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David Griffiths Nov 27th, 2008 - 8:22 PM	Liverpool Cross Challenge Best of luck to the 3 Manx competitors who are competing in the Liverpool Cross Challenge event at Sefton Park this Saturday. This is Round 2 of the UK Cross Challenge series and is the trial event for the European Championships. Keith Gerrard ran magnificently in Round 1 at Gateshead two weeks ago, finishing in 6th place and beating some really high-class athletes who have generally had the better of him in recent years. He was actually holding onto a clear 3rd place behind the two foreign athletes in the closing stages before being passed by 3 of his British rivals in the sprint to the line. He is looking for a similar or even better performance on Saturday over the 9.8k course to ensure his selection for the GB team for the European Cross Country Championships in Brussels on 14th December. Keith has taken his performances onto another level this year, both on the track and now over the country – long may his great run of form continue! Gemma Astin competes in the 4.4k Under 17 Ladies Race, her first competitive outing since the Commonwealth Youth Games in India 6 weeks ago. (Incidentally, thank God it was 6 weeks ago that the team travelled home from Mumbai, and not now). Gemma took a short break from training after the Games, and will be using this race to get back up to speed in preparation for the bigger events to follow later in the season. Due to her CYG trip and date clashes with the major UK cross country events, it is unlikely that we will see Gemma competing in any of the Manx cross country events this winter which is a real shame. Gemma’s youngest sister Katie will be competing in the Under 11 race over 1.9k, which will be great experience before the Lancashire Cross Country Championships in January. She has been running extremely well this winter and I’m sure she will do well on Saturday. But spare a thought for Gemma and Katie’s sister Sarah, whose injury nightmare continues. Let’s hope she gets her knee problem sorted out and is able to get back to running soon. The cross country scene is not the same without her! Full event details are here

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Nov 27th, 2008 - 8:22 PM

Liverpool Cross Challenge

Best of luck to the 3 Manx competitors who are competing in the Liverpool Cross Challenge event at Sefton Park this Saturday. This is Round 2 of the UK Cross Challenge series and is the trial event for the European Championships.

Keith Gerrard ran magnificently in Round 1 at Gateshead two weeks ago, finishing in 6th place and beating some really high-class athletes who have generally had the better of him in recent years. He was actually holding onto a clear 3rd place behind the two foreign athletes in the closing stages before being passed by 3 of his British rivals in the sprint to the line. He is looking for a similar or even better performance on Saturday over the 9.8k course to ensure his selection for the GB team for the European Cross Country Championships in Brussels on 14th December. Keith has taken his performances onto another level this year, both on the track and now over the country – long may his great run of form continue!

Gemma Astin competes in the 4.4k Under 17 Ladies Race, her first competitive outing since the Commonwealth Youth Games in India 6 weeks ago. (Incidentally, thank God it was 6 weeks ago that the team travelled home from Mumbai, and not now). Gemma took a short break from training after the Games, and will be using this race to get back up to speed in preparation for the bigger events to follow later in the season. Due to her CYG trip and date clashes with the major UK cross country events, it is unlikely that we will see Gemma competing in any of the Manx cross country events this winter which is a real shame.

Gemma’s youngest sister Katie will be competing in the Under 11 race over 1.9k, which will be great experience before the Lancashire Cross Country Championships in January. She has been running extremely well this winter and I’m sure she will do well on Saturday. But spare a thought for Gemma and Katie’s sister Sarah, whose injury nightmare continues. Let’s hope she gets her knee problem sorted out and is able to get back to running soon. The cross country scene is not the same without her!

Full event details are here

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