The Hoodoo 500 is taking place this weekend in a beautiful part of Utah. It is 519 miles with about 30,000 feet of climbing. I had hoped to race it this year but have stayed too busy with projects around the house to be able to train much.
This year it is a RAAM qualifier since the Furnace Creek 508 isn’t. RAAM doesn’t allow qualifiers to be less than a month apart if there closer than 1,000 miles.
One of the cool things at the Hoodoo is the solo riders are split between those doing it with RAAM style support and racers doing it self supported. 18 riders are doing it supported and 12 are doing it unsupported.
Unsupported riders can still qualify for RAAM but the qualifying time is based on the fastest solo rider not already qualified for RAAM. The solo riders will be lumped together for purposes of RAAM qualifying. Unsupported riders will be at a big disadvantage if they’re trying to qualify for RAAM.
Planet Ultra will be updating their web cast during the race as they can find internet access. Alex Isaly is racing solo and his wife is going to try to post updates on Twitter during the race. David McColgan is racing on a 4 man team. He also is a Twitter user but doesn’t say whether he’ll be updating during the race.
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Tags: cycling, Hoodoo 500, RAAM, Race Across America, ultra cycling, Utah
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