Brook Henderson

The Good: I averaged 15.4 mi/hr moving pace; fastest pace for me ever at Hoodoo. The Bad: I had four flats in the first 190 miles; had to put on a new tire in Escalante. The Ugly: I spent 9.5 hours stopped! bike path approaching Bryce National Park Ride data: https://connect.garmin.com/modern/activity/5464907208 https://ridewithgps.com/trips/55392681 The event: Hoodoo 500… I love it. The route is a large counter-clockwise loop, starting and ending in St. George, Utah. It’s a tough course of over 510 miles and 29k feet of elevation gain. The scenery is varied, expansive, and awe inspiring. (And that’s just the tiny bit of it I actually see when I’m not busy staring at my front wheel!) Roughly 85% of the course is above 5,000 feet of elevation. The two highest points are 9,910 feet and 9,600 feet. Check out the Hoodoo 500 official website course description for more course details. course map and elevation profile The “Voyager” division consists of the folks who ride the entire cours...

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...