Goals; 2007 lookback & 2008 up and coming

Todd asked me what my biking goals were for the year on Jan 1, 2007. I said I had wanted to focus my efforts on MTBing. I sort of held back saying that I wanted to kick ass at MTBing in 2007. That was sort of true with results, but honestly I think I had quite a bit of fun ROADing instead. I formed some great riding friendships in 2006 that continued into 2007. Michael, Kurt, Anthony, Bernard and I did a fair amount of riding together. I know those guy's wheels, their signals, their bikes and we've all trusted one another's actions to keep us out of hot water. There was the B2B, the Cape-in-a-day, the EFTA MTB series and numerous day trips to go race some road bikes. The cross season was a disaster, period. I got injured on my first race and continued to race without knowing how bad my condition really was. Sure I started a number of races and probably shouldn't have even finished them. My body was whining and the fact is it still frickin hurts 3 months later. This might turn into surgery (gasp). For me the racing was exciting but it also became a gym membership that didn't have four walls and a gigantic mirror. Instead it was a bunch of my friends paling around like we were teenagers again.

2007 Goal Recap:
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MTB: Upgrade to Expert (a resounding done!)
Road: Upgrade to Cat4 (done, though I would have liked some higher results)
Track: compete at Trexlertown @ Nationals (skipped; $ & lack of track time)
Cross: upgrade to Cat3 & place top quarter consistently (incomplete. My upgrade happned based on MTB but not points like I had wanted. The body mechanical got in the way on both accounts.)
Vacation: take a bike vacation (done; Operation Kansas!)

Goals for 2008:
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MTB: Place top 5 in Expert SR2 Men in one or more races. go race a NORBA race and check the competition. Decide if Nationals is within reach.
Road: Upgrade based on Points to Cat3 & become a "Competitive" Cat3 placing in top 20
Track: just go for a workout now and then based on where I live
Cross: Place top 15 in a Verge race and top 3 in non-Verge
Vacation: bike in CA, VA, Spain or Italy
Move: TBD. Somerville? Belmont? dunno.
Job: challenge myself.
Family: stay in touch esp. w/ Nana
$: limit spending