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XC Novice , intermediate , senior ?

  • 23-09-2009 8:42am
    #1
    Seres
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    hey there ,am 30 in november and interested in doing the XC races this year , have never gone in XC since i was 15 or so , what category can i compete in ? how do you know if you can go in novice/intermediate/senior ?
    Also is there only one XC event in the year that someone of my age can go in ?
    whats the distance for these races for females ?


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  • #2
    Racing Flat
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    Seres wrote: »
    hey there ,am 30 in november and interested in doing the XC races this year , have never gone in XC since i was 15 or so , what category can i compete in ? how do you know if you can go in novice/intermediate/senior ?
    Also is there only one XC event in the year that someone of my age can go in ?
    whats the distance for these races for females ?

    You can enter all. Novice 4k, Inter 4k, Senior 8k. Vets races start at over 35. Your best bet is probably to start with Novice, see how that goes and take it from there.


  • #3
    Peterx
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    I think from the 2nd January 2010 vets have to over 40 so only a few masters races left for the 35-39 yr old lads before I see them again!


  • #4
    Domer
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    Peterx wrote: »
    I think from the 2nd January 2010 vets have to over 40 .....

    Is this true? I had not heard this before. Recently I was involved in organising a race and did not have a 35-40 catagory for which we got an amount of flack here. So officially masters will start at 40 again from next year?


  • #5
    robinph
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    I thought it was normally over 40, but I did get an age group placing in some race earlier in the year, cannot remember which one though but it did surprise me a bit.


  • #6
    blanchdub
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    you'll find links and XC races in this thread
    http://wwww.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=62219492


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  • #7
    meathcountysec
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    Domer wrote: »
    Is this true? I had not heard this before. Recently I was involved in organising a race and did not have a 35-40 catagory for which we got an amount of flack here. So officially masters will start at 40 again from next year?

    Had heard the same but Masters World Indoors entry form for Canada next year has an M35 category, and no mention of change on website:confused:


  • #8
    dna_leri
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    meathcountysec wrote: »
    Had heard the same but Masters World Indoors entry form for Canada next year has an M35 category, and no mention of change on website:confused:

    Apparently there was an IAAF rule change in august this year to raise the minimum age for non-stadia masters events to 40 for men and women so this would effect events such as cross-country but not indoor events. I don't know the thinking behind the difference between stadia and non-stadia events.

    It seems this was done without consultation with the WMA (World Masters Athletics) so they will continue to offer events in M35 categories. See here for the WMA view of this: http://www.evaa.ch/files/iaaf_age_group_change_response_sept_09.pdf


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