{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Ep. 144 ~ Patrick's East Texas Showdown ITT","description":" During the pre-race meeting for the 2022 East Texas Showdown Hannah Simon asked me, &quot;have you ridden the entire course?&quot;. Even though I'd ridden many of the roads over the years and was very familiar with the area and the route, I had to say &quot;no&quot;. I hadn't ridden this particular route. The fact that I couldn't answer that question in the affirmative stuck with me. It ate at me. So I decided to do something about it.   Two weeks before 200 riders descended upon East Texas, I set out to pre-ride the course as an ITT. For me, ITT stands for Individual Timed Tour. While I wanted to push my own personal limits, I knew that it wouldn't be anywhere near what most people would consider &quot;race pace&quot;.   On this episode I take you along for my journey.  _________________ Support our work at www.patreon.com\/bikesordeath &amp;nbsp; ","author_name":"Bikes or Death","author_url":"https:\/\/bikesordeath.com\/","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/26338617\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/item\/26338617"}