Hey everybody, welcome on back to King of the Ride podcast.

I am your host. I am Ted King. I'm happy to have you back.

We are on the move.

We've got Levi's Grandfondo, the proclaimed savior to North American road racing coming up.

That comes with a long list of heavy hitters

from the professional roadside, from the gravel world. So Laura, the kids and I are on to California

with that on the docket. Right after that, sea otter is soon after one week later. And then I'm off to

Europe with Ingamba to ride the N2.

Check it.

There are still a few spots left for this.

Quite frankly, this once in a lifetime journey down the beautiful strip of pavement across the entire country of Portugal, north to south.

Myself and Lawrence Tendam are the hosts for that, so check it out at ingamba.pro.

And then the Traca, a race in my former hometown,

Gerona, then gravel locos in Texas, and on and on and on. We are busy. We do a lot of events,

and largely we do competitive events. Our guest today is Noah Havlik, and if you follow the

excellent social media presence, that is Mid-South, that is the early season gravel race in Stillwater, Oklahoma, then maybe you saw Noah in his incredible recent story of taking on the mid-south.

If we and the King family do a lot of cycling events, it's safe to say that Noah does not do a lot of cycling events.

So it's really interesting to hear his story and perspective.

But in particular, referencing that social post,

I'm not letting the cat out of the bag here,

but in so many words, Noah arrives to Oklahoma at the last minute

with the sole intent to support his friend doing the Ultramarathon,

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