Event calendar

I was thinking about doing an Advent blog calendar - with links everyday to the exercise of the day, or something like that, but that's not really very Adventish, so instead I've decided to post my Event Calendar for the next three months.

 

This time last year my main focus was to complete a 100 RPM.  This year, I'm focussing on events.  Hopefully, each one will provide its own motivation to achieve small goals and progress.  Also each event will hold its own adventure and sense of achievement.  And these incrementally will help me 'smash' Taupo in 2012 rather than just the satisfaction of completion.

Here's the Event List:

January 2012:
Taranaki Cycle Challenge http://www.cyclechallenge.co.nz/home

February 2012: 
19 February: Kapiti Womens Triathalon http://www.kwt.org.nz/
26 February: Round the Bays (walk)   http://www.wellingtonnz.com/event/2012_ami_round_bays?gclid=CMHmsvW556wCFUdNpgod30XKJg

March 2012:

11 March: Bush Cycle Tour, Tui Brewery: http://www.sportsground.co.nz/clubsite.asp?siteid=17317&pageid=62631&pagetypeid=1
18 March: Round The Vines, Martinborough; http://www.roundthevines.org.nz
24 March: Grape ride, Blenheim http://www.graperide.co.nz

 

There's a slight problem with the Kapit Women's Triathalon, in that I can't run!  Still if I can stay in the saddle for hours, I just need to tell my body it can run! If I can run 4km by 19 February, then that becomes the goal.  It seems the easy option to enter the duathalon that comprises the swimming and cycling components only.  I did this Triathalon about 20 years ago! - so that's why I need to do it again.  Because that's the last time I weighed a weight I was OK with.  I'll just have to start with running between the rugby posts in the field nearby or something like that, and build up to 1 km in distance at a time!!

 

I reckon the Grape ride will be the highlight.  That looks like an awesome ride.  Although starting and finishing a ride at the Tui Brewery will have its own novelty ride for a 'rapa rider.

Next I need to work on:

• enlisting fellow participants/and or support crew!
• finally buy a car, so I can get to some of them, if I can't enlist fellow participants/and or support crew.

Hopefully, I can do both! - buy a car, and enlist fellow participants and support crew.