2008 Goal Rides?

[7rider]

With that in mind, I've gone ahead and registered for Terry's Wild Goose Chase ride in Maryland.

So I'm sitting here, smiling to myself about this new ride - wondering if any TE'rs will be there.

T.

Well, hi!
There will be at least 2 other TE'ers there. You inspired DivingBiker and me -- and maybe a few others -- to try this ride!
Perhaps we'll have a big TE group there!
Check out the Mid-Atlantic discussion forum....a whole thread has started on this ride!
Fun....already looking forward to spring!

[jobob]

OK, here goes (deep breath ....)

My main goal for 2008 is to do a 200K or longer brevet or permanent for 12 consecutive months to earn the RUSA R-12 award.

So I've signed up for the San Francisco Randonneurs 200K brevet at the end of January (gulp!).

SFR has a 300K brevet the end of February, but that's way too early for me to attempt a 300, so at the moment I plan to do a 200K permanent on Feb 16 in case anyone would like to join me.

In March I'll have 3 different 200Ks to choose from in the Bay Area/N Cal. I wish they didn't schedule them all in the same month !

Beyond March, I'll do the local permanents, and I'll have a good excuse for the occasional road trip. Maybe I'll manage a 300K at some point, but I don't plan to go beyond that.

Apart from the brevets, I'd like to do the Mt. Hamilton Challenge, which is the same day as the Devil Mountain Double & follows some of the same route but in the opposite direction. So maybe I'll get to wave hidey-ho to Veronica as we pass each other.

Maybe the Davis Double. It all depends on how the spring goes.