Monday, December 07, 2009

Oxon XC Round 2 - Culham

Much better weather than for Round 1 so we were able to leave the tent at home! Despite heavy overnight showers the morning of the race itself was bright and sunny, although there was a bit too much wind (and mud) for ideal running conditions.

So much mud

[Mud, glorious mud!]

The course had been tamed a bit compared to previous years so there were only 4 hills for the women and 6 for the men and although the heavy ground made for heavy going everyone enojoyed the race.

Women's race

60 Liz Thompson OUP S 35.48
69 Lizzie Schechter OUP 36.22 (tbc*)

I'll post the women's team standing once Lizzie's 69th place has been confirmed.

Liz lap 1

Lizzie lap 1

Liz lap 2

[Whilst a sprint finish is obviously a good thing it does make it hard to get a decent photo!]

Lizzie lap 2

Men's race

63 Ben Weller OUP S 39.02
153 James Gray OUP S 45.51
196 Matthew Spooner OUP S 51.15

Division 3

14 Oxf Univ Press 1300 | 63 153 196 222 222 222 222

Matthew on lap 2

James on lap 2

Ben on lap 2

Full results are online here.

Muddy spikes

James, Liz, Matthew, Ben, and Lizzie

[See, we're all still smiling. It must have been fun!]

A big thank you to everyone who turned out to run and to John for driving and taking the photos!

* due to a slight kerfuffle over numbers.