Objectives from 2012 - What Did I Tick Off?

A year ago I wrote a blog post on Objectives for 2012: In and out of the saddle, so I thought as my season is truly finished now, I should write a blog on which of those objectives I have completed, and which ones have had to be relayed to 2013. In a few weeks time I'll write a blog on my objectives for 2013.

Objective #1: "Become a 2nd/3rd Cat. Road Racer" 
COMPLETED
 I got my second category licence back in August (Race Report), then finished off my season with a string of good results on the mountain bike as well.






Objective #2: "12hr Mountain Bike Race"
SEMI-COMPLETED
I didn't manage to do a 12hr this year, but I did go to the CRC Mountain bike marathon in Ruthin, and do both the Night Marathon and the Day Marathon. Which clocked up some good stats (below). A blog on the weekend can be found here: The Alternative Lads Weekend

Night Marathon:

• 40km (25 miles) Off-road
• 1350 meters of vertical ascent
• Finished around 20th of 150 starters

Day Marathon:

• 80km (50 miles) Off-road
• 2900 meters of vertical ascent
• Finished 4th out of 800 starters

Objective #3: "Podium in the BUCS Hill Climb"

FAILED

Those that read my blog last weekend will know that the 2012 BUCS Hill Climb was not quite what I had hoped for. But hey, you can't have it all, and it was a long season. I won't be a student to do the event next year, but I am certainly hoping to do a good few hill climbs and get a proper season of them logged. 

Objective #4: "Make an impression on the track"

RELAYED TO NEXT YEAR - See 'Objectives for 2013' in a few weeks time

Objective #5: EPIC Ride: "South Downs Way in One Day"

RELAYED TO NEXT YEAR - See 'Objectives for 2013' in a few weeks time

Objective #6: EPIC Ride: "Twice Round The Island"

COMPLETED

I didn't just do this once...I did it twice, and expect to do it again before the year is out. Check out the blogposts...it is a pretty EPIC ride:

Twice Round the Isle of Wight

Twice Round the Island MkII

Objective #7: "To Lands End and Back"

SEMI-COMPLETED

OK, so I didn't go all the way to Lands End, but back in August I did ride from the Isle of Wight to Exeter in one go. It was 130 miles along the very hilly coast road. Check out the blog here: Coast Road Epic

Objective #8: "Reach 30,000 Views On The Blog"
COMPLETED
You can probably see from the view-counter at the top of the blog that it clocked over 30,000 views a few days ago. Thanks for reading!



Objective #9: "Work Experience...and a job for 2013"
ALL IN THE PIPELINE #fingerscrossed



So there you go...a pretty successful year really. A good start on the road racing circuit, some awesome mountain biking, some EPIC rides and some (apparently) reasonable writing.

Look out for 'Objectives for 2013'... coming soon.