#dirtykanza200

[westernmiddle]

Check out his dorky setup I got cobbled together for #dirtykanza200. Double wrapped bars and highly modified mini aero bars. Gravel racing is shit hot these days, but dang the bikes can get dorky. (at Tangletown, Minneapolis)

[handbuiltfilm]

Headed down to Emporia today for second round of interviews about the Dirty Kanza @dirtykanza for @dirtykanzadoc just getting started telling the story of this epic event. #heartsoaring #dirtykanza200 #dirtykanza #dirtykanzatraining (at Dirty Kanza The World's Premier Gravel Race) https://www.instagram.com/p/B2psOPqpFTa/?igshid=k67va71k0w4k

[stayradadventureteam]

Got some long miles in for @isabel_reyestodd yesterday. 120 rolly windy base miles, #dk200 is only a month to go. Every ride she gets stronger and stronger, super proud! #stayradadventureteam #roadbikesoffroad #roadslikethese #dirtykanza200 #countrylife #doublemetriccentury (at Millbrook, Illinois)

[ridejayride]

Compare. Two years of dirty. 2015 one of the muddiest #dirtykanza200 ever and then 2016 on the left which was for the most part just dry and hot. Somehow the mud is always there and always wins. @dirtykanza200 (at Emporia Granada Theatre)

[ridebyshooting]

I ate my anger. I shot my jealousy and I Viking funeral-ed my disappointment. And that, ladies and gentlemen, is how you get over DNFing the Dirty kanza 200 due to a mechanical.

I also write a ride report (when it doubt, write it out). You can read “Lay your dirty burden down” right here. (There’s also a bunch more photos of the funeral and jealousy balloon killings) Feel free to leave a comment - maybe even about how you get over training for a long time and having it all fall to pieces come the event?