Tru Wealth Virtual Road Challenge – results and round-up

Wednesday 31st March 2021

Provisional Results on Event section (see on right of page)

Our Tru Wealth Virtual Road Challenge took place last weekend with around 300 athletes involved for this one.

Windy conditions in many parts of Scotland in the second half of the competition window may well have had an impact on times – but the tough conditions didn’t dampen enthusiasm as always.

It’s been a feature of our Virtual Road Challenge events that a number of clubs and athletes not necessarily accustomed to national ‘attention’ are featuring high on our leaderboards and we’re delighted to afford them that spotlight.

So, looking first at the team events, the top clubs in the various distances were as follows:

10k Teams: Bellahouston Road Runners (Steven Lamb, Tony Connelly, Bryan Mulgrew)

Half Marathon Teams: Greenock Glenpark Harriers A (Andrew McCall, Owen Atkinson, Eric Lindsay).

4k Open Teams: Falkirk Victoria Harriers (Abbi MacLeod, Caitlyn Christie, Greg Ritchie)

3k Open Teams: Falkirk Victoria Harriers (Isabella Ogg, Katie Hedges, Chloe Davies)

1.5k Open Teams: Inverclyde AC (Lucas Wagstaff, Olivia Lyne, Pearl Paterson).

Today, I ran 20miles. 20!! Twenty!!! And within that 20mile run, I ran the @scotathletics Virtual Half Marathon Race, albeit in my slowest HM time, but that doesn’t matter because I ran 20miles! Marathon training continues…. @Central_AC

— Claire ? (@_RunnerClaire) March 28, 2021

On the individual front, special mention for our marathon runners with Oliver Reilly of Greenock Glenpark Harriers leading the way with a time of 2:50.59.

Given the effort and distance, we list here the top three from the marathon and the leading athletes in other categories.

Marathon: 1 Oliver Reilly (Greenock Glenpark Harriers) 2:50.59; 2 Colin Williams (Moorfoot Runners) 2:59.46; 3 Gary Trewartha (Gala Harriers) 3:02.12.

Half Marathon: Mark Doherty (Inverclyde AC) 69:32; Shona McIntosh (Hunters Bog Trotters) 80:42

Half Marathon Masters: Barry Davie (Carnegie Harriers) 82:10; Deb McKenzie (Greenock Glenpark Harriers) 1:50.17

10k: Will Mackay (Metro Aberdeen) 31:06; Jennifer Reid (Bellahouston Road Runners) 42:06

10k Masters: Iain Carroll (Giffnock North) 33:46; Janice Hamer (Shetland AAC) 52:32

5k: Natasha Phillips (Dundee Hawkhill Harriers) 18:46; Jonathan Cameron (Inverclyde AC) 19:20

4k: Amy Teasdale (Kilbarchan AAC) 14:04; Finlay Waters (VP-Glasgow) 14:16

3k: Dylan Daunt (Edinburgh AC) 10:07; Iris Paterson (Inverclyde AC) 11:28

1.5k: Emily Christie (Falkirk Victoria Harriers) 5:20; Lucas Wagstaff (Inverclyde AC): 5:54

Perth Road Runner Duncan Ryan rises to the virtual challenge with another fine performance, this time over half-marathon distance.

“It was great to see Scottish Athletics put this on for everybody.”@PerthRdRunners @scotathletics https://t.co/RhDDkOaHnI

— Matt Gallagher (@MattGallagher_1) March 31, 2021