2013 Hoodoo 300
295 mi. - 16,000' - 18:30 - 1st Place BACKGROUND I first found out about the Hoodoo 300 last October at the Solvang Autumn double century. I had known of the Hoodoo 500, a super challenging ultra cycling race starting and ending in St. George, Utah. But this would be the first year the promoter, Planet Ultra, offered the shorter 300 mile option. My interest was piqued right away. I immediately signed up in December. For nine months there was a big circle around 9/14 on my calendar. I had decided to enter the "Nomad" division, which meant I would be without a SAG vehicle and crew to hand me bottles and food, carry backup wheels, have extra clothing for every possible weather contingency, etc. Instead, I would only have three dropbags with food, one each at three time station checkpoints along the route. Otherwise I would have to be self-sufficient. Going Nomad also meant starting in the dark at 5 AM (and finishing after dark, too) so I had to have two independent sets of h...