Lothian Running Club ace Sarah Inglis wins bronze for fourth successive year
LOTHIAN Running Club's Sarah Inglis was back amongst the medals for the fourth year in a row at the National Cross Country Championships which were held last Saturday.
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Inglis' superb association with the event began back in 2007 when she won bronze in the under 17 age category.
She repeated that success the following year before picking up a silver in the under-20's at last year's event.
And last weekend she continued her love affair with the event when she earned another bronze when she crossed the line in what was the closest race of the day.
Indeed, Sarah finished only a few strides behind VP Glasgow duo Nicola Hood and Beth Potter.
The trio entered the home straight of the 4800 metres course almost together.
However, on the run to the finish line it was Hood (16 mins 22 sec) who prevailed outsprinting her team mate Potter by two seconds (16:24) with Inglis only one second behind in third place (16:25).
There was an excellent turnout at the event by runners from Lothian Running Club.
There was an impressive 27 runners earing the club vest taking to the track at the competition which has held at Falkirk.
The course within Callendar Park was firm owing to the frosty conditions but as each race was run the conditions turned greasier and slippery in places making it more difficult for the competitors
Lana Turnbull (19:52) finished 42nd overall and (27th under 17) of the 73 who finished.
Meanwhile, the club's Senior Women's team equalled their best performance at the National Championship's in finishing tenth out of the 20 teams which started.
They were led home by Edel Mooney who finished 21st overall, completing the 8000 metres course in an excellent time of 31 minutes 56 seconds.
There was a fine turnout of 14 club athletes in the Senior Men's race (12000 metres), and a good team effort saw them finish in ninth place from 28 teams.
Ross Milne led the blue vests home in 41 minutes 12 seconds.
Only two Lothian Running Club members were among the 171 starters in this weeks Edinburgh Parkrun at the weekend.
John Malcolm turned in a fine performance for the second successive week in setting a new PB for the 5k course along the Edinburgh promenade.
His time of 18 minutes 57 seconds placed him in 16th place overall and 15th male.
The only other club representative in action was veteran 55-59 athlete Ted Finch who came home in 25 minutes 25 seconds for 102nd place.