Glenpark V40 Women’s Team Wins Bronze at National Relays
Gusting winds brought down a large tree over the National Road Relays long lap route less than 24 hours prior to the event in Livingston.
The Livingston event is always hugely popular with the best entry since 2019 – at 154 teams.
And with a special mention on the Scottish Athletics website where the news today says “It is great to see a range of clubs involved in the race and the likes of Greenock Glenpark Harriers highlighting a return to the event with teams for the first time in a few years. This is the commitment required to make national championship races the events we all want them to be.”
And the Glenpark Team ran their hearts out, with the V40 Women’s Team winning a bronze medal.
First lap runner was Lynne Harrison (23:43) who ran a fast first leg handing over to Jill Cox. Jill then took on the longer 6 mile lap, running a time of 37:26. Next out was Cheryl Thomas who ran another shorter leg lap in 24:30. Fiona Macfarlane (45:03) ran the anchor leg and in her own words: “The course was an almost six mile route of hills, twists, turns and wind. I pretty much lived in the pain cave for all of it….A nice way to end an emotional day.”
The Men’s Team finished 22nd. First out was Dylan Crawford who ran a time of 16:31 on the shorter lap. Dylan handed over in 17th place to Oliver Reilly. Oliver ran a steady lap lap on the longer circuit, finishing in a time of 35:19. Next out was Kyle Johnstone (17:13) who helped move the team up 8 places. Stephen Hanley ran determinedly as usual, finishing in 27th place in a time of 37:32. Stephen Harrison (20:00) managed to move the team up one place to 26th. Finally, on the anchor leg, Chris Mooney ran a fabulous long leg, moving up a further four places to secure 22nd in a time of 35:23.
Full results can be viewed here: National Relay Results Livingstone
