: Episode 803 – Anna Vocino joins Vinnie today and the two discuss music, the Silver State 508 with Chris Kostman, weird race hallucinations, mountain bikes, and more!
SILVER STATE 508
- Chris sold the race to two guys in San Diego
- It was so expensive to put on
- Chris Kostman was the youngest guy to compete in RAM and held that record for a long time
- He and Vinnie are good friends now
- This is a super hard race, but a fantastic one!
- You can also do a 4 man team
- Lots of those teams, more than solo
RACE HALLUCINATIONS
- In ultra sports, competitors often experience hallucinations
- Running or biking, you start to see things on your route
- Can be scary or just plain strange
- Vinnie and Serena have both experienced this, cycling and running, respectively
- Vinnie would see animals up ahead that really were not there
- Chris had this experience when he was not eating well, eating too much sugar, and he would see weird stuff
- He had tactile hallucinations
- Also stories of people being convinced that their crews are making them ride or run in circles
- One guy with less than 10 miles left had this problem and threw in the towel
- People really do lose their minds when they become sleep deprived
- The brain really does need the time to rewire itself
Vinnie’s factory bike:
Specialized S-Works Fuse 6Fattie
