The XC thread

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sLickster Nov 2014 8:40pm, 5 Nov 2014 1,639 posts	sLickster I recall calling back in at Leamington (having been to Bushy parkrun to do my 100th run) to watch the Midlands XC champs this year. Needless to say I think it was worse spectating in the thunder and lightning than running in it! Shame I cannot make it this weekend (after going to Daventry parkrun)...as have a 3 yr olds birthday party to attend
Chrisity Nov 2014 10:58pm, 5 Nov 2014 14,104 posts	Chrisity nothing like a good bit of mud or water - this is from our XC for which i have the pleasure of setting the course. facebook.com
Chrisity Nov 2014 11:03pm, 5 Nov 2014 14,105 posts	Chrisity And this was my marshalling point at last year's national in Nottingham, i fished 6 shoes out of it between races. facebook.com
ChrisMc Nov 2014 11:43am, 6 Nov 2014 413 posts	ChrisMc Yeap Leamington for me too ! Mud bath time, and the weather report isnt too good. Rain tomorrow and some on Sat. It's going to be fun
sLickster Nov 2014 11:51am, 6 Nov 2014 1,640 posts	sLickster Ah, looking back at my video it doesn't seem that bad! (Press HD for better quality) facebook.com
SPR Nov 2014 8:43am, 7 Nov 2014 19,706 posts	SPR FC - surely if you have to crowbar your feet into your spikes, they're too small... As long as the weather is decent and my cold recedes further, I will watch at Leamington. I'm not racing as not going to risk my achilles on the hill, given it's taken since Jan to get better! My cold means I don't feel like racing anyway.
Funky Chicken Nov 2014 2:27pm, 7 Nov 2014 299 posts	Funky Chicken I had considered that SPR, but they're fine once they're on - it's more a case that I have to really loosen the laces before I can slide my foot inside, and the laces tend to stiffen up between races. I'll try fitting a new pair of laces and see if they fare any better. Failing that, I might need to go a size larger than my regular running shoes - has anyone found that's the norm?
Curly45 Nov 2014 2:34pm, 7 Nov 2014 2,407 posts	Curly45 I go larger. I find spikes narrow in general so I buy one bigger than my usual massive size
Reinhold Messner Nov 2014 3:20pm, 7 Nov 2014 564 posts	Reinhold Messner Strangely yes... I have some 2012 Adidas track spikes in size 9, but needed to get size 9.5 in Adidas's 2012 xc spikes. The new 2014 xc are okay in size 9 though - the upper is a bit more flexible than on the 2012 version.
Reinhold Messner Nov 2014 3:20pm, 7 Nov 2014 565 posts	Reinhold Messner That's the most boring thing I've ever written.