“𝘐’𝘭𝘭 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘥𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯!” Those were @scottilechuga's words after each of her rides around the 1,021-mile Arkansas High Country Race (AHCR) as a pair with her husband, Ernie. Yet in September this year, Scotti found herself in front of the computer screen, researching each and every feature of the course. This would be her first solo attempt at the AHCR - and her first solo race attempt full stop. "𝘐’𝘥 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘰 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘸𝘦’𝘥 𝘥𝘪𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘵𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘢𝘪𝘳𝘴 𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘐’𝘥 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘴𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 — 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘭-𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘣𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘮𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘴, 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘨𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘨𝘴 𝘐 𝘬𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘭𝘺, 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦 𝘮𝘦𝘯 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘳𝘰𝘢𝘥𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘈𝘳𝘬𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘢𝘴. 𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘐 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳, 𝘮𝘺 𝘨𝘰𝘢𝘭 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘯...