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The MB 24 is done. Ava is finished. If you want context for what I'm referring to, listen to yesterday's episode. You will hear the end of the event, the MB24, the race for Ava at the end of this episode.

So the weather was a huge factor yesterday. It started off beautifully sunny. In fact, it was sunny

all day long, not a cloud in the sky.

Temperatures at the beginning were just above freezing, and the wind was calm.

But the forecast was calling for significant winds all day, pretty steady in the 20s with gusts over 40 miles an hour.

And because it started with calm winds, there was hope that maybe the forecast was wrong.

It was not.

Within an hour or so of starting, those winds picked up, and they were relentless all day long.

By sunset, they began to die down, but the temperature also dropped pretty quickly,

and the wind chill in the evening was dropping through the 20s headed for the teams. Wind is something that

Ava's not a fan of of all the possible weather conditions, heat, cold, clouds, precipitation, rain, snow,

wind is her least favorite.

Now at times in the summer, that wind can feel really good.

But even when it feels good and you're walking into it like I am right now,

over time it can sap your energy.

And when you're doing an endurance event to be dealing with wind the entire time, it was

a bit of a game changer.

I did not stay with her the entire time.

One of the great things about this particular event, it was happening less than a mile from the house.

So I went over there often to be with her to see how she was doing. But also being at home allowed her to call me a couple of times and say, hey, I need this thing. So I was able to quickly

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