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Nov 2014
2:43pm, 5 Nov 2014
2,927 posts
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clare1976
I have my first XC race, this is the first time our club has joined the local league 
I am not sure if I will be any good at it, but it's a bit of fun! I worked from home yesterday and went to practice at lunchtime and to christen my new shoes (not spikes!). But that now means I need to clean them before Saturday's race, doh!!
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Nov 2014
4:09pm, 5 Nov 2014
3,022 posts
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ndellar
First Birmingham League Fixture at Leamington, Ladies race first, then Men's an hour later with 3 divisions of chaps set off all at once - pretty much over 1000 runners, should be good! I will see if I can find a good photo to post from a previous year
Assume this the one you are doing Clare?
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Nov 2014
4:18pm, 5 Nov 2014
3,023 posts
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ndellar
Me pootling out of the ditch in the ladies race:
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Nov 2014
4:18pm, 5 Nov 2014
3,024 posts
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ndellar
Carnage after 3 laps of the mens race!
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Nov 2014
4:32pm, 5 Nov 2014
297 posts
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Funky Chicken
Welcome to XC Clare - after all the training you've put in lately, I reckon you'll be well up there.
ndellar - I think I've only run one XC to date where the ground was as thick with mud as that!
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Nov 2014
4:43pm, 5 Nov 2014
3,025 posts
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ndellar
To be fair it wasn't like that all the way round, I did a National at Alton Towers one year where it *was* like the 2nd photo underfoot the whole way!
Yes Clare, see you when you lap me
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Nov 2014
4:49pm, 5 Nov 2014
666 posts
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rhb
Leamington course is great fu, especially the crowd banter at the ditch. Rd 2: St Helens for me this weekend if train dash from work to there sees me arrive in time. Have fun everyone.
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Nov 2014
6:39pm, 5 Nov 2014
2,928 posts
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clare1976
Yes I think it's the Birmingham league we have joined Ndeller I went over there yesterday to have a muddy pootle around and that ditch is already pretty muddy and water logged! I minced around the edge :-o!
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Nov 2014
6:58pm, 5 Nov 2014
562 posts
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Reinhold Messner
I'm slightly relieved to be injured and not to have to run at Leamington... but enjoy it!
That Alton Towers Nationals was grim... (2011?). The senior men's race was shortened and delayed because of the time it had taken to remove all the juniors with broken ankles from the course.
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Nov 2014
7:02pm, 5 Nov 2014
2,406 posts
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Curly45
Ooo you lot wait for parliament hill in Feb tee hee its amazing
Enjoy the first XC Clare. I reckon on starting steady and working through the field is best with xc in general... But then the starts can be congested so sometimes it pays to ahead of the crush Enjoy the puddle all of you racing!
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