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Jan 2013
11:49am, 6 Jan 2013
1,226 posts
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Lisa T
Lots of practice, the right shoes & a bit of luck! 
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Jan 2013
11:50am, 6 Jan 2013
1,085 posts
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Willymo
Lean forwards and close your eyes Rich.
*One of the above may not be true
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Jan 2013
2:55pm, 6 Jan 2013
32,375 posts
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mxhornet
As I'd expected another DNS in the Norfolk champs today. So bringing to an end (almost certainly) my most disappointing cross country season ever.
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Jan 2013
3:04pm, 6 Jan 2013
17,827 posts
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SPR
Bad luck Hornet.
I like downhills.
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Jan 2013
4:39pm, 6 Jan 2013
2,269 posts
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Garfield
I too like downhills! Just let the legs relax and speed you down the hill instead braking to stop you, and think of a controlled fall.
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Jan 2013
4:58pm, 6 Jan 2013
147 posts
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Callum Bampton
Hammered down the hills today! One of the best xc races I've ever done...
Worked my way into the race; I was concentrating on the U15's in my race but there were also U17's to keep with too. With 3k to go, I thought I would surge to the front as I thought the pace was slacking and then we hit constant mud. It was proper cross-county before reaching a sharp incline. Rolled up that and chucked myself down the hill before a flat, ultimate mile.
Had a good 15 second lead over everyone - was perplexed as to where everyone was... felt very fluent and light today as I completed the muddy 5.1k course in 17:30.
Some good area standard runners from both age groups today and first ever under 15 to win the joint race outright so all in all very pleased.
I don't really know what happened yesterday - but maybe I just like the flat... next race Wiltshire schools before Southerns!
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Jan 2013
5:04pm, 6 Jan 2013
63 posts
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Carlos Fandango Jnr
What running did you do on Friday Callum?
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Jan 2013
5:24pm, 6 Jan 2013
148 posts
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Callum Bampton
Rest.
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Jan 2013
5:24pm, 6 Jan 2013
149 posts
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Callum Bampton
Rest.
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Jan 2013
5:27pm, 6 Jan 2013
825 posts
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MudMeanderer
Well run CB.
Around here, you pretty much have to learn to descend well. There are quite a lot of experienced fell runners who drop like stones and you'll go backwards very quickly if you can't at least vaguely follow. Leaning forward and turning your feet over very quickly helps, but it's largely about being able to switch your brain off and having the confidence to correct when you possibly go too far. Chasing a good descender down hill can help.
A small local handicap sitting aside of our main xc series, and based on one of the courses today. Lovely twisty slightly technical but fast course. Ran surprisingly well given my crap fitness at the moment. I do like handicaps, especially when you set off in groups of similar pace so have obvious people to push you from the start, and then the massing of everyone in the last half mile - it just keeps you pushing as the field never thins, you're generally quicker than those ahead but also permanently being hunted!
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