The XC thread

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SPR™ Oct 2010 1:38pm, 8 Oct 2010 12,219 posts	SPR™ lol. Tis a trail league Best of both worlds, XC shoes with Spikes on standby with 12/15mm pin?
SPR™ Oct 2010 1:39pm, 8 Oct 2010 12,220 posts	SPR™ Can't imagine crossing concrete paths with 15mm pins though
Gobi Oct 2010 1:45pm, 8 Oct 2010 38,106 posts	Gobi Done that and broke the spikes
Lexo Oct 2010 1:59pm, 8 Oct 2010 267 posts	Lexo When I first started doing XC all the guys I run with told me to go get a pair of spikes. but when I turned up for my first race in my New Kikenie Spikes they were all wearing Walshes/Inov8s ....!!!
SPR™ Oct 2010 1:59pm, 8 Oct 2010 12,222 posts	SPR™ lol, I just imagined a lot of pain, I guess breaking would save you from that though. How did you get on for the rest of the race?
chrisity Oct 2010 2:24pm, 8 Oct 2010 9,904 posts	chrisity i've run the course we do on Saturday in road shoes a couple of times - it's mown parkland with only a couple of fairly shallow hills.
SODDING HILLS Oct 2010 2:38pm, 8 Oct 2010 594 posts	SODDING HILLS running a Leg of Norther X/C Relays in Sheffield tomorrow, looking forward to getting trampled to death
hammerite Oct 2010 2:53pm, 8 Oct 2010 11,967 posts	hammerite I go the fell shoe route for most of the reasons Chris mentions, for me on the courses I've run spikes would only make a marginal difference if any at all - possibly because I'm not at the sharp end of races.
Gobi Oct 2010 3:05pm, 8 Oct 2010 38,110 posts	Gobi SPR - fine as some bent and some survived. NO PAIN though
chrisity Oct 2010 3:06pm, 8 Oct 2010 9,905 posts	chrisity that must have disappointed you Gobi