cross country in the snow

Had a reallu good cross country run in the snow yesterday, around Shipley park.  To be honest cross country races can be a bit boring, they have the potential to be fun muddy affairs, but all to often the routes are fairly dull.  Yesterdays though, was great - up and down hill, and then up and down again, and then again through sections that were so steep and so muddy that you had no choice but to walk up, and then good steep down hills where you lose control of your legs and just hope for the best, 2 laps, and then a down hill all the way to the finish line, and so tired at the end, that I even considered being a snow angel.  The weather yesterday was great, beautiful and snowy, and yet lovely and warm, with the winter sun. 

It's not often I'll rave about races, especially cross countrys, but this course set out by Heanor RC was a corker!