SRMR 2026 Day 8: Where Is My Mind?

Day eight, and CP2 is now officially closed. The race clock is past halfway, the field strung out across Kyrgyzstan's high passes on the long haul to their third stamp at Tamga. This year the country has shown its old face: scorching heat one day, snow and freezing cold the next, and peanut butter mud that clings to everything. We hear from riders about their journeys so far from CP3.

Riders featured in this episode:

• Cameron Bristol — Cap 27
• Victor Kouzov — Cap 96
• Stéphane Logerot — Cap 102
• Aurimas Mickevicius — Cap 114
• Paul Creusvaux — Cap 39
• Kobus van Niekerk — Cap 176
• Markus Hager — Cap 69
• Niyaz Janzakov — Cap 86
• Alvin Escajeda — Cap 53

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Production & hosting by Mel Webb

Sound design by Ben Crannell

Cover photo by Stephen Shelesky

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