As usual for the last few years we designed our own route/distance for the annual Epic, including the usual shuttle arrangement. We hadn't done Muddy Branch in quite awhile and were eager to ride the newly reconfigured greenway sections AND didn't think we had the legs/conditioning to go a full 30+. (We were right about that...) Also managed to construct the route so as to give us Old Guys FOUR (yes 4) aid station stops, for the win. The new and improved sections of the greenway are quite well done, with two formerly impossible climbs now just merely difficult, but rideable. Multiple bridges added or fixed, though there are plenty on the section between the river and MD 28 that need fixed. Several have huge step-ups, without railings. Others are at extreme angles to the trail. Body held up pretty well, though the last five miles were no picnic. Even small climbs there were challenging, as the legs were pretty done at Black Rock Mill. But having a lot of aid stations as well as a good long rest in the MD 28 parking lot helped.