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SPR™
SPR™
Oct 2010
1:38pm, 8 Oct 2010
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lol. Tis a trail league ;-)

Best of both worlds, XC shoes with Spikes on standby with 12/15mm pin? ;-)
SPR™
SPR™
Oct 2010
1:39pm, 8 Oct 2010
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SPR™
Can't imagine crossing concrete paths with 15mm pins though :-o
Gobi
Gobi
Oct 2010
1:45pm, 8 Oct 2010
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Gobi
Done that and broke the spikes
Lexo
Lexo
Oct 2010
1:59pm, 8 Oct 2010
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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™
SPR™
Oct 2010
1:59pm, 8 Oct 2010
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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
chrisity
Oct 2010
2:24pm, 8 Oct 2010
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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
SODDING HILLS
Oct 2010
2:38pm, 8 Oct 2010
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SODDING HILLS
running a Leg of Norther X/C Relays in Sheffield tomorrow, looking forward to getting trampled to death
hammerite
hammerite
Oct 2010
2:53pm, 8 Oct 2010
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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
Gobi
Oct 2010
3:05pm, 8 Oct 2010
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Gobi
SPR - fine as some bent and some survived. NO PAIN though
chrisity
chrisity
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3:06pm, 8 Oct 2010
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chrisity
that must have disappointed you Gobi ;-)

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