Hello, friends, and welcome back to the Bikes for Death podcast. As always, my name is Patrick,

and I'm your host. And on today's episode, my guest is Abdullah Zinab, who just became the

first winner of the first ever rhino run. Now, the rhino run is a brand new race in the ultra-endurance cycling world that takes

place in South Africa. It was originally slated to kick off in 2020, but obviously the world

shut down for a couple years. And so this was the first iteration of the Rhino Run. It boasts 2,750 kilometers, which is 1,700 miles for my American friends.

And this year, 32 participants signed up to brave the South African, aridid and harsh environment.

I know many of you were probably falling along this race,

and it was quite the spectacle for Dot Watchers.

Lots of drama ensued, and Abdullah was certainly in the heat of it all.

In the end, him and Benke had an epic fight to the finish, and Abdullah was

able to pull out a victory. On today's episode, we get a little bit of background from

Abdullah, learn what he's been doing prior to this event, how he got ready for it, and of course,

we get into the event itself, and it's a

captivating story. I truly enjoyed my chat with Abdullah. He is entertaining. He's got stories

for days, and I could have listened to him for hours and hours. But today, you get about two

and a half hours of them, and I've got a good feeling you're going to like this one.

Before we get to today's episode, let's take a moment to thank the people that made this

episode possible, starting with our latest batch of patrons.

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