Conditions Excellent for Today’s USA XC Champs
Posted February 16th, 2008 at 11:30 AM by David Monti
Section: News & Results, Cross Country
With a beautiful two kilometer loop course in Mission Bay Park bathed in Southern California sunshine, conditions are excellent for today’s USA Cross Country Championships, the selection trials for the IAAF World Cross Country Championships next month in Edinburgh, Scotland.
Athletes warming up on the course yesterday commented favorably on the smooth and soft grass surface, which resembles the manicured turf of a golf course.
The hills in the final second kilometer of the loop are gentle swails, not likely to slow down track runners like Shalane Flanagan. The only slowing factor may be the several sharp turns which frame the narrow, bay-side course.
The weather will also be ideal, with a slight morning chill giving way to a comfortably cool afternoon. Skies will be clear.
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PHOTO: USA Cross Country Championships course at Mission Bay Park in San Diego (Photo by David Monti).
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Tags: IAAF World Cross Country Championships, Mission Bay Park, race course, san diego, shalance flanagan, USA cross country championships
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February 17th, 2008 at 1:16 am