Quote Originally Posted by Llani Boy View Post
Just entered the Nationals. Never done them before and as they are relatively close this year thought I'd give it a go.

Looking at the start list it appears that Trav's Coventry Godiva have the biggest entry.
Yes we always take a load to the National, usually at least one coach and a fleet of cars.

Llani they are always special, the start of the men's senior race is something to behold, you can feel the ground rumble as everyone sets off.... but you need to get to Parliament Hill for a National, that is something else again, and i suspect it will be next year as it is the south's turn to host them next year.

We had a league race last weekend, again at the excellent Warley Woods in Smethwick... the course was set up to be a lot more hilly than at the county champs a few weeks back and it really suited me. I managed to beat a guy who has consistently caught and beat me in the last km all year, by about 40 seconds, and got a lot closer to some better runners.

We have managed to pull ourselves away from any faint relegation danger, into mid table of about 10th or 11th, after a very poor first fixture.

I was 9th counter so scored in our B team, although i scored the for Masters team, who are in 6th place.

It looks like we might see one of the perennial Division One teams relegated this year, with Rugby & Northampton needing a miracle to stay up (if they got all their superstars out for the final fixture they may be able to pull it off).

Most years you can put your money on the three promoted teams going straight back down as the division is so tough to break into.