SRMR 2026: Day Zero

We begin the eighth Silk Road Mountain Race in Talas, a small town tucked in a green valley in Kyrgyzstan's far northwest, walled off from the rest of the country by mountains and best known as the birthplace of the hero Manas. We hear from riders on Registration Day before they embark into the mountains.

Riders featured:

• Avri Beach — Cap 15
• Lajos Köves — Cap 97
• Rob MacLennan — Cap 104
• Alvin Escajeda — Cap 53
• Doug Dunlop — Cap 51
• Leonie Leitgeb — Cap 99
• Justinas Leveika — Cap 100
• Sofiane Sehili — Cap 157
• Sara Bukies — Cap 29
• Lois Hunter — Cap 214A
• Jonathan Quarrie — Cap 214B

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Production & hosting by Mel Webb

Sound design by Ben Crannell

Cover photo by Stephen Shelesky

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