Does anybody fancy giving this XC race a go?

It's approx 10km in Sefton Park and is part of the L&D series, and also the British Athletics Cross Challenge.

It's a great event with unique atmosphere and always attracts a large and high quality field (it's the GB qualifier for the European XC Champs Squad and lots of club runners of all standards travel from around the UK to get involved too). All right on our doorstep!

We had a good turn out last year - be good to have even more Striders racing this year.

Andy - please count me in for this if you can sort the entries. Let me know if you need anything from me.

Anybody else interested?

Cheers.

Martin

I'm usually fine for this one.. running hopefully too ;D

Bring the family along, to actually see the fastest runners in the country battling each other...
Famously Paula Ratcliffe, Mo Farah and Andy Vernon all ran at Sefton park in the past.. cross country truly is the bee's knees!

Ciao
Simo

I'm in - always a top day!

Yes Martin, I'm on it. This looks like as good a place as any to drum up interest for this event.

If anybody is interested, pop your names here and I will get as much information as possible.

Cheers

Hi

Please can you include my name on the entries. If was fun last year in the mud!

Many thanks

Trevor

please put my name down .

I would also like to do it. I think I've finally got over being lapped twice.

The Senior Mens Race (9.8k at 2.00pm) incorporates the L&D fixture and my recollection is that our members (both men and women because L&D have joint races) get free or cheap entry. Alternatively our women could be entered in the Senior Womens race (8.1k at 1.15pm) where our womens teams would get a chance to race against other local, regional and national womens teams.

The British Athletics Cross Challenge

Count me in Andy

Can you out me down too please. Thanks

Can you put my name down thanks.

Enjoyed this last year, could you please put my name down again this year.

Thanks

Made it to Mansfield, so i am sure i can find Sefton Park. i am in ,thanks.

What's the start time?

Thanks Hazel

Women @1315
Men @1405

Races Timetable

Put my name down please, thanks.

Would like to have a go at this one please. Thanks.

Count me in please
Thanks

Hi there,

Could you put my name down for this please?

Thanks

Mal

Put me down too please!

Can I enter too please. Thanks.

Sign me up, please!

Louise Warn
Lauren Wilson

Please count me in.

Count me in!! :D

Add me pls Andy

I'm in :)

Hi Can you stick Andy Hodson down for the XC in Sefton Park please? Thanks :-) x

Entry form now submitted for this race -

Martin Swensson
Nigel Grant
Trevor Astell
Tommy Burke
Lawrence Eccles
Simone Caponi
Phil Macklin
Andy Biddle
Ian Russell
Graham Douglas
Michael Deveraux
Michael O'Rourke
Stephen Dipple
Thomas Rimmer
Malachy Gordon
John Jensen
Phil Riding
Colin Dobbs
James Roberts
Michael Sharkey
Tony Green
Andy Hodson
Lee Warburton

Helen Osborne
Bailey Ewel
Louise Warn
Lauren Wilson
Samantha McNally
Charlotte Rawcliffe
Holly Johnston
Sarah Jackson

Joe McGlynn

Apologies, I just put Joe and assumed you would pick me up from my eMail address.

Entirely my fault!

British Cross Challenge/L&D race tomorrow at Sefton Park.

Women's race - 1.15pm
Men's race - 2.05pm

I'll be collecting numbers at about 12, then the numbers can be collected from myself and Colin prior to the race. We will have our tent and sail flags up on the field so please arrive promptly to get numbers, etc.

More details including the course map and the starting list can be found here - http://www.britishathletics.org.uk/competitions/the-british-athletics-cross-challenge/ (check out the competition! 😉)

Forecast is looking cold and hopefully the races before the senior races will churn the course up nicely for us, bringing together all the elements necessary for a class cross country race!