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One of the minor disapointments of running the championship races, is that you don't get to see what's going on at the front end. It's a shame the ICs and Nationals aren't televised, even a red-button jobbie.
Mark Hookway's (Tonbridge coach) videos on Youtube are OK to get an overview of what went on, if you have the time to spool through a bit.
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Yes they really should be on tv.
It's a bit of a sad commentary on the sporting priorities of this country... you can dress up like an absolute muppet and walk the London Marathon in 7 hours, and you're virtually guaranteed tv coverage. But win the Nationals or Inter-Counties, and outside of Athletics Weekly you're unlikely to get even a column inch in a newspaper.
We have a few guys running in the Warwickshire team, which does look reasonably strong this year (although merely being "strong" is par for the course at that level!)
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A glance through the start lists and there's some top fell names gracing the race tomorrow.
My mum enquired yesterday why I wasn't running the inter-counties... :D
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Good racing today at Loughborough. I think the winner was that guy Mohammed from Southampton AC.
I believe the top three counties were...
1 North East
2 Yorkshire
3 Hampshire
... But I stand to be corrected.
Plenty of fellrunning names on the start list but I only recognised Jez Brown running well for North Wales.
Standard appeared to be fantastic as you would expect.
My county inexplicably managed to not field a full team. Despite a county champs earlier this year with a couple of hundred people, and 15 names on the start list, only managed to field 5 people. I'll not be critical at all (especially as I'm trying to organise a county team for the Fells!), and I know four or five of the fastest guys were tempted to go and run a road race somewhere for money, but seems a massive shame...
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Selected top 100 finishers:
1 Mahamed Mahamed 4207 Hampshire 00:37:21
2 Adam Hickey 4162 Essex 00:37:36
3 Tom Evans (Mountain/ultra runner) 4528 Sussex 00:38:15
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13 Daniel Haworth 4116 Derbyshire(Matlock) 00:39:50
35 Thomas Adams 4585 Yorkshire(Ilkley) 00:40:52
44 Joseph Dugdale 4105 Cumbria(CFR) 00:41:12
46 Billy Cartwright 4115 Derbyshire(Matlock) 00:41:13
56 Joe Baxter 4586 Yorkshire(P&B) 00:41:41
80 Nathan Lawson 4281 Leicestershire and Rutland (Dark Peak) 00:42:15
88 John Battrick 4098 Cumbria(Keswick) 00:42:26
92 Harry Holmes 4117 Derbyshire(Matlock) 00:42:29
1 Charlotte Dannatt 1280 Surrey 00:43:01
2 Jessica Gibbon 1188 Oxfordshire 00:43:07
3 Phillipa Williams (GB Mountain running team) 1135 North East 00:43:13
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16 Caroline Lambert 1362 Yorkshire (Ribble Valley) 00:45:47
18 Megan Carter-Davies 1324 West Wales (GB orienteer) 00:46:17
20 Georgia Malir 1364 Yorkshire 00:46:32
44 Alice Leake 1363 Yorkshire (GB orienteer) 00:48:04
47 Nichola Jackson 1044 Lancashire(Ribble Valley) 00:48:13
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Phillipa Williams is definitely one to watch!
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Anyone doing the Masters XC at Corwen tomorrow?
We have a few guys and girls heading over in various categories.
Not for me though, i'll be just down the road at Aran...
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Something to look forward to.... National Cross Country next year at Parliament Hill... fantastic venue... March 6th 2021.