Starting as I mean to go on

I suppose I ought to put together a list of things I would like to achieve in 2011 - it seems like a good thing to do so I can come back this time next year and berate myself for having done none of them. Carrot and stick?

Travel:
Me and J have tried many times to get up Scafell and have been scuppered by bad weather. Well, not scuppered as in struck by lightning or avalanched, but I like to have a view when I go up a big hill so I am easily discouraged if it's murky and grey and wet. That said, we went up Snowdon in a blizzard a couple of christmases ago, so there's no excuse really...
Another trip to the French Alps would be cool too. We went in 2009 as a honeymoon re-run (we got rained off in the Lake District first time round - see above...) and it was just amazing. We took the bikes but didn't ride much, so time for a trip back, I think. I love France. :-)
America - America is big, but I think I can narrow it down to California or Colorado. This might be a 2012 trip though...

Cycling:
I have already committed to ride my first mountain bike race in June - a 24-hour thing called Mountain Mayhem, with J and various other crazies to raise money for Sarcoma UK.
I am also, tentatively, arranging another 24-hour thing for a work fundraising thing, but I have to do risk assessments and the like, and those who know me probably realise that's not something I am good at...
I intend to get out as often as possible after work, as soon as the sunset gets later than 18:00 but in the meantime there's lots of Turbo Training and Wii-ing - more of that in the next section.

Exercise:
This is the biggie. Those who know me know I like nice food and too much of it. And wine. So, in order to stave off an ever increasing waistline, I have committed to exercising at least 4 times a week. For the winter this will usually consist of 2 or more turbotraining sessions (with the help of a truly nasty spinning video), 1 or more sessions of my torturous 1 hour customised EA Sport cardio workout on the Wii - yes, really. I guarantee I ache more the day after that than I do after an hour on the turbo!
Depending on the other two I might even go for a run. I say run - I can't run. I am crap at it. No coordination, you see. You have to see it to believe it. (I had to leave a step class once after I ran into myself in the mirror)
Finally, weather permitting, I intend to get out for at least one real bike ride each week. When the weather gets better they will be long, all day rides.
I told a friend I would ride the Mary Townley loop with him this year - that's 47 miles, off-road, and apparently it's pretty tough. I really would like to do that, but will need to time it for maximum daylight hours and have a mountain rescue team on standby with emergency cheese and Diet Coke.
I have a heart rate monitor that tells me when I am doing stuff right and I seem to be heading in the right direction although I think it is faulty because for my age, my heart rate puts me in the 'very good' category - maybe it is vanity heart rating??? Or maybe I have huge lungs from all the swimming I did as a kid/teenager (yes, big lungs, that's what it is...) - that's what a paramedic friend suggested but I am not sure if he's taking the piss?

Other stuff:
I am going to invent a recipe to make tofu palatable.
I am going to knit loads of cute stuff - I am going to have to will various family member to get pregnant so I have an excuse to do so.
I am going to be happy in my work. This one could prove tricky. Don't get me wrong, I love the work I do, if I only had the time to actually do it!
I am going to become less gullible (see comment about about having big lungs...)
I am going to read more - not internet stuff or magazines, but books. Yes, really!
I am going to try to do something productive every day.
I was going to say I am going to get a sensible haircut - that will probably happen 3 or 4 times, each time I will resort to something less sensible, then get bored and go sensible again and so the cycle continues.
And here is one for Julian - I am going to try to remember where the dishwasher is, and use it. There you go darling, in writing. :-)

So, place your bets - how many of these will I achieve? What other exciting stuff will I get up to?