This route is tough, looking back at my write up from 2021 I called it the hardest single pull ride I’ve done. I’m going to still agree with that. So much slow going, so much of it is hard work, there’s very few places to “hide” on this route. It’s an accomplishment. I was happy to have someone to share it with this year in Eric. It was kind of fun to be able to share the trails, the experience, and all the things.

I wasn’t sure what to expect from myself this year. I’ve been feeling pretty good lately, but I also don’t think I’ve ridden over 4 hours since PMBAR last year and most of them have been under 2 ½ hours. I can also count rides over 3 hours on one hand. So, I was a little nervous to how I was going to respond to pushing for 19+ hours. I took the time to try and plan a little bit more this year and made some notes ahead of time of what I planned to eat/drink for each loop