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The XC thread

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SPR Sep 2015 9:37pm, 25 Sep 2015 20,946 posts	Quote Pin SPR I have New Balance and they are the same size as my road new balance.
Autumnleaves Sep 2015 10:00pm, 25 Sep 2015 6,977 posts	Quote Pin Autumnleaves I have New Balance - also same size as road shoes but much snugger - I was very glad I hadn't gone down a size!
clare1976 Sep 2015 10:03pm, 25 Sep 2015 3,247 posts	Quote Pin clare1976 Thanks. Sounds like they make them snugger to account for how you'd need them to fit.
ndellar Sep 2015 6:42pm, 26 Sep 2015 3,109 posts	Quote Pin ndellar Despite having run some decent parkrun times on off road parkruns recently, I'd forgotten how knackering even an simple XC course is coughs
Oranj Sep 2015 1:54pm, 27 Sep 2015 136 posts	Quote Pin Oranj Same for Adidas - my spikes are the same size as road shoes, but a much snugger fit. Still two weeks 'til our first xc league match
Curly45 Sep 2015 11:13am, 29 Sep 2015 2,858 posts	Quote Pin Curly45 I go a size up from road shoes because women's spikes are narrow in my experience. I prefer them to not bash my feet anymore than wearing them already does (we have lots of stone + mud courses in Surrey that are a spikes nightmare!)
Alun Oct 2015 1:35pm, 1 Oct 2015 145 posts	Quote Pin Alun You could always go sockless, I know a number of people who do because they get less slip between foot and shoe. I tried it once and ripped several large blisters on my toes, I guess I'm to old to try something new like that!
oi you Oct 2015 6:27pm, 11 Oct 2015 299 posts	Quote Pin oi you 1st race, yesterday, in the Kent League on a very flat, very dry new course. I finished 199th of 202. Not quite last place yet then. 17th of 18 M60s wasn't the best start to my defence of my M60 title
rhb Oct 2015 8:07pm, 11 Oct 2015 711 posts	Quote Pin rhb My first ever xc not in spikes. Found only one puddle on the course, which I bounced into gleefully each lap whilst others minced around avoiding it. Trainers were dry enough to wear on bike ride home. 2 mins quicker than last year but 140 places further back. Crazy.
Curly45 Oct 2015 9:48am, 12 Oct 2015 2,866 posts	Quote Pin Curly45 Surrey League for me on Saturday. Great team effort sees us in provisional 4th place (of 15 teams). Far too flat for me, but did wear spikes as a fully grass course. Southern XC Relays this Saturday. Only 3k. I may die Well done oi you and rhb on your outings.