700 Miles in 2014

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lazydaisy Jan 2014 1:15pm, 13 Jan 2014 6,674 posts	Quote Pin lazydaisy Hope the knee is OK LN, and the builders build you a lovely bathroom to wallow in after your and . Did I say that we had a lengthy discussion about XC and why so few from our club do it, at our committee meeting? Personally I think XC has an aura of hard work and no fun about it which is probably very unfair. (I'm sure the hard work bit is right though!) Anyway we hope that by putting it on the race series list it will encourage more people to try it at the end of this season then they will be more likely to give it a go next season.
Little Nemo Jan 2014 1:19pm, 13 Jan 2014 3,726 posts	Quote Pin Little Nemo Cheers LD! The thing that puts me off XC is that you need different shoes for it and the whole issue of spikes. It seems a bit too much of a gamble if you then discover you hate it.
ReturnoftheJuddi Jan 2014 1:24pm, 13 Jan 2014 2,347 posts	Quote Pin ReturnoftheJuddi The thing that puts me off XC is that it looks like hard work!
LindsD Jan 2014 1:41pm, 13 Jan 2014 411 posts	Quote Pin LindsD And me. And the mess!
HONESTMACKEM Jan 2014 1:47pm, 13 Jan 2014 71 posts	Quote Pin HONESTMACKEM I ran years ago XC for my High School and loved it.... I would love to get back into it but I don't think you can if you are not part of a running club (which I am not).
CStar Jan 2014 1:51pm, 13 Jan 2014 2,610 posts	Quote Pin CStar LN you can get a cheap pair of XC shoes e.g. More Mile Cheviots for about £25. Never used spikes. Linds - The mess is most of the fun!
distracted by baubles Jan 2014 2:24pm, 13 Jan 2014 159 posts	Quote Pin distracted by baubles You don't fancy joining a club Honestmackem? I joined a small running group, part of the Jog Derbyshire initiative, similar to Run England. This entitled me to join the Derbyshire Dynamos, an affiliated running club and they enter local cross country leagues. The club run each week keeps me focused. Our group is small, 10-20 runners a week, all abilities ( but more on the slower side) don't think I would still be running without it.
distracted by baubles Jan 2014 2:27pm, 13 Jan 2014 160 posts	Quote Pin distracted by baubles Just entered the Sheffield Half on April 6th. Ran last year when it started and finished at the Don Valley stadium which was subsequently demolished. 8000 capacity, it was well organised last year. So I have 12 week's to get into a better shape!
lazydaisy Jan 2014 3:03pm, 13 Jan 2014 6,676 posts	Quote Pin lazydaisy Good luck with your training DbB. HonestM, if you can find a friendly club near you I really would recommend joining it. I have done much much more running had loads more fun from running, than I would have done if I wasn't a member. That said, the key word is friendly - some on Fetch have not always had happy experiences.
Meglet Jan 2014 4:00pm, 13 Jan 2014 13,593 posts	Quote Pin Meglet You don't always need spikes for XC, decent trail shoes should do. In fact the ones I do often have a bit of hard surface and state 'no spikes' Hellrunner has cured any trepidation I might have had about XC and mud! Skipping club tonight to rest foot. Have booked a phys appt for Thursday.

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Welcome to the 700 miles in 2014 thread. Here is the groups link: http://www.fetcheveryone.com/groups-view.php?id=1147

All you have to do is run about 1.92 miles per day or 13.46 miles per week or 58.33 miles per month and take a picture when you get to 700 miles of either you or the spot you reached the target or both if you want to. And if you go under or over 700 miles nobody will mind.

The 700 miles league table is here: http://www.fetcheveryone.com/training-mileagetargets-filtered.php?category=RUN&mileage=700

The 700 miles achievements to date are here: http://www.fetcheveryone.com/article-view.php?id=516

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