Bob Fisher and I decided at the completion of the Lilac Century that we were going to push ourselves on Day 1 of STOKR this year. Everything seemed to fall in place and by the first food stop, (approx. 15 miles out), we had quite a break from any other rider. At mile 16 or so we decided to rotate every mile and that is what we did throughout. We never saw another rider and only stopped twice to refuel. We were both feeling real good and managed an impressive time. Once we finished back in town, we refueled again, shed some clothes and headed backward on the course to meet up with the rest of our teammates. We found them at the pie stop and rode back together which gave Bob and I an additional 28.4 miles, 125 miles total for the day.