I’ve been planning my coming year. Well, at least the vacations. Bridget was always good at planning ahead and I was awful. Maybe, I’m not. It occurred to me that I can’t plan my career like my vacations, because I can’t tell what’s going to happen during the year and most importantly, because I don’t know what I want to happen.
Anyway, there are two rides that I want to hit and that sets the training. The Seattle to Portland ride sounds good. It’s West coast with thousands of cyclists, which is a thing I’ve never seen. And I can visit everyone up there. I’m hoping Grandma and Patience will come with me. Not on the bike ride, but the trip. The distance of 200 mi/2 days looks challenging, but workable. It’s the third week of July. The next weekend is the WW150. Which is the second ride. It might be the edge of my recovery or my body will rebound strong from the 200 and be even stronger.
I’ve been looking around for longer rides that would let me practice and get me out of town. There is a great week long ride in the Colorado mountains in June, but that sounds like too much right now. The scenery would be spectacular. Bike Across Kansas is a bit long at 8 days and I don’t know how to get my car from the start to the end. Same with a similar Oklahoma tour. There is a very interesting April 4-10 tour around Austin. If this were just one month later. Sixty miles a day is a lot to train for in the Yoga room. New Mexico is harder to decipher. They offer a number of tours and rides. Most seem 1-2 days long. I haven’t found one page with all of them listed yet.