 Catriona Macdonald (second from left) and the Scotland medallists The British trials for the World Mountain and Trail Running Championships, to be held in the Pyrenees in September, took place in the Lakes over the weekend, with an uphill only race at Skiddaw on Friday night followed by an up and down race at Whinlatter Forest on the Sunday.
The Whinlatter Forest race took place over a two lap course and a total of some 14 kilometres, and included some 750 metres of climbing, and saw Morpeth’s Lawrence McCourt feature in a very competitive field. Won by Lothian Running Club’s Moray Pryde in a time of 57 minutes 11 seconds, just ahead of Jacob Adkin of Moorfoot (who had won Friday night’s race), McCourt finished in a fine 5th place in a time of 58:11. After a challenging workout in some sweaty weather, Lawrence faces an anxious wait to see if he makes the championships next month as a reserve. Running in the same race, Catriona Macdonald also had a great run and finished in 7th place in 1:12:52, and was first counter for a Scotland team who took a team Silver behind hosts England. Aldershot’s Nancy Scott took the women’s title in 69:07 with Black Coombe’s Katherine Maltby 2nd in 70:38. Cat’s performance was all the more remarkable in that she had previously also taken part in Friday night’s uphill race, finishing 9th and 4th runner for Scotland in a time of 51:27, with fellow Scot Kirsty Dickson recording the fastest female time of 45:49. On a great weekend for Scottish vests, their Men taking the team Gold on Sunday, the race was won by over a minute by Jacob Adkin in 37:44. Comments are closed.
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