Scott Cassidy and myself travelled through to Inverness for the Craig Dunain hill race.
The course is an out and back route of about 5 and 1/2 miles total. The weather conditions were perfect for running , cool , dry and no wind.
The race starts on the canal footpath (across the road from the running track). It follows the path for about 100 metres before cutting on some dirt track paths which skirts past a golf course and a housing estate. The track then gradually gets steeper before doing a loop in the woods and an undulating route on forest and mountain bike tracks.
Once you have completed the small loop you then retrace your route to the start/finish line. Scott Cassidy had a great battle with about 4 other runners all swapping places throughout the race until the final section where he managed to open up and maintain a gap to the finish line.
Very impressive on his first race of the year and with barely any training runs. I managed a top 10 finish and I’m very happy on how my race went.
As ever I would totally recommend this race, brilliant fun.
A big thanks to Inverness harriers for organising it and ,as always, the superb hospitality after the race.
Report by: Colin Green