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Ally-C Mar 2023 7:33pm, 13 Mar 2023 3,172 posts	Quote Pin Ally-C We had our final race of the season yesterday with (considering the recent rain and snow melt) pretty dry conditions underfoot. I ran much better on the second lap (though everything is relative ), which underlined for me the fact that I never warm up properly before racing! Next season I'm going to try to rectify this ... just got to get my head around the fact that I won't wear myself out by warming up well and that I'll feel the benefit during the race. We shall see I always panic about warm ups emptying my tank😀
paulcook Mar 2023 10:06pm, 13 Mar 2023 2,429 posts	Quote Pin paulcook French Cross Country looks tough! twitter.com
stilldreaming Mar 2023 8:48am, 14 Mar 2023 1,147 posts	Quote Pin stilldreaming paulcook Crikey!!
larkim Nov 2023 2:28pm, 26 Nov 2023 22,700 posts	Quote Pin larkim Does anyone know how residence Vs birth county affiliation works? Son lives up in the NE now and their XC champs are in a couple of weeks. His birth county is Cheshire and their XC champs are first weekend of the new year, so convenience wise he's got a chance to run either of them. He's only ever run in Cheshire champs before. If he ran NE champs I'd guess that would bar him from racing Cheshire in the same season, but can you switch each year as you fancy?
stuart little Nov 2023 4:49pm, 26 Nov 2023 2,472 posts	Quote Pin stuart little Larks, last I looked, yes you could switch.
SPR Nov 2023 5:13pm, 26 Nov 2023 43,325 posts	Quote Pin SPR Each year I'm pretty sure you can do although not checked myself. IIRC the resident rule is 9 months which fits with that. What I don't know is if you can run XC for one county, then switch to another county for track, then potentially back again.
larkim Nov 2023 5:26pm, 26 Nov 2023 22,701 posts	Quote Pin larkim Cheers, it's an interesting question of loyalties! Wonder if you could race xc champs for one county but get picked for the intercounties for another? I'd guess strongly not, but for some runners who want to represent their county travelling back for the champs might be quite an upheaval.
SPR Nov 2023 5:39pm, 26 Nov 2023 43,326 posts	Quote Pin SPR I'd have thought that was unlikely because the county champs are a selection race for the inter counties so I imagine that would kick up a fuss even if it was technically allowed.
larkim Nov 2023 2:37pm, 28 Nov 2023 22,722 posts	Quote Pin larkim Spreadsheet in progress comparing the distances for M/F across age ranges from U13 to seniors. Quite alarming that there are still Counties where U15 and U17 women are treated to shorter courses than the young men are. The senior level debate about equalisation is different, to a degree, but I'm pretty shocked any County sees fit to have a 500m shorter course for young women. docs.google.com Feel free to populate with your locality!
rhb Nov 2023 7:33pm, 28 Nov 2023 2,085 posts	Quote Pin rhb "The senior level debate about equalisation is different, to a degree" I'd be more inclined to agree with you there if the Women's Marathon was 22miles, and the Men's track 5km and 10k programme sat alongside similar 4km and 8km Womens events. There are many Women who prefer the shorter distance xc though, and tbh I'd be happier racing over short course given my preference for 5km's these days. If there was a way to run a short course / long course split instead of Sen Male / Sen Female split this might offer a solution but I doubt it could be workable.