Tuesday 8 October 2019

Tweed Valley Tunnel Trail Run 2019


The third edition of the Tweed Valley Tunnel Trail Run was bigger than ever with 1,200 runners over three distances 4km, 10km and 20km. The 2019 race continued to see brilliant results from the Moorfoot Runners taking part.
In the 4km 111 ran - Elena Lee was fastest female, 5th overall, as well as winning the F Under 16 category, and Jake Lockyer was just off the podium in 4th overall, and 4th in the M U16 category, with Callum Fitzgerald just a bit further back in 7th overall.
In the 20km there were 455 runners and the the Moorfoots recorded 4 age class wins, including overall woman’s victory, and a 2nd place in the men’s field aswell!
Lucy Colquhoun was the fastest woman in 1:40:18, and won the F40-49 as well, Amy Alcorn was close behind in 1:42:17 as third woman, and won the F30-39 category, Carol Moss won the F50-59 category 1:44:52. Mike Goddard was fastest in the M70+ field in a very competitive time of 2:03:10, and Oli Jepsen was 2nd overall in the scorching time of 1:30:07! Brian Smith put in a solid shift recording a time of 1:44:24 (13th M40-49).
The biggest field was in the 10km with 630 in action. Vickie Morrison, Kerry Law and Lucy Oldham all had strong runs finishing close to each other in 59:59, 1:00:54 and 1:01:58 respectively and great placings 11th, 15th and 19th in the F30-39, and 99th, 117th and 133rd overall.
Full results here 
Richard Edge and Andrew Dancer were out helping as sweepers too so all in all a fantastic showing from the club on are ‘home ground’. Well done all involved
Lucy, Brian, Oli and Amy
Mike Goddard
Proud Mum Amy

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