Saturday 25th Feb saw the annual festival of cross country that is ‘The Nationals’.
The weather was perfect and the underfoot conditions were relatively benign. Time to go hard or go home (and all our athletes went hard).
First up was Erin White, running in the under13 girls race. She ran a strong race, finishing in 17:16. Well done Erin! (sadly no photos of Erin - apologies)
Next was James Hammond, running in the under17 mens race. If you recall - James had placed first in the East District race at Bathgate. This was a much stiffer test - facing the best racing talent from all over Scotland. Could James live with these guys?
The answer was definitely ‘yes’… James was placed around 15th place as the race went through halfway, and then… he started to reel in some runners in the final lap.
His final position was 10th - a fantastic result in a national competition. Congratulations James.
Next was the women’s race. Running for Linlithgow, we had:
Sarah Little, Lynsey Hay, Siobhan Coleman, Roisin Murray, Mairi Watts, Clair Howieson
The women’s team placed 14th overall - a great result given that this was a NATIONAL competition with about 70 teams represented (many of which were unable to field a full team)
Finally - the mens race. At this point, the course hadn’t cut up very much, and it was mostly highly runnable. Disappointing.
We had John Redding, Martin Hawksey, Martin Maginnis, Andrew Brown, Michael Watts, Darren Dick, David Mumford and Graeme Burrows.
In a stacked field, the guys finished in a respectable 34th place.
Thanks to Roddy Simpson and Angus Gallie for some of these photos. (the good ones)
