2009 was not a banner year for me. It brought me my second cataract surgery (the first eye was done in 2008), detached retinas in both eyes, then the growth of scar tissue over my left retina that required invasive surgery for removal. The vision in my left eye may never be completely right again. Add in family obligations, a couple of business trips, a week's vacation with my wife, passing a stone on Pearl Harbor Day (OW-OW-OW-OW-OW!) with subsequent UT infection, and a cold and I haven't ridden 200 miles total since October. Plus, my best buddy/riding partner of the last twenty years has just moved out of state. I'll miss my regular rides with him in the coming year.
My cycling-related goals for 2010 are: To get back on the road starting tomorrow To start commuting again once weather permits To get back enough fitness to hang with the local cycling club To get fit enough to handle a full century (for the first time in 15+ years!) To join the NorCal Riv/Kogswell riders for a Marin mixed terrain ride To explore the unpaved roads in the Stanislaus river canyon between Columbia and Twain Harte To sell off a couple of bikes that aren't being ridden, and ride the heck out of the ones I keep! Happy New Year and good health to all! Bill Mennuti On Jan 1, 2:29 pm, cyclotourist <cyclotour...@gmail.com> wrote: > So anybody got a list up and running??? > > I'm hoping to get over my IT band pain in my left leg which limits my > mileage. Went to sports medicine on Thurs and they have me on a stretching > & strengthening regimen so will see how that works. They recommended a bike > fit, but I'm kinda' relucatant to do that as they all are into the > racey-bars 10cm below the saddle thing... any recommendations for SoCal fit > specialists? > > I also want to get up to Big Bear and the surrounding mountains and ride > more trails. My All-Rounder does a great job up there, but man it sucks > seeing the paint getting dinged up. Off-road riding is tough on a bike! > > I'm also hoping to keep my job... will know by March 15th which is the date > for educators in CA to know if they're being laid off or not. Will see how > that works out... the wife and I are both employed by the same school > district so could be an unhappy spring in the Cyclotourist household. > > Maybe if that works out I can justify getting a dedicated mountain bike > (Bombadil or possibly a Bob Brown custom if I go crazy). > > And on that note, a happy New Year for > all:http://www.flickr.com/photos/cyclotourist/4233455133/ > > -- > Cheers, > David > Redlands, CA > > "Bicycling is a big part of the future. It has to be. There is something > wrong with a society that drives a car to workout in a gym." ~Bill Nye, > scientist guy -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
