This post is about my first-ever Dirty Kanza 200 experience on June 4, 2016.

It’s broken into nine parts:

Part I – The Signup

Part II – Prep / Training

Part III – Friday

Part IV – Starting Line

Part V – Checkpoint One

Part VI – Hitting The Wall

Part VII – Checkpoint Two

Part VIII – Checkpoint Three

Part IX – Finish Line

Just one more mornin’
I had to wake up with the blues
Pulled myself out of bed, yeah
And put on my walkin’ shoes

I went up on the mountain
To see what I could see
And the whole world was fallin’
Right down in front of me

Pull myself together
Put on a new face
Climb down off the hilltop now, baby
Get on back in the race

Gregg Allman, Dreams