Yeah, one of the things I actually had written down here was, how has the motorcycle industry evolved, probably since maybe you even overtook the shop? Like, is there a lot has really changed in motorcycles? Because it seems like frame, engine, suspension, you know, everyone's putting bars on, ladder pipes, but like, has much changed on the bikes a lot?

Technology has changed a lot.

So back in the 60s, 70s, 80s, guys had to work on their own bikes because you're on a road trip and there's no one to fix it for you.

So you got to know how to fix it or you're tearing the motor down in your garage.

90% of people riding now don't know how to touch a tool or touch their bikes.

And that's completely fine.

Right.

Yeah, huge inspirations, you know? Good answers, good answers.

Yeah.

And, and, you know, it's something that I can work on, and it's something that I can, uh, compete at and try to get better in.

And, and so I guess the journey was really just kind of acquainting myself with, with more and more mileage.

Uh, from the 4:34 to the 3:06, it was probably 50 to 70-mile weeks, and my body handled that reasonably well.

And so I kind of took the ceiling off, going from 3:06 to 2:39, and I was trying, you know, 80, 90-mile weeks.

And, and the body started to kind of protest that a little bit, but, but, uh, largely had a good injury-free block going, going on that one as well, and, and ultimately was able to run the 2:39.

But, um, it was a lot of, uh, you know, doubles in the morning and the evening to try to get the mileage up without doing a bunch of long runs in the same week, and just kinda structuring my day around, okay, when am, when am I going to be able to run, and, and making sure I follow through with that to try to hit the-- I mean, I knew I needed a lot of mileage to, to get to where I wanted to go.

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