Marwick set for hill running debut for Scotland in North Wales

Tomorrow marks a double first for a mother and daughter when young Anna Marwick celebrates her first birthday weekend watching mum Caroline making her hill running debut for Scotland in the Home Countries Hill International at Llanberis in North Wales.

Anna turned one on Wednesday, meaning that her mother’s running career reaches this new summit a bare year after giving birth.

Marwick, a local veterinary surgeon, won the women’s contest in the Highland Cross in 2016 and finished runner-up the following year before missing much of 2018 due to pregnancy.

But since returning to running she has gone from strength to strength, setting personal bests on the road of 18:40 for 5k at Inverness Harriers’ Campus 5k in July and 39:04 for 10k in Forres in May.

She has always been a talented hill runner and used these skills in her Highland