This year I have enjoyed doing the 15-mile routes on the event rides such as Sunflowers to Roses and Tour de BBQ.
In 2012, I want to up my participation to the 30-mile routes and I want to add a couple of rides.
Of course, Tour de Cure is close to my heart being a diabetic for almost a year now. The event is in June and starts out at the Kansas Speedway. I want to do some major fundraising for this event and get a Red Rider jersey.
I suppose Sunflowers 2 Roses will have a place in my heart because it was my first event ride. It's in August and they have a cool jersey.
The big event is Bike MS is September. This is a two-day event, and I think there is a 37-mile route each day starting in Olathe and ending in Lawrence the first day and coming back the second. I'd also like to do fundraising for this one.
October is the fun event. I did Tour de BBQ (another cancer ride) and enjoyed it, though I didn't get much BBQ on the 15-mile route.
There are a couple of other things I want to accomplish. I want to do a couple of rail-trail rides - maybe 30 miles on the Prairie Spirit Trail and two days on the Katy Trail with the family, maybe 30 miles each day. I also want to do a long ride on the Johnson County Streamway. Maybe an out-and-back loop along Tomahawk one way and Indian Creek the other.
Finally, I want to do my first half-century. A 50-mile ride, perhaps to Lawrence in Back. This would be a good thing to do in July, with event rides in June, August, September and October.
