As of early Thursday morning, Phil Hofstetter is 496 miles into the the Iditarod Trail Invitational; he has around 450 miles still to go before he reaches the finish line in Nome. He is on day ten of riding his fat tire mountain bike alone, in subzero temperatures from the starting line in Anchorage, nearly a thousand miles, to Nome. 107 racers started the Invitational this year, most of them were aiming for the 350 mile finish line in McGrath, Alaska. 39 had to give up for one reason or another. 40 finished their race at McGrath. And 28 racers are still in it, continuing the full thousand mil...
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