Jesse Reeves and Dana Ernst on Winning the Stagecoach 400 Ultra Bike Packing Race, Riding Solo to Riding Together, and When the Bad Moments Hit

Jesse Reeves and Dana Ernst describe their epic 400 mile bike packing race. Although this is a solo effort, these two had no idea they would meet, and ride almost 300 miles together through Southern California. Listening to these two describing their "cat and mouse" chase with each other with almost no sleep tired me out. These two didn't wait for each-other, it was drop and catch for almost 300 miles of this race. Think about that. Imagine you are 200 miles into a race and continue to put in efforts to catch a little blinking light in front of you over and over and over again. You catch them, then ride with them, then dropping them, then getting caught again for more than 40 hours. Just that alone hurts my brain. The Stage Coach 400 is an iconic route that brings together Southern California's diverse ecosystem. Bring together Desert, Mountains, and Ocean with roughly 374 miles of earth to cover (if you don't go off course). Do you get help with this race? Only from yourself. This is a self-supported solo event. More details on the course below. https://bikepacking.com/event/2022-stagecoach-400/#:~:text=The%20Stagecoach%20400%20is%20a,bike%20paths%2C%20and%20rolling%20tarmac. Here is Dana's blog post on the event: https://danaernst.com/stagecoach-400/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dcernst/ Jesse Reeves Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jessedreno/ https://www.moxilife.com/?afmc=STOKEPODCAST&utm_campaign=STOKEPODCAST&utm_source=leaddyno&utm_medium=affiliate Get 15% off at checkout using code: STOKEPODCAST If you, or anyone you know wants to sponsor Stoke Podcast message: https://www.instagram.com/stokepodcast/