Any appetite for a simple "Fantasy Euro Cross" contest on 9 December?

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Only 3 players so a bit like the distance events at this years NACAC Championships, everyone was guaranteed a medal!

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No individual medals for GB for the first time in how long? (I'm sure someone on Twitter will save me the job of checking.)

Amelia Quirk...

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Startlists at http://www.european-athletics.org/co...dules-results/
At this moment in time...

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Had to make some tough omissions but here goes with Team LuckySpikes ...

Women:
Charlotte Arter (GBR)
Elena Burkard (GER)...

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Live streams for 8th, 9th & 13th December:

The Zatopek:10 is usually streamed live on YouTube so I'm expecting to be able to fill in...

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Thanks, MBChristie.

Yes, the contest will go ahead since it's so easy to set up even just for a few.

The main rules are described...

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So, it's Kipchoge and a surprise winner, Caterine Ibarguen.

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Bump!

(Thanks, Frankie).

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What, you didn't hear the netball commentators screaming and shouting all the way from the Gold Coast? It was Matt Baker style times two.

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Yes, agreed. It will be interesting to see where a full year or two of marathon training can take her. 30s per mile might be pushing it though. That would...

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Nice marathon debut for Steph Twell in Valencia - 2:30:12. Top European however was Ana Dulce Felix, 2:25:22, in her best run since her European 10,000m...

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Live streams for Sat 1st & Sun 2nd December:

Also the IAAF Awards Gala on Tuesday 4th - details to be added when known.

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Frankie,
Don't know what's happened to Rhona Auckland. As far as I'm aware she hasn't retired but she hasn't raced for 2.5 years. I did see video...

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The British team has been announced for the European Cross Country Championships on 9th December - https://www.britishathletics.org.uk/...am-in-tilbu...

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Shame. I like a good rant!

I think you're right to wonder about the effects on meetings like the Morton Games & Cork City Sports and...

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The European Cross Country Championships are on Sunday 9th December in Tilburg, Netherlands.

Here's how I propose Fantasy Euro Cross would...

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What does Paula think about the decrease in the number of Women's 5000m races in the Diamond League? In 2018 there were just 3, in 2017 four but in both...

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Live streams for Sat 24th & Sun 25th November:

Decent fields for the Canadian Cross Country Championships, especially in the women's,...

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Pablo Ortiz from the IAAF started this thread on LetsRun - http://www.letsrun.com/forum/flat_re...thread=9118653
It starts off talking about...

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I think you're right, Larkim. In the past Kipchoge has shown no interest in the marathon at World Championships so the gold medal could be very much up...