At the beginning of a new year, I can’t help but look back… at the same time I focus on what lies ahead.Â
No, not while I’m riding. 😉
As I think about my plans and goals for 2011, I look back at the goals I made for 2010 – and feel a little smug about the ones I accomplished (8), a little sheepish about the ones I didn’t (3), and something in between for the goals I partially completed (4).
One thing I like about blogging is it gives me a record of the year. With my memory, I need it! I love all the posts about our bike tours (Katy Trail and Vermont – Quebec City), they allow me to go back and relive the trips.
I also like the plethora of posts I did on the 2010 Tour de France.Â
Thirty-four posts to be exact.Â
For every day of the Tour, including both rest days, I did at least 1 post, and most days, 2. We’re not talking short posts either; for each stage of the Tour (21 stages – 20 stage races + a prologue race) I wrote a detailed recap of what transpired and my own analysis of it.
For Tour novices I wrote a Tour de France Primer to serve as a guide for understanding the Tour, and bike racing in general.
Why? Because I love the Tour. For 3 weeks in July my life is the Tour and riding my bike. Yep, July is one of my favorite months. Bike ride in the morning – Tour in the afternoon and evening. Food in between. It’s a good life.
If you are interested, you can peruse a summary of my Tour posts here.
I’ll get back to 2011 later…
