A fundraising ride in the Flint Hills of Kansas (just 30 miles north of Emporia).
"Our 6th year for Gravel Ride for Maisie's Pride! This years race will have two 50ish mile loops that go out, around and back to Eskridge. Besides the usual categories, there will be a 100 mile relay. Teams of two riders will each ride a 50 mile loop. Registration opens January 31st, 2016 (Maisie's birthday). So get us on your race/ride calender!"
That looks like a pretty fun ride - a good consolation for those who didn't get in to Dirty Kanza or a good training ride/scouting trip for those who did. From Kansas Cyclist, it's a fund raiser for the local swimming pool. http://www.kansascyclist.com/events/GravelRideForMaisiesPride.html
I'm going to try to make this ride. It'll be a very good primer for my first Dirty Kanza. I listened to the podcast with the race director. It sounds like a really great crew and a great cause. Great to have so many gravel options in the state of Kansas!
This is next weekend. Weather is looking to be amazing and it seems like an incredibly well planned out and executed race with stacked loops out and back to town for the SAG as well as the local jeep club out roving the course playing broom squad AND roving SAG support available.
With some like over 5k feet of climbing this should be a great test to see if I've got stuff dialed in for the DK in June.
