On the bike

• Increase my FTP by 10% to 20%
• Participate in the National 24 hour Challenge, and do at least 300 miles
• Complete the Super Randonneur series (a 200km ride, a 300km, a 400km, and a 600km, all to be completed within 12 months.)
• Get good at hills - which are my nemesis at the moment
• Enter at least one race, and make some decisions about racing in the longer term
• Get down to my ideal weight (just 10 lbs - sounds easier than it is!)
• Complete a few centuries - probably not as many as this year, though
• Ride the C&O Towpath ( http://bikewashington.org/canal/ ) in a day.
• Maybe participate in a Gran Fondo National Championship ( http://www.granfondonationalchampion.../frederick-md/ )

Most of the above is to help gear up for the 2015 Paris Brest Paris, a 1,200km / 90-hour ride.

Off the bike

• Do the Hike Across Maryland (HAM) in under 12 hours - this is a 42 mile challenge-hike along the Appalachian Trail, from the Pennsylvania border, to Harpers Ferry, WV
• Climb Mt, Rainier
• Climb Mt, Shasta