Another year, another PMBAR, this was the event’s 20th year and my 9th time at the event. Still my favorite event on bikes. A few reasons for this, it’s a partner event meaning everyone there is riding with someone else, there isn’t a set course which means there are options and it’s not just a complete race. It’s also a longer day, most of the time to be in the top 5 you’ll need to get to all 5 checkpoints which typically takes 6.5-9 hours. Even though I don’t get to ride as much as I used to the longer days still seem to work well for my mental side of things. Regardless, I love PMBAR day.

After spending what didn’t seem like that long but was apparently too long in the parking lot, we were off. The start directions were simple this year, straight up Black…