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Nov 2016
9:06pm, 12 Nov 2016
3,341 posts
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ndellar
Thanks for the good wishes everyone. The ladies MWCCL results are out, but my facebook feed is suspiciously missing the usual comedy photos and videos from Leamington.
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Nov 2016
9:25pm, 12 Nov 2016
3,769 posts
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chunkywizard
First TVXC of the season tomorrow at Eton hosted by the Daychet Dashers. Looking forward to it.
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Nov 2016
10:12pm, 12 Nov 2016
810 posts
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rhb
Boggart Hole was v.wet and muddy. Perfect for xc!
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Nov 2016
12:43pm, 14 Nov 2016
32,857 posts
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Hills of Death (HOD)
Did my first Fell race yesterday great fun 
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Nov 2016
12:44pm, 14 Nov 2016
3,792 posts
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clare1976
I supported at Leamington xc and yes they did miss out the ditch. I was told it was due to there not being enough water to create the ditch properly (they dam it the day before usually), so I guess the residual sludge was even more toxic than usual and so for h&s reasons they has to divert. It still had some mud plus the killer beacon twice for ladies, 3 times for the men. We stood up on the beacon rather than by the ditch, to yell out encouragement/ abuse / random phrases as they slogged up it!!
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Nov 2016
12:49pm, 14 Nov 2016
9,722 posts
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Autumnleaves
I didn't particularly enjoy my race yesterday - it was even muddier than the last time (which I was informed was exceptional!) - I felt quite weighed down by the mud on my shoes by the end!
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Nov 2016
1:03pm, 14 Nov 2016
811 posts
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rhb
I've 16 nasty fly bites on my legs from Boggart Hole xc. Milder temp probably had them out feeding. Lots of other runners reporting the same.
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Nov 2016
1:17pm, 14 Nov 2016
3,342 posts
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ndellar
I've had some horrible bites after XC races in November, blamed standing spectating around stagnating water (namely that ditch at Leamington). I feel your pain!
How far do you go with H&S at an XC... it's XC. The reason we don't go through that lovely little wooded footpath towards the ditch any more is because some guy broke his leg there on a tree root, which he could have probably done stepping on litter outside his house. I can understand if you're going to be sliding down a vertical drop like at Alton Towers a few years ago.
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Nov 2016
1:42pm, 14 Nov 2016
23,024 posts
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SPR
Ndellar the risk of breaking your leg on a tree root you can't see because of 100s of runners is a lot higher than stepping out for a run at home! I imagine that's why it has come out as it was high risk.
A toxic ditch that could cause issues for the health of runners (presuming this is why it came out) isn't worth maintaining 'true XC'.
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Nov 2016
1:49pm, 14 Nov 2016
9,726 posts
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Autumnleaves
We (well a couple of us), were wondering if our League might need to look at changing how our races are held. At the moment we all (men & women) run the same course at the same time, but the numbers running have nearly doubled in the last 3 years. This is great of course - but some venues are struggling to cope - not least ours which is a 4 lap course.
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