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oi you Feb 2015 9:17pm, 21 Feb 2015 270 posts	Quote Pin oi you Word choice in question again I thought it might be moist in places.
Pizza Boy Feb 2015 10:01pm, 21 Feb 2015 2,221 posts	Quote Pin Pizza Boy God that was horrendous. Managed a 44th in the junior men's. Happy with that considering I spent almost a week out ill
Curly45 Feb 2015 10:23pm, 21 Feb 2015 2,545 posts	Quote Pin Curly45 OMGawwwd toughest mud ever. Not even remotely fun. Lost a spike in the race and fell flat on my face. Still best finish in the nationals and largest field ever so okay, but I lost so many places after falling it was horrendous.
Marts Feb 2015 11:08pm, 21 Feb 2015 4,255 posts	Quote Pin Marts Really enjoyed Parliament Hill today. Muddy, but runnable (except when everyone suddenly stopped about 5 times in the 1st 1.5M). A real honour that our sport means we can take part in an event which was 1st run almost 150 years ago before Test Match Cricket, Rugby League and The Football League existed!
Autumnleaves Feb 2015 1:37pm, 22 Feb 2015 5,618 posts	Quote Pin Autumnleaves Our final league race was a total mudfest! A very hard 5 miles but I managed to sprint for the finish and overtake a Helsby runner - we made areal race of it, she threw up afterwards & I thought I might die for a few seconds. Daft really, couldn't make any difference in the scheme of things!!
Mave Mar 2015 2:34pm, 1 Mar 2015 1,925 posts	Quote Pin Mave Last XC of the season today. Was good fun, sunny and a good route partly along the tops of chalk cliffs by the seaside, partly across fields and through woods. Very varied, very undulating. The wind was insane though! Brought us to a standstill at some places! Took 2 runners with a sprint finish, so I'm pleased with that.
Autumnleaves Mar 2015 4:09pm, 1 Mar 2015 5,656 posts	Quote Pin Autumnleaves Nice one Mave
Curly45 Mar 2015 4:16pm, 1 Mar 2015 2,565 posts	Quote Pin Curly45 Well done Mave! Sounds lovely course, but very tough.conditions. I'm happy no more xc for us this year. Need a mud rest
Autumnleaves Mar 2015 5:47pm, 1 Mar 2015 5,661 posts	Quote Pin Autumnleaves I must admit I am glad to have packed my spikes away - but pleased to have run all 6 of the league races this year. I do feel I have benefitted from the training too.
Curly45 Mar 2015 5:54pm, 1 Mar 2015 2,566 posts	Quote Pin Curly45 AL six fixtures is massive. You will get great training benefit from that. Getting back on the road was such a relief this weekend. Got an xc next weekend buts inter club and dryish course that we often train on. No spikes needed which is good.