{"id":457,"date":"2010-09-06T12:46:50","date_gmt":"2010-09-06T20:46:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rides.actc.org\/?p=457"},"modified":"2010-09-13T05:45:14","modified_gmt":"2010-09-13T13:45:14","slug":"hoodoo-500-team-turbo-dog-2-person-mixed-50","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.rides.actc.org\/?p=457","title":{"rendered":"Hoodoo 500 – Team Turbo Dog (2 person mixed 50+)"},"content":{"rendered":"

by Deborah Hoag<\/em><\/p>\n

The Hoodoo 500 is an ultra-marathon bicycle race. The route passes through or around three National Parks, three National Monuments and several Utah State Parks. The scenery varies from majestic cliffs and striking red rock hoodoos to aspen and pine forests and high mountain meadows. The race follows a course starting in St. George, and traveling through Hurricane, Colorado City, Kanab, Carmel Junction, Bryce, Tropic, Escalante, Boulder, Torrey, Panguitch, Cedar City and back to St. George. It’s a loop course on wonderful, well-maintained, quiet roads with little traffic and breath-taking scenery. 519 miles with about 30,000 feet of climbing with a 48-hour time limit Most of the race is above 6,000\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 and reaches 10,000\u00e2\u20ac\u2122. Solo, Tandem and Relay Team Divisions are offered. Crew control who is on the bike and for how long.<\/p>\n

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Franz, Ken and Deb before start<\/p><\/div>\n

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David at Start<\/p><\/div>\n

This race was a team effort. We plan on finishing in 35 hours to 40 hours worst case. Our main goal was to have fun. And we had a blast together with our crew. David and I can never repeat the fun again. We rode the race and our crew Franz Kelsch and Ken Holloway kept us on track with food, the route, and pull times. We started off with 3 hour pulls, but right off the bat, Franz said we need to cut our pulls. So, David pulled for the first 2 \u00c2\u00bd hours and I pulled for the next 2 hours.<\/p>\n

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David taking Deb's Photo<\/p><\/div>\n

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Deb<\/p><\/div>\n

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Deb headed toward Escalante<\/p><\/div>\n

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David late Saturday, now at altitude<\/p><\/div>\n

Then we went to 1 \u00c2\u00bd hour pulls and through the night, we went to 1 hour pulls. Sunday morning we moved to 30 minute pulls. The worst part of ride was at mile 378 climbing Cedar Breaks (5,000\u00e2\u20ac\u2122, 30 miles) with headwinds and climbing up to 10,000\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 level. I had to stand on my granny gear to reach 3 MHP. And I was sick from the attitude.<\/p>\n

Once we finished the climb at mile 408 and started the descend, my stomach was fine. I was putted back on the bike at mile 432, while the crew talked to Russ and ordered food at McDonalds. And I left on my bike. At mile 442, Ken, David and Franz caught up to me to do another change. We realized that we could come under 35 hours. We did not know how the winds would be. However, this is where it became a real team effort. David rocked. We came to the conclusion that Franz was a major general in his past life.<\/p>\n

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Deb headed toward Snow Canyon<\/p><\/div>\n

We needed to get mile 502 by 6:30, but we did better than that and reached it at 6:06. At mile 502 our crew had to leave us, David and I rode the last 15 miles together with our balls to walls, thinking of our crew and breaking 34 hours was on our minds. It was the most painful part for me. We averaged 20+MHP. Turbodog set the course record for 2 mixed, and beat the 2 man 50+ by 1:21 for a time of 33:50.<\/p>\n

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David and Deb at Finish<\/p><\/div>\n

We also beat 40+ mixed team by 2 hours.. Going into a ride like this, either the riders and crew come out being better friends than ever or there are problems. David and I both came out having very fond memories of Franz and Ken. They were the best. Let us not forget Anne Kelsch who was supportive and Susan Forsman our coach.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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