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Feb 2020
12:16pm, 21 Feb 2020
8,756 posts
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Son of a Pronator Man
I’m not doing the xc I was injured when the names had to go in. The course has been changed, maybe because of flooding ? We saw how wet it was for the Falkirk ultra and it’s hardly stopped raining since then.
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Feb 2020
12:22pm, 21 Feb 2020
8,757 posts
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Son of a Pronator Man
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Feb 2020
12:23pm, 21 Feb 2020
8,758 posts
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Son of a Pronator Man
That’s some stats about the weather in the Falkirk area so far this year
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Feb 2020
3:46pm, 21 Feb 2020
2,593 posts
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HappyTimes
With any luck that's it for the year (yeh wishful thinking I know)
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Feb 2020
4:30pm, 21 Feb 2020
34,252 posts
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HappyG(rrr)
I don't know that XC ever gets cancelled. I've never heard of it, in 12 or 13 years of doing them. Falkirk particularly being in a proper town park might be an exception because of the damage it could do. But they seem to have just accepted it will be a bit trashed after. It's nearly spring - it will recover quickly.
But tomorrow is going to be a proper mud bath!  G
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Feb 2020
5:28pm, 21 Feb 2020
1,702 posts
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Zorba
National should be cancelled right now. Comical that they are even considering going ahead in current conditions
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Feb 2020
7:06pm, 21 Feb 2020
8,759 posts
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Son of a Pronator Man
Can’t see it being cancelled. There’s nothing dangerous about mud and water. It will be super tough but these are the National Championships and the field consists of club runners and elite athletes. Everyone who’s entered knows what to expect It’s not a fun run.
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Feb 2020
7:17pm, 21 Feb 2020
34,253 posts
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HappyG(rrr)
Why Zorbs? No one will die. The park will be a mess. Grass will grow back. So...?
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Feb 2020
9:45pm, 21 Feb 2020
183 posts
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Whiskymurray
It's not the race itself, it's people travelling to the event safely, putting up gazebos in 50mph winds and standing on the course marshalling...
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Feb 2020
9:52pm, 21 Feb 2020
108 posts
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shyfire
I'd agree with that. Motorways in Falkirk and Stirling area M80/M876/M9 like rivers today - flooded badly with one or both lanes closed in places - not quite as bad as last Saturdays closures. Driving conditions treacherous and don't look they are going to get any better. 50mph winds + heavy snow forecast for Falkirk tomorrow morning according to BBC. Safe trip and good luck to anyone venturing out.
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