September, October, November, December...

Where did it go? Dunno.

What have I been up to?  Well...

Weight: 3lbs
4 months, 3 lbs.  The main problem is that I was supposed to be losing a few pounds so that i started January very much in the fourteens.  As it happens I have put on three lbs over these few months and I start the year at 15-7.2.  The bad news is that this means I've a lot more work to do over the coming months.  The only consolation is that I start the year a similar weight to 2007 and still managed to 'make the weight' come July.  So just 3 stone to lose in the next six months...

Training:  20hrs 4mins. 408.5km
Very little I'm afraid, given that this is over a 4 month period.  i.e. 5 hrs/100km per month.  I am going to need to do that week-in week-out over the next 6 months.

Best not dwell on what I (have or) haven't done over the last 4 months.  Here are a few targets that I have

Weight Targets:
> 31.01 = 15-1
> 28.02 = 14-7
> 31.03 = 13-11
> 30.04 = 13-4
> 31.05 = 12-10
> 30.06 = 12-5

Sportive Targets:
> Gold Standard in all Summer Sportives (May-July).  I estimate that this will equate to completing these sportives at approx 28kph.  Putting that into perspective I felt pretty well prepared in 2007 and generally came home with Bronze standards 25/26kph.

Sportives:
I'd like to do approx 7-8 sportives this year. These tend be a drive from London on a Sunday morning with the exception of a couple where I may 'stay away'.  The likely candidates for this year are as follows:
> 08/Mar  SWRC Early Spring Sportive (100km)
> 05/Apr South Coast Super Sportive (170km)
> 10/May Hampshire Hilly Hundred (160km)
> 23-25/May Tour of Wessex (528km)
> 31/May Chiltern 100 (171km)
> 07/Jun Highclere Castle (202km)
> 14/Jun Dragon Ride (180km)
> 21/Jun Circuit of Cotswolds (164km)
> 04/Jul La Marmotte (174km)

This year I also wish to keep cycling through the autumn (which may help me avoid piling on the pounds in the off season).   A few options are:

> 16/Aug Woodcote Sunday Sportive (125km)

> 13/Sep Southern Sportive (155km)

> 26/Sep The Surrey Legs of  (81km)

> 04/Oct  Ride of the Falling (110km)