This is a fair point. Totally.
My larger point (I think) is the preponderance of the Michigan Gravel Race Series was built on middle distance racing (40-70 miles … which is the bullseye of distances I love to race) like the Barry, The Lowell 50, Michigan Mountain Mayhem and others that are just a different style of racing than what has more-or-less overwhelmed the public consciousness in terms of what gravel racing is … which has become synonymous with ultra-endurance events. I feel like the Barry Roubaix shoe-horned the 100 mile race option into their menu in the last few years for this reason.
Actually, now that I think about it I’m not sure I had a “larger point” … I was just riding the stoke of a great event and a pretty nice result and I wanted to throw a shout out to this genre of gravel race🤘
PS: Congrats on finishing the hundo… not my cup of tea, but mad respect to you for the ride on that sand 