Welcome back or welcome to the single track podcast. I'm your host, Finn Melanson, and in this episode,

I am joined by Brad Hornig and Leahy Yingling to preview the 2023 Lake Sonoma 50. We analyze the course,

we talk about what it's going to take to be successful, we know some of the interesting storylines around

the event, and we make our picks for the female and male top three finishers this

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let's get started. First impressions, Lake Sonoma is competitively relevant. Again, I think this is

the first time since maybe 2019 pre-COVID that we have a certified barn burner of a field in front of us to

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