To be honest, everything about this race is AMAZING....... almost.
Publicity, Glamour, Tech, Fremont street, TV, Media, Parade, Spectators, and Hoopla are all off the charts.
The ONLY thing this EVENT is missing is 400 of kick you in the nuts, rough, nasty, rocky, silty, pissing blood, sore for days miles
Finishing this race isn't the feat it once was.....its now on par with finishing the old Primm 300 race.
I don't blame anyone for the wussification of the MINT 400, this day in age with land management obstacles it is 10x more difficult to create courses that are worthy of the Mint labeling. It's a bummer that its this way, and makes me more appreciative of being able to have competed in this race when it was 400 miles of hell.