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Jan 2017
12:17pm, 8 Jan 2017
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SPR
On champs races there are so many races before the seniors/masters races that it's always muddier than it would be at a league fixture.
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Jan 2017
12:52pm, 8 Jan 2017
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ndellar
It's always a pleasure to churn the course up for the Senior men.
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Jan 2017
1:36pm, 8 Jan 2017
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Autumnleaves
 I thought that too
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Jan 2017
1:44pm, 8 Jan 2017
23,362 posts
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SPR
Evil, lol. Although surely you suffer from the earlier age group races as well, the course was already a mess by the time I got there to see the women start.
I like undulating (as opposed to hilly) courses and mud of course improves the strengthening aspect of XC but in terms of competing with others firmer courses suit me better the slushy ones. We've done Cheltenham, Sandwell, and Leamington so far this year and Cheltenham course and conditions suited me the best.
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Jan 2017
2:02pm, 8 Jan 2017
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Autumnleaves
Yes ours was already quite churned up too - I really liked it, it was undulating - some nice long slow inclines and downs to match, muddy but not impossible. My legs are feeling it this morning though!
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Jan 2017
2:58pm, 8 Jan 2017
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ndellar
I'm the other way round, I can give people a run for their money and claim a shock victory(!) on a muddy boggy hilly XC who would beat me on some flat football pitch style courses and road.
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Jan 2017
3:07pm, 8 Jan 2017
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ndellar
This is a photo of one of my club mates at the infamous Alton Towers National a few years ago. Now *that* was muddy. I got lapped by Liz Yelling, my claim to fame.
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Jan 2017
3:15pm, 8 Jan 2017
23,363 posts
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SPR
Is that a river of mud, lol. Looks like footprint marks disappear straight away.
I hate football pitch type XC even if it might suit me (although I think varying effort of undulating courses suit me better).
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Jan 2017
3:21pm, 8 Jan 2017
23,364 posts
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SPR
We have Coundon Park Coventry next weekend which is football pitch XC but can get really muddy as it seems to be in a valley.
Will see how I feel this week before committing to doing it.
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Jan 2017
3:58pm, 8 Jan 2017
351 posts
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oi you
Ah! Alton Towers, what a day out that was. All that mud was lightly dusted with snow too.
Brands Hatch car park was the venue for yesterday's Kent champs. Not flat enough for football pitches but no real 'features' either.
I finished 5th from last but was 90 secs a mile quicker than last year, so not at all displeased.
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