Goals for 2009

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Re: Goals for 2009

Postby Andy E » Thu Oct 09, 2008 12:37 pm

Ok, here's my motivation for the dark winter months..

1. Complete 4 100mile training rides by Jan 31st
2. Complete a 150mile training ride by March 31st
3. Hit competative weight of 67kg by March 31st
4. Fred Whitton in 6:45 or less (7:02 this year)
5. Hit race weight of 65kg by June 30th
6. Gain 2nd Cat licence by July 31st
7. Win at least 1 more RR
8. Sub 24min Athletes 10 on the Holmewood course
9. Complete a stage race
10. Enjoy it :D
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Re: Goals for 2009

Postby Daniel Gee » Thu Oct 09, 2008 12:55 pm

[quote="Andy E"]

5. Hit race weight of 65kg by June 30th


bloomin heck-I'd have to cut me head, both my arms & one leg orf to get my weight down that low :shock:
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Re: Goals for 2009

Postby Michelle » Thu Oct 09, 2008 1:02 pm

[quote]Andrew G wrote;
4. Ride for 2 months consecutively without catching some kind of snotty ailment


I know, there has been a lot of snot :cry: .

Hopefully with a load of structural work, that sort of thing will be less likely to happen
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Re: Goals for 2009

Postby Robh » Thu Oct 09, 2008 1:26 pm

[quote="Michelle"][quote]Andrew G wrote;
4. Ride for 2 months consecutively without catching some kind of snotty ailment


I know, there has been a lot of snot :cry: .

Hopefully with a load of structural work, that sort of thing will be less likely to happen


Try the cotton wool technqiue in the nostril one at a time :-

1. Nice resistance workout for diaphragm.
2. Less snot.

It's not a joke I'm being serious...It creates a more positive pressure in the lungs, which leads to a bronchodillatory effect ( more opening of the bronchioly ) This has the clear advantage of a better O2 exchange from the lungs to the blood ( remember this is going over pressure difference ) So this means an improvement of the pulmonary ventilation and the better O2 loading will increase the O2 supply to organs and tissue.

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Re: Goals for 2009

Postby Sylv » Thu Oct 09, 2008 1:56 pm

Rob what advice would you give in order to try and focus on good diaphragm breathing? What should you be focusing on? Long breathes? Belly button? Etc THanks
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Re: Goals for 2009

Postby Andy E » Thu Oct 09, 2008 1:59 pm

[quote="Daniel Gee"][quote="Andy E"]

5. Hit race weight of 65kg by June 30th


bloomin heck-I'd have to cut me head, both my arms & one leg orf to get my weight down that low :shock:


Hehe, hopefully i wont have to resort to that as long as i can keep my Pret Chocolate cake craving under control :D
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Re: Goals for 2009

Postby Jon H » Thu Oct 09, 2008 2:01 pm

Blimey, this thread has seen more hijacks than the Somali coastguards.
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Re: Goals for 2009

Postby Robh » Thu Oct 09, 2008 2:03 pm

[quote="Sylv"]Rob what advice would you give in order to try and focus on good diaphragm breathing? What should you be focusing on? Long breathes? Belly button? Etc THanks


Will email you it...
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Re: Goals for 2009

Postby Mike I » Thu Oct 09, 2008 2:09 pm

[quote="Sylv"]Rob what advice would you give in order to try and focus on good diaphragm breathing? What should you be focusing on? Long breathes? Belly button? Etc THanks


You can breathe through your belly-button :shock: :?: You should be in a circus, not on this forum!
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Re: Goals for 2009

Postby Keith » Mon Oct 13, 2008 12:39 pm

My goals for '09 are quite simple:

  • Support Michelle in her goal of getting a 1st cat licence.

  • Win a road race.

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Re: Goals for 2009

Postby Paul H » Mon Oct 13, 2008 1:38 pm

[quote]Rob what advice would you give in order to try and focus on good diaphragm breathing? What should you be focusing on? Long breathes? Belly button? Etc THanks


Have you tried just breathing through your nose while riding? This encourages a deeper breath.

Some people recommend keep a bit of water in your mouth to make you breath through your nose.
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Re: Goals for 2009

Postby Antloony » Wed Oct 14, 2009 4:52 pm

[quote="Antloony"]1. Lose the stone I put on when I was out of action for a month with my broken hand.


Managed goal 1 and still losing weight just by eating a more balanced diet.

[quote="Antloony"]2. Get out on my bike more, once a week just isn't going to see any improvements now.


Erm...well didn't manage this. Got in some good chain gang rides earlier on this year but then I kind of fizzled out once they finished.

[quote="Antloony"]3. Enter more races, try to get up to cat 3 and then cat 2 towards the end of the season.


First part on this went well, got my 3rd cat easily with a straight forward win at Hillingdon. Started off ok in a couple of the the Surrey league races but then my knee started to give me grief so had to ease up on the TG rides on the CR plus pack in the racing.

[quote="Antloony"]4. Ride up to visit my parents, a total of 200 miles in one day.


Would have been good to do this but the inconsiderate gits sodded off in the boat for a large part of the summer.

[quote="Antloony"]5. Get myself onto the track and have a bash at HH.

Went there only once to give my support to the ACC track champs, still want to give this a try as it looks like fun.

[quote="Antloony"]6. Try get the misses out on a bike.
7. Sell the bike I got for the misses when she gives up and won't use it.

Alas no joy as yet, still, it meant I got to spend the money I saved on getting her a bike by pimping my own ride.
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Re: Goals for 2009

Postby Roy Green » Wed Oct 14, 2009 6:15 pm

Sean Hogan wrote:
Well of course #1 is to have my photo taken with VP again...


Sean, which Vice President do you want to be photographed with? :shock:
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Re: Goals for 2009

Postby Snoop Doug » Fri Oct 16, 2009 11:30 am

And the winners of who has the best goals competition are

Drum roll

Keith, simple and wonderful

and

Toks. Love goal number 9. Goal number four - I admire your persistence think you pop that one in there avery year. You're 'aving a larf aintcha :lol: :lol:
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