Two years after Patrick Romeo ran the Hoka Hey Motorcycle Challenge, he swore he'd never do it again — until his original bib number became a lifeline for struggling service members.
Two years after Patrick Romeo ran the Hoka Hey, his original bib number became a lifeline for those struggling
The Hoka Hey is a grueling motorcycle run where participants have 14 days to ride a 10,000-mile predetermined route through some of the less-traveled roads in North America. The ride is held every other year, and each year the route is different, but the rules are always the same: no GPS, no sleeping indoors, and riders must only rely on the fuel in their tanks.
Romeo ran the 2020 challenge after randomly pulling bib number 988 — a number which, at the time, didn’t really mean much. Romeo didn’t know what challenges lay ahead as he lined up at the start point for the 2024 HHMC in Daytona Beach, Florida. After penning the first set of directions on the back of that same windshield, his right hand rolled back on the throttle, as his left eased out the clutch.
Around day eight or nine, he recalls hitting a mental wall. While leaving Fort Nelson, BC, Romeo found himself at the top of a mountain surrounded by fog so thick he couldn’t see anything.“It was to the point, if this was the type of challenge that there was, you know, a judge next to me that I could say, ‘I tap out,’” Romeo recalled. “I probably would have quit right then and there.”
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