Hop 'n' Hurl cyclocross

Hardcore Bike hosted the Hop 'n' Hurl cyclocross race on Sunday. The course was quite a bit different than most 'cross courses with lots of pavement stretches and some single-track. There were a few corners with roots which I just couldn't get right. Still, it was a challenging course and it was good to be out racing.

I covered 10.3 km in 40:27 with one fall. I averaged 15.3 km/h with a maximum speed of 28.9 km/h. My heart rate averaged 162 bpm with a maximum of 177 bpm so I probably could have pushed a little harder throughout the race. I put in four consistent laps of about 6:40 but my lap times fell off at the end to 6:50 and 7:03 though my average heart rate was consistent over all of the laps.