Even though the pod is currently on a season break, while I pull together new interviews and discussions ready for season three, which will begin towards the end of September, I thought I would record a brief episode and share a few thoughts on the ongoing Silk Road mountain race, which started last Saturday on the 15th of August in Talas in Kyrgystan and is currently underway. Now, the Silk Road mountain race is widely regarded as... If not the pinnacle, one of the major bikepacking ultra races of the season.

And as part of the organization of that, there is a group of dot watchers that are based all around the world, across multiple time zones, keeping an eye on riders as they make their way through the 2050 kilometre course across the country. The high peaks in Kyrgyzstan ranging up to over 4,000 meters.

I'm one of those dotwatchers who is assigned a group of riders to keep an eye on their security, their safety, and we're tracking those riders as they complete the course.

Official Race Website & tracking Silk Road Mountain Race — The Mountain Races: Silk Road, Atlas, Hellenic

Tracking: https://srmr2026.maprogress.com/#

Official Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/silkroadmountainrace/

Official Podcast with daily updates : The Mountain Races Podcast - Podcast - Apple Podcasts



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