The XC thread

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chunkywizard Nov 2015 10:15am, 23 Nov 2015 1,468 posts	chunkywizard Mr K, so you like mud then? I was over 3 minutes quicker this year vs. last and 50 places higher!
ndellar Nov 2015 1:05pm, 23 Nov 2015 3,175 posts	ndellar AL read your blog, sounds sensible. I love my mudclaws, I've never felt lacking in grip even at Parliament Hill. 5 Mile XC champs was on Sat at Wolverhampton - very very cold, little bits of snow on the ground. All nemesis beaten, one girl went off like a loony glad I held my composure, reeled her in and passed
RedAlex76 Nov 2015 1:27pm, 23 Nov 2015 276 posts	RedAlex76 As with CW & Mr K was at Sandhurst TVXC meeting yesterday my first XC experience! Not going to lie was tough going far to many stop start moments for me. Definetely don't run enough on similar surfaces so will look to add that to next years running schedules so better prepped for XC season! Was surprised with my time considering all the walk breaks but managed a sub 50min time! Next up is Handy Cross or to take a screen name from a Fetchie ' Hills of Doom ' ! Not sure what to expect or how I will cope but will just add to all my exposure and hopefully help me improve generally over the next year!
edison Nov 2015 1:40pm, 23 Nov 2015 136 posts	edison Our club, which is still very much in its infancy, enjoyed its first real foray into XC on Saturday there by taking part in a relay event. It was the first time I'd worn spikes in 20-plus years and they were nowhere near long enough. Good fun, and we finished a respectable 8th out of 20 teams in the men, and 13th out of about 25 in the women.
chunkywizard Nov 2015 2:07pm, 23 Nov 2015 1,469 posts	chunkywizard Alex, at Handy Cross don't worry about walking the hills, they are brutal and quite a lot of people walk! Its about 250m of elevation according to Strava: strava.com You'll have earned the cake at the end!
Autumnleaves Nov 2015 2:18pm, 23 Nov 2015 7,361 posts	Autumnleaves Our Ladies' team (no thanks at all to me) have taken the lead in the League
RedAlex76 Nov 2015 2:12pm, 24 Nov 2015 280 posts	RedAlex76 Well Looks like the Sandhurst XC results are out (and the timing is out on a lot of them as well)
chunkywizard Nov 2015 2:42pm, 24 Nov 2015 1,470 posts	chunkywizard Hi Alex, timing on my entry seems fine on the results. If your is out just contact your TVXC rep at BFR and they will sort it
RedAlex76 Nov 2015 3:28pm, 24 Nov 2015 281 posts	RedAlex76 ha ha it seems the further down the results the worse the times seem to be out! by the sounds of things it happened last year as well my time is nearly 30 seconds out and another BFR members time is almost a minute out!
oi you Nov 2015 4:40pm, 24 Nov 2015 304 posts	oi you I see that the SEAA has said that they'll not be recording times over 90 minutes at the Southern Champs this year. Seems a shame really. It'll likely only affect a few runners, but I'll be one of them I don't doubt, and it won't save them a vast amount of effort. I shall inform them of my displeasure.