Commute, Warm up, Cyclocross, Ride home

@run.vince.run just finished a 30.51km ride, that lasted for 147 minutes.
This ride helped run.vince.run burn 784.0 calories.

Description from Strava: Really great to have this so close to home. I've been wanting to do some mountain biking/Cyclocross for a while but always find an excuse to not do it.
This was really good fun. I technically did the cross country (XC) cause I used a mountain bike and not the Cyclocross (CX). I rode out to the course yesterday and it was great to check it out with about 80% of the course being on grass, with only a small amount o technical or rocky terrain on the course. It was actually perfect for a starter like me.
This doesn't mean there wasn't some good riders out there. I started as far back in the field that I could have just hoping to not make a complete fool of myself. We needed to do as many laps of the course as possible in one hour. And thankfully I made it through almost two laps before some of the front guys were lapping me. I was fine on the uphills, but struggled in the more technical sections, which I knew was going to happen.
I dropped my chain on the third lap which cost me a minute or two and didn't actually come last, which I went into the race being ok with. I haven't seen the results yet but it was a really good workout and my arms and hands are really sore. Three more races for the season, so I'll hopefully make some small improvements in the next few months.

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About the Athlete: I am an Aussie living in Auckland, New Zealand and I love swimming biking and running with my fiancé. I tell people "I wanna change the world, one run at a time".

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