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TriSport Fetch: The smell of 220

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TRO Saracen Nov 2019 1:44pm, 3 Nov 2019 19,917 posts	Quote Pin TRO Saracen Cross Country. I died of terminal shiteness. It’s a horrible way to go.
stewartC Nov 2019 5:40pm, 3 Nov 2019 285 posts	Quote Pin stewartC The tri club are entering a team for the cross country league I fancy giving it a go, I hear it is good for building running strength.
LazyDaisy Nov 2019 5:54pm, 3 Nov 2019 28,203 posts	Quote Pin LazyDaisy If you like turning your shoes into representations of wattle-and-daub cottages give XC a go. I did the county series one year. Race 1: lulled into false sense of security as the race took place on Adam-off-of-Countryfile's farm, and mud was not much in evidence that high on the Cotswolds. The final race took place in fields outside Tewkesbury - the town that floods at the slightest drop of rain - and thanks to the mud and straw accrued I was a good stone heavier at the end than I was at the start. I should have realised, when old hands warned me either to wear no socks, or socks I didn't mind binning at the end of the race.
Raemond Nov 2019 6:22pm, 3 Nov 2019 3,654 posts	Quote Pin Raemond Evening mud loving heroes, IBR. New PRs over both one and two miles on that other place, though since I only started using it after the titanium reinforcement that's an encouragement but k not really an achievement.
GlennR Nov 2019 6:39pm, 3 Nov 2019 46,000 posts	Quote Pin GlennR Evening all. Did some of that running nonsense.
Gobi Nov 2019 6:43pm, 3 Nov 2019 68,013 posts	Quote Pin Gobi Xc - spikes - buff said Cx on a single speed - much pain - buff said
Gobi Nov 2019 6:43pm, 3 Nov 2019 68,014 posts	Quote Pin Gobi Ffs - nuff
TRO Saracen Nov 2019 6:46pm, 3 Nov 2019 19,918 posts	Quote Pin TRO Saracen Ours was an utter slog. Running round the edge of fields was the worst, on that narrow strip of sloping land that farmers leave between field and hedge. The sloppy, slidey mud trails were a relief after that and then we had a bit that went straight across a ploughed field which was worse than both..... A few lags were calling it ‘proper cross country’......
LazyDaisy Nov 2019 7:22pm, 3 Nov 2019 28,206 posts	Quote Pin LazyDaisy That sounds exactly like the race I was talking about, TRO. I suspect it's where the 'Tough Mudder' type folk got the idea.
Gobi Nov 2019 8:10pm, 3 Nov 2019 68,015 posts	Quote Pin Gobi CX is supposed to be mud puddles and spikes Supposed to be racing this Saturday myself - only been retired a decade or so :¬0

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