THERE was snow stopping Corstorphine athletes as they secured a string of outstanding results at the weekend – from cross-country glory in freezing Aberdeen to a marathon record in the Spanish sunshine.
Our hardy band of competitors braved treacherous travel conditions to head north for the Lindsays East District XC Championships and came back down the road laden with medals.
The Masters men’s team of Stuart Livingstone (28mins 36secs), Iain Hutchinson (30:15) and Malcolm Lang (30:19) won gold over the 8.6km course.
Stuart made it a double as he helped Calum McKenzie(27:16), Dermot Cummins (27:24), Jack Eykelbosch (27:30), James Dunn (27:39) and Angus Smith (28:33) take bronze in the Senior men’s team race.
The Senior women’s team also bagged bronze thanks to fine runs from Kara McKenzie-Tait (33:19), Kirstin Maxwell (34:55), Anne Ewing (35:09) and Lisa Traill (38:10) at the Balgownie playing fields.
Meanwhile, Josie-Wren Golder added to her burgeoning medal collection and continued her excellent form with a 3rd place finish in the U20 women’s race. Her time over the 6.4km course was 24:36.
In warmer climes, Dougie Selman broke the CAAC club record for the marathon with a sizzling run in Valencia.
Dougie crossed the line in 2hrs 20mins 27secs, taking a whopping 26 seconds off the previous best set by Michael Crawley at the Frankfurt Marathon in 2018.
It was Dougie’s second club record of 2023, having set the standard over 100km with a time of 6hrs 47mins 48secs at the Anglo Celtic Plate in April.