Florida Endurance series #5 – Hammer Head – Landbridge Trailhead – Ocala, Fl
Was a wee bit chilly for the start of the 17th annual Hammer Head with temperatures in the 40’s but warming up nicely into the upper 70’s by midday. The trail was 26 miles this year (a little longer than normal) which included a newly built OMBA (Ocala mountain bike association) trail (Infinity) that added even more nice flow to the route, many thanks to the club for the hard work!
Now to the racing action, in the sprint twenty six mile open class it was Adrian Karras taking the win and Brooke Foster winning the women’s sprint class. In the marathon open class Jacob Zimmerman claimed the fifty two mile open category with a 15.8 mph average while Annelly Oviedo claimed the women’s top spot. This event offers a seventy five mile (actually 78 mile) option called the Ultra Marathon class and Bob McCarty came home the men’s winner with a 5:05:31 total time and Dawn Decaminada took the top women’s prize in the Ultra.
Next round of the FLE series is the Hammock Hauler at the San Felasco trails in Alachua on April 19th (a Saturday by the way).
