The XC thread
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Nov 2008
6:13am, 22 Nov 2008
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chrisity
nope, doing holme pierrepont on sunday in the alleged snow.
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Nov 2008
6:34am, 22 Nov 2008
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Beejay
Im doing Holme Pierrepoint too 
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Nov 2008
2:37pm, 22 Nov 2008
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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.
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Nov 2008
9:56pm, 22 Nov 2008
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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.
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Nov 2008
10:01pm, 22 Nov 2008
16,445 posts
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mxhornet
Blog from 4th placer here. adrianmarriott.blogspot.com |
Nov 2008
7:19pm, 23 Nov 2008
370 posts
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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.
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Nov 2008
7:19pm, 23 Nov 2008
9,260 posts
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Hills of Death (HOD)
Hi Wiz long time no speak hows it going ?
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Nov 2008
7:21pm, 23 Nov 2008
16,475 posts
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mxhornet
Short spikes at Parliament Hill !!
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Nov 2008
9:03pm, 23 Nov 2008
371 posts
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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.
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Nov 2008
9:05pm, 23 Nov 2008
16,506 posts
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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.
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