling the shot

OK, time to get a plan together for next year.

And as you know - or maybe you don't - you need to have a goal (or goals) in mind before you can build a plan.

So the targets fall into place like this:

1. Omaha Cycling Weekend. It has all of the advantages that out-of-town races don't: sleep at home, eat your own food, short travel times. Plus, I've effectively missed it the past two seasons.

2. Gravel Worlds. No, I don't have a bike. No, I'm not even sure I can do it. But I'm going to try.

In between, I'm going to do pretty much all of the Nebraska road racing series. I plan on hitting at least one of the Tour of KC races at the end of June - it'll be a nice tuneup for the Omaha weekend in July.

I'd like to do a bit better at the Twin Bing Classic in April/May, since last year was a waste of time. I haven't raced in Iowa - other than the Twin Bing - in a couple of years, either.

Other than goals 1 and 2 up top, I'd really like to strive for consistency. Yes, everybody's going to have ups and downs, but consistency has been absent for some time. So that's a goal, too.

When is it all going to start? Soon enough. Soon enough.

2 comments:

Mike Miles said...

You can do gravel worlds, saying now you can't is no place to start. You find a frame, I'll make sure you have parts that are usuable (probably the same parts kit I used the last two yrs). I don't say that in jest, I think the race would be good for you and you'd be good at it.

bryan said...

Oh, it's going to happen. Right this second I don't have what I need. But I have plans. And I do appreciate your assistance.

I have ideas. Oh yes.