Idler - I'm in Manor Park - Town Park is right on the limit of my lunchtime range, but I do sometimes edge into it - mostly I'm to be found around Norton Priory/canal/Windmill Hill/Keckwick Brook/Daresbury Firs etc and on clear days I sometimes make the effort to get up to Halton Castle for the mind-boggling view
Sinatra/Average Punter - thanks for that info on the NW XC League - on the WRR website it says:
"Guest runners are allowed to take part but cannot score and are requested not to take a finisher’s ticket and should make themselves known to the host club"
does this mean any old joe-bod (such as myself) could just turn up and take part - or do guests have to be "pre-approved" in some way?
I think you can be invited to run by one of the running clubs.
not actually sure i'll be in the country for the cross country season but my cal has the following XC races (L&D is Liverpool & District)
Sunday 26th October 11.00am XC Race 1 Clarke Gardens, Penny Lane
Saturday 8th November 3.00pm L&D XC Race 1, Beacon Park, Skem
Sunday 23rd November 11.00am XC Race 2 Beacon Park, Skem
Saturday 29th November Check L&D XC Race 2, Sefton Pk UK Cross Challenge
Sunday 7th December 11.30am XC Race 3, Arrowe Park Park
Saturday 13th December 3.00pm L&D XC Race 3, Arrowe Park tbc
Saturday 10th January Check Cheshire & Merseyside XC Champs
Sunday 11th January 11.00am XC Race 4 Runcorn Town Park
Saturday 24th January Check Northern XC Champs, Sherdley Pk St Helens
Sunday 1st February 11.00am XC Race 5,Walton Park
Sunday 8th February 11.00am L&D Championship, tbc
Saturday 21st February Check English XC Champs, Parliament Hill, London
Sunday 1st March 11.00am XC Race 6, Birchwood Forest Park
Saturday 7th March Check Inter-Counties XC Champs, Woolaton, Notts
(if anyone wants my full race listings just email me, will include border leagues, road races and fells and multi-terrains)
Daz - I can confirm there is a race in Town Park. Someone knocked the thermostat up and turned all that lovely frost into claggy mud. And what was the point of that 45deg slope near the end of the lap? I mean, it was just followed by a descent. Downright dangerous I thought...
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Seems like it,
http://www.midlancs.org.uk/
Click on "Cross Country" > "Rules etc..."