Have you ever done DK? Was your experience as brutal as mine?

@EdwardLawrie

4 жыл бұрын

Loved this video mate. Thanks for sharing!

@soarstar

4 жыл бұрын

Sure did! Not sure if this link will work, but my best results happened before the really big players started showing up. youjustgofaster.blogspot.com/2013/?m=0 Your experience mirrors mine in many ways regarding the ups and downs through the day. A hard bonk ~ 170 miles in - and an almost state of delusion towards the end. The following year I did it again with Lyme disease & a bad crash in Lawrence on the bike path (small dog avoidance). I can't even remember the details of that one!

@hellopsp180

4 жыл бұрын

i was trying to find this Strava ride, but it seems to hidden. Can you confirm if its just private and not for sharing :O ?

@steverode7589

4 жыл бұрын

I've done it the last 4 years, one more to go this year for my 1000 miler cup! I've always hit a dark spot when I questioned why I was doing this and temped to quit. Ive only bonked, once, that was last year (bad fueling and pacing), but I didn't bonk my way into 9th place! LOL Nice work, it's always been brutal for me, but it's just such a great race/ride I have always looked forward to returning. Good luck with your return this year

@faintscrawl

4 жыл бұрын

I tried and failed in 2019: faintscrawls.wordpress.com/2019/08/14/a-post-mortem-of-the-dirty-kanza-200-2019-a-noobs-notes/

Top 10 at DK? That's some serious street cred.

@georgehugh3455

4 жыл бұрын

_Gravel_ cred ;-)

Keep race recaps like these coming! I love hearing a professional's first hand perspective of how a race truly unfolds. It is also comforting to know that you guys are human once in a while and have to deal with blowing up and bonking!😂 I don't know how you guys push that many watts for that long a time! Animals!

Outstanding, bro! Had to smile about your 'pathetic' sprint watts. They equal my terrific sprint watts!

@daveklein2654

4 жыл бұрын

Agree. I thought he was going to say something like 400 watts! That’s a big sprint with 11 hours in your legs!

This was great, we really don't often hear such detailed experiences told by a pro often. Please keep them coming!

You are a Legend. I am inspired by your effort. Mindset is everything. Especially in long-distance races. In two weeks I'm racing the atlas mountain race which is around 700miles. When it gets tough I'm gonna think of this video 😉

Great work, Dylan. You should throw a GoPro on your bars and do more race recaps.

@caspian21

4 жыл бұрын

That would add a few grams! Outrageous!!

@adventuresona700dollarhard5

4 жыл бұрын

GoPro's are not aero.

I’m here for these honest race recaps man. Really great, keep em coming. Good luck as a “Florida Man”.

Thanks for the video, Dylan. Good luck and let the force be with you!!! :)

Enjoyed hearing about it, I will look forward to your next go at it ; )

Excellent video.. Yep, love hearing about these epic races!!! Keep 'em comin'! Thanks

Sounds like quite the experience. Thank you for sharing.

Loved the race report Dylan! I say keep me coming!! Hope you manage an even better result at this years DK!

Good luck for your races! And yes, I would love to see more videos like this one!

Excellent content, Dylan. Different from the usual, but just as informative and enjoyable. Thank you for sharing this!

Enjoyed the recap!Good luck down in FL!

Good stuff. DK is on my 2021 list so good to have the lessons learned. I’ll just be hoping to beat the sun!

Definitely want to see more content like this!!!

This is great! Really glad you did this. Loving the channel in SDCA.

This was an awesome video Dylan- keep 'em coming fella

Great video Dylan. More of these please....

Fantastic video, Dylan. I would love to see a recap on all the races you do, it‘s a great learning experience. All the best for your first event of the new decade!

Thanks for sharing your experience and good luck for the next one 💪🏻🚴‍♂️💨

Good stuff once again man. Would love to see more of this in addition to the more science-y training videos. I have DK in the back of my mind as a potential future event. It'll have to marinate for awhile there though... gotta get in the right mental state to even decide I would attempt it. Great story, and thanks for taking us along.

Thanks for sharing this and being so honest!

That was awesome. Thanks for the race report! That is a legit result and cannot wait to here about your gravel and mtb season in 2020. Definitely think these videos are a great addition.

Love this stuff. Do more Dylan.

