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Dec 2008
9:08pm, 6 Dec 2008
6,039 posts
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chrisity
looking forward to my race tomorrow, in Bramcote Hills park which is geologically the end of the pennines. some nice little climbs in the woods, but nothing too strenuous i hope.
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Dec 2008
9:16pm, 6 Dec 2008
372 posts
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Conditions in Richmond Park were really good for the Dysart / Ellis - I wore spikes (to Gobi's philosophy.... if in doubt...) but really could have done with my Inov-8s. Fabulous day - stunning blue sky 
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Dec 2008
9:17pm, 6 Dec 2008
24,163 posts
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Gobi
Wiz
you made a wise choice
G
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Dec 2008
9:25pm, 6 Dec 2008
373 posts
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haha Gobi - your all seeing eyes miss nothing.... i can see have evaluated precisely the benefit (c. 300m patch of squdigy stuff plus some firmish grass) versus 100m of concrete and have adjudged accordingly!
Good race though - fantastic course, really stunning. if any x-c'ers get the chance of a league run out (it's out from Pembroke Lodge/Sidmouth Wood to the Ballet school and back), i'd definitely recommend it.
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Dec 2008
9:26pm, 6 Dec 2008
659 posts
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sLickster
I've only done one XC. It was hilly and mostly mud. Also tricky as the 'path' wasn't level, there was nearly always a sideways slope as demonstrated in this pic of Anna who was cruising along near the end.
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I think I was the only person in our team NOT to fall over. Most were wearing 12mm spikes, I had my X-Talons on for the first time. However, I think this may have had more to do with my balance
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Dec 2008
9:35pm, 6 Dec 2008
2,073 posts
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Tom Tom
That one looks like fun, Slickster:)
I'm going along for another tryout of my club's course tomorrow-am hoping that someone will invent a spray or something that will make shoes mud repellant! When I tried the course out the other week, we ran up the side of a ploughed field and my shoes had tripled in weight by the time I got to the top:( I much prefer the sloppier mud that you can just splosh through...
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Dec 2008
9:48pm, 6 Dec 2008
24,165 posts
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Gobi
Or you just went very carefully slickster
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Dec 2008
10:13pm, 6 Dec 2008
16,269 posts
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That looks very slippy indeed. My X-Talons and Mudclaws work very well in grass or firmish mud or a mixture of that but I wouldn't fancy trying to run in that stuff withot spikes. Hmmm, I must give this XC lark a try sometime
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Dec 2008
10:31pm, 6 Dec 2008
663 posts
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Muds
You'll all need to sharpen up your spikes for the National CC at Parliment Hill. No point in starting in anything less than 12mm spikes!! lol Course will be frozen solid this year!!
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Dec 2008
10:31pm, 6 Dec 2008
3,238 posts
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Rach E
Ian, Don't your club compete in the Booth Decorators XC league? I think there are three races remaining in the series
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