biking race (Cross) 50:24 [5] 17.34 km (2:54 / km) +120m 2:49 / km
ahr:160 max:167
Fast race....this was a course that did not demand technical riding skills. Fitness would translate to speed. I prefer a technical course and not the lungburner style course that crushes the weak and inefficient (aka, me).
I put together the southern half of the course which incorporated most of the technical riding; however the north part comprised of a lot of flat, long sections that paralelled the soccer pitches and thus this turned into a sprinters paradise on grass that begged for attacks.
The first two laps were 'sprints,' typical of X racing. I hung on as best I could, but dropped off and settled into a steady cadence. My gruppo wasn't set up for this type of course and I didn't feel comfortable in my choice of gearing: I was either spinning too fast or under load and didn't have a happy medium.
Anyway, fun race. Weather was great: a little damp and soggy on the ground. The rain was off and on during the beginners through to expert women/masters race, then opened up on the expert men which meant lots of crashes on the slick, off camber sections.
biking warm up/down 2:13 [1]
Cool down.....Hardly worth mentioning, but hey....