Great video! Would love to see more of your reflections from your races along with your numbers! Give the people what we want! :)

Thanks for the brutal honesty DJ We've all got the wall. Glad you continued and finished. Good work

Great to hear your experience. Review of your mindset and strategy with the many and varied race pressures/stressors is helpful.. More like this would be would be great.

Very cool to get a race report from a pro’s head, enjoyed hearing of your experience!

Love the content. Looking forward to introducing you to the Florida gravel this weekend! Hope you’re ready to pedal....lots and lots of pedaling.

Good luck in Florida, another video like this covering the Florida race would be great, thx dude

Love the recap. I did the 100 in 2018 as an intro to DK and then ‘attempted’ the 200 last year. Will be back for the 200 this year. Enjoy hearing others experiences out there since even the party at the back where I’m at get to experience the same course as the elite racers such as yourself. I do also enjoy the science topics. On course nutrition is my main focus since gut rot is what seems to undo me on these long events. Good luck at the Sugar Cane.

Love this video ! Great motivation and it shows how far one can go !!! Best of luck for your next 200 miles!

Congrats! And yes, we do like this type of videos.

Definitely enjoyed this video, nuff respect to you bro, more please!✌🏽

What a great effort,and told so well the mind boggles at riding that far in a race.

CONGRATS BROTHER!!!!! Phenomenal accomplishment.

Nice work dude. Great to hear how it went down and what you learnt... I think there's something in there for everyone👍

Nice vid man. Thanks for sharing the blow by blow. Congrats on the great finish.

Really exciting to hear your telling of your experience. I was on the edge of the sofa listening word for word about your struggle and ultimate success. Bravo

Great video! Well done, amazing story!

Yes, these anecdotal videos are great. Keep them up 👍

Great story, really. You DK riders are absolutely M A D! One day I'll come do it

Thank you for telling DK from your point of view. Hearing your issues and how you went about it helps even us weekend warriors. Really hope you go over your Florida race as well, in part due to being my home state !

Thanks for being so honest about suffering and bonking. Looking forward to DK 200! See you there, maybe?

Top 10 at DK is an amazing achievement!! Keep up the great work both on the bike and on KZread!! 🚵‍♀️🌱

Great video and very impressive mental toughness! Congrats on the finish!

Great video! Thanks for sharing your race experience.

This is a great vid Dylan. Love your info vids but would be great to see a few more of these analysis vids from your own races. Good stuff!

Loved this recap of your DK200 experience. Love how honest you are about your limitations. Post more race reports!

I really liked this video. War stories in these big sufferfest races are entertaining. I especially like hearing about the talk that goes on mid race amongst the leaders.

Great video as usual. I find your channel very informative and refreshingly humble, yet extremely professional, in this overhyped social media scene today. Seriously one of my favorite cycling channels out there.

Pretty confused as to how this video got a down-vote. I really liked this type of info. I hope you’ll help us to follow your racing by continuing to make videos about your experiences!

@edgarpereira4865

4 жыл бұрын

True. 👍

@SuperRowbear

4 жыл бұрын

it's probably the delivery. If he just spoke about it off the cuff it might be better. Instead, it sounds like he is reading something in pretty much all of his videos and it makes them seem stilted and boring because his reading voice doesn't carry the same kind of emotion. At least, imo, that's one thing that detracts from his content. I wasn't the one that downvoted it, however.

@danmccabe2529

4 жыл бұрын

I think the one downvote was Geoff Kabush ;)

Great vid, keep up the good content.

Just watched this. I love how open you are about your struggles. Lovely episode. Thanks for sharing.

Definitely good video! It's nice to mix the technicals with real experiences!

Yeah, I liked hearing about your experience, and your honest humility about how you performed. Would like to see more on your experience on some of these rides.

Excellent work. Keep it coming. Loved this one.

Thanks for sharing Dylan. Having done a few long rides with The Toronto Randonneurs, I know that, as long as you eat regularly, it's possible to get your 2nd wind, 3rd wind, 4th wind, nth wind ...

Loved the video. Also you earned some serious respect in my book.

This was an awesome video. I would like to hear more race recaps in the future.

Yes, videos like this are interesting for not professional riders like us. Keep making stuff like this! 👍🏼

Yes, more like this please.

Love all your videos especially this one. Your race reports are always enlightening. Keep up the good work fellow Ohioian.

Awesome performance Dylan, DK sounds insane. You’ve probably seen it already but the Vegan Cyclist’s video of the event is great 👍

This was interesting, Dylan, and ultimately, your tactics in the end were brilliant--you used all of your free time to refuel and relax before riding the final miles with the bunch of four and then nabbing a top-ten finish, excellent. And you were in the Twilight Zone when you were doing this and doing that and stopping for the farmer's hospitality and still not losing any places.

That was a terrific recap!

Great vid n congrats on you finish

I am currently in the lottery for my first DK200 and am still really pumped to do this despite (or maybe because of) your tale of epic suffering. I hope to see you on the start line in Emporia on May 30, and good luck in Florida tomorrow!

Appreciate your straightforward, honest narratives. Major respect on that 9th place finish. I’m not a gravel guy. Don’t even own a curly bar bike anymore but I do recognize a few names on the results board that you beat who I know are incredible riders.

I love to hear about strategy. Especially from an elite athlete!

Great explanation of the pain that is DK200. Been there, done that, but nowhere as well as you did. Nice ride!

I just found your channel and WOW, Dude how you describe your ride is FANTASTIC!!! Race commentator or writer, those careers would suite you so well. The very best of luck to you in the coming year.

That's impressive dude! Y'all whipper snappers just keep getting faster.

Backward Hat Dylan made the race winning move, Real Dylan finished the race. Great work, never quit

Yes. More endurance race recaps. Congrats on your 9th place finish at DK 2018. Looking forward to hearing about the Florida race. ✌️

Four years ago my wife and I did the 100 mile Axel Merrcx GranFondo (road) in the Okanagan, British Columbia. The temperature climbed in the afternoon to over 37 C and I started cramping in my right leg with 20 km to the finish. (I spent the last thirty km with a cramp in the left leg) I was sitting at the side of the road with two horrible cramped legs when a race van came by and asked me if it was biological or mechanical. I laughed and said Biological and somehow that got me back on the bike. It was the hardest 20 km I ever did to get the finish line. Given my fitness is about 1/10 of yours that was my equivalent to the dirty K and yes I was happy I finished. Great video and it nice to hear that everyone can have a bad day and recover.

Love the race recaps. Please do more of them when possible

Video was pure gold! Loved it, keep more like this coming. You science ones are awesome but this gives a good balance and it was very entertaining too! 10/10

@mrwest6150

4 жыл бұрын

Oh and we missed backwards had Dylan on this video, not sure if he could of added anything though as I know he can be a dick some times..

I lived it! I like the idea of being able to stop and rest which is unheard of in road races that I've been in. You inspired me to try some gravel racing. Thanks. Good Luck with Sugar Cane!

Great riding, man! You Rock! Good Luck!

Good luck!!! Enjoyed the video.

Absolutely elite.

Awesome video. Very inspirational and you show you are human too! 👍

Good vid! Keep them coming

Great video; please do more like this. It's nice to hear about the personal experience, and not just the science. For amateurs like me, cycling is still more about the wonder than the watts. We've done DK on the tandem a few times, and I managed to "Beat the Sun" on a solo finish years ago. It was tough but not brutal - I was racing myself, so the competition was pretty weak.

Great vid!

Great video and commendably frank ! Would be great to have backwards hat Dylan chiming in to tell our hero what a fool he was to make those stupid mistakes ! Keep em coming 👍

Inspiring vid, really like these race recaps. Thanks

Great video! Different then normal content but still very enjoyable. I vote fore more of these

Total admiration for all who even attempt races like DK200 much less place top 10. Your grit and perseverance will inspire others to keep turning the pedals when the easy thing to do is just quit. Something tells me you will be a force to be reckoned with now that you know what to expect. Can't wait to watch this recap after next years DK200. Thanks for the humble recap and for sharing your thoughts.

Great video, thanks!

this was great. Make more videos like this one.

Good luck during Sugarcane! It will be also great to hear story about your journey in sport (when and how you started and etc.) in the next video. Thanks!

Really great to hear of your experiences and any insight to tactics, both good and bad. In addition, you will get better insight into possibly tweaking your training templates to reflect the needs of these longer races, as I am sure they do have some different requirements for "best case training", which will definitely benefit those that are partaking!

thanks for sharing awesome vid

You entered a famous, or possibly infamous race. Took a 10 minute "break", maybe even napped, and placed in the top 10. I can't understand this because I am bedazzled by your abilities to perform at this level. Congrats and thanks for the story. These kinds of videos are very encouraging to those of us trying to increase our range on a bicycle.

Great video. More like this please.