Sunday morning saw me back at the university for the Oval 'Cross. It was supposed to be the same course as the previous night but snow and rain made the organizers shorten the course for the Sport race. During my warm-up, most of the hilly, twisty section was unrideable. They put that section back in for the Women's race right after mine and it seemed slightly better for them. There were many spots that I could easily ride the night before but had to try to walk in this race. On the steep descent that was so much fun the night before, I had to ski down on my shoes. A long, off-camber section by the tennis court fence was extremely slippery and I ran it on my second and third laps. In retrospect, I should have tried to ride it because running was really slow due to how slick things were. I also didn't attempt riding the sand pit, which I rode every time the previous evening, because it seemed tougher when wet and throwing the sand in the air really gunked up my bike the one time I rode a short section of it. My pedals were so full of mud and grass I wasn't able to clip in for most of my last three laps.
I ended up completing four laps in 39:26; longer than the night before despite the shortened course. I covered 8.5 km for an average speed of 12.9 km/h and a maximum speed of 31.4 km/h. I had an average heart rate of 164 bpm and a maximum of 177 bpm.
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