Back in January, I decided on a whim to enter my name into the lottery selection to Unbound Gravel 100 mile bike race in Emporia, Kansas. Riding a century has been a goal of mine for a while, so why not ride the biggest gravel event in the US –or even the world? At the end of January, I got the email that I had in fact, been selected to ride the 100 103 mile gravel race in Kansas, a place I have never been, let alone ridden my bike. I first heard about this race in 2018 before it was even called Unbound (it is formerly known as the…