Daylight Saving Time=Training Session

So Daylight Saving Time is kindof my marker in the spring to saddle up and start riding my bike again. Last Saturday I took my first ride of the season, down to Utah Lake and back. It was around 14 miles, which is encouraging seeing as my commute home is about the same. Friday (tomorrow) I'm having Liz drop me off in the morning at work and I'll ride home. (It is still way too cold for me in the mornings to ride to work.)

So I've got a few goals this year for my riding. First I'm planning on doing two century rides (100+ miles each) in August, the ULCER and the Cache Valley Century. Last year I did a metric (century) on the ULCER (ended up being apx. 73 miles) and I'm hoping to have less distractions from training this year.

Second goal is to 'train' this year. Last year is was mostly commuting to and from work several times a week by bike (12-16 miles each way, depending on the route). This year I want to have a plan to purposefully become a more powerful/effective/ rider (which reminds me where did I put that heart rate monitor? Hmm, well two years ago I saw it...)

Third is to lose between 30 and 50 pounds. speaking of which anyone know of a good reliable scale. We have a generic, bought at Wal-mart, bathroom scale, which gets increasingly inaccurate the higher up you go.
Finally last year I put just over 800 miles on my bike this year I want a solid 1000 (I'd prefer 1200)
Wish me luck!