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chrisity Nov 2008 6:13am, 22 Nov 2008 5,941 posts	Quote Pin chrisity nope, doing holme pierrepont on sunday in the alleged snow.
Beejay Nov 2008 6:34am, 22 Nov 2008 1,210 posts	Quote Pin Beejay Im doing Holme Pierrepoint too
chrisity Nov 2008 2:37pm, 22 Nov 2008 5,945 posts	Quote Pin chrisity i'm probably not now Beejay, slight hamstring pull this morning - a bit cold on the old muscles. may drop down to watch though.
tom_craggs Nov 2008 9:56pm, 22 Nov 2008 134 posts	Quote Pin tom_craggs London Championships today was a good race, if cold, at Parliament Hill. 10K with plenty of little testing hilly sections and pretty wet underfoot in places. Happy with 39:01 as I felt I was in control and had plenty left at the end. I am using these XC races to build some strength and form for the new year so I am wrokign hard to concentrate on running with some control.
mxhornet Nov 2008 10:01pm, 22 Nov 2008 16,445 posts	Quote Pin mxhornet Blog from 4th placer here. adrianmarriott.blogspot.com
Nov 2008 7:19pm, 23 Nov 2008 370 posts	Quote Pin Yeah - London x-country was good! First time for me on Parliament Hill, so I enjoyed my run out. Very short 6k for us gals!! Not that i was complaining at the end tho. Apparently the driest they've had for ages on the course (leaving aside the boggy bottom bit) - so short spikes were definitely the way to go.
Hills of Death (HOD) Nov 2008 7:19pm, 23 Nov 2008 9,260 posts	Quote Pin Hills of Death (HOD) Hi Wiz long time no speak hows it going ?
mxhornet Nov 2008 7:21pm, 23 Nov 2008 16,475 posts	Quote Pin mxhornet Short spikes at Parliament Hill !!
Nov 2008 9:03pm, 23 Nov 2008 371 posts	Quote Pin Yup MXH! Short! If it wasn't for the obligatory swap down at the bottom by the bathing ponds, I'd have been reaching for the Inov-8s. And HOD - thanks, things are good. Took a few weeks off completely after the Chicago debacle - so just coming back to training now. Plan is to do pretty much every x-c in sight for the next month or so to build strength, then back on the gas again for London.
mxhornet Nov 2008 9:05pm, 23 Nov 2008 16,506 posts	Quote Pin mxhornet I've never run there when it's been anything but a mudbath, usually it doesn't matter what length you have in as it is so deep.