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The XC thread

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Nov 2008
7:44pm, 2 Nov 2008
23,072 posts
Gobi
Hey Berni I must have raced you at Farley Mount but I will not be at Goodwood this weekend

run well
Nov 2008
8:01pm, 2 Nov 2008
5,871 posts
chrisity
our club is in 3 leagues this year, so 14 free races to enjoy.

mud, mud, glorious mud.......
Nov 2008
8:07pm, 2 Nov 2008
41,850 posts
Hanneke
3 leagues? :-)

I am changing road clubs at the moment, so am not allowed to x-country :-( mind you, I have busted my ankle, fell running... :-(
Nov 2008
8:10pm, 2 Nov 2008
23,078 posts
Gobi
nice one

I joined 2 clubs so I get enough XC
Nov 2008
8:11pm, 2 Nov 2008
6,730 posts
bigmunnki
I am looking to joining a tri club at the moment, and one of the reasons that I have chosen the one that I have is that they run in a different XC league from my road club and so I shall be able to race more! :)

Why are you changing clubs Hann?
Nov 2008
8:16pm, 2 Nov 2008
1,761 posts
HappyG(rrr)
Enjoyed the Lasswade Open X Country today. Incredibly wet and muddy underfoot. Think my time might be slightly slowerthan last year (when I was hoping for 1-2 mins faster) but I think that wading through mud must have slowed things down a bit.

In fact, can you even compare times in XCountry when conditions, hills etc. vary so much from race to race?
Nov 2008
8:18pm, 2 Nov 2008
6,731 posts
bigmunnki
I ran two minutes slower on a course that I had run before today and I am sure that I ran better than last time. It was just that conditions were so much worse.
Nov 2008
8:22pm, 2 Nov 2008
1,763 posts
HappyG(rrr)
thanks bigmunnki. i'll have to assume that was the case! I'm sure I'm quicker now than I was a year ago. lovely run tho. brilliant course, beautiful day and a great event. just my time was a bit grrr!

and what's the scoop with distances at xc? 10K = anywhere from 4.8 miles to 6.3 (today's garmin reading).
Nov 2008
8:23pm, 2 Nov 2008
23,081 posts
Gobi
Happy

No way to compare really, today I finished higher than I did at the same race last year but was 12 seconds slower when I know I am a lot faster
Nov 2008
8:25pm, 2 Nov 2008
6,732 posts
bigmunnki
In our league it seems to be three laps of whichever park we are in, which they always call 10k.

Which would suggest that all parks must be the same size!!

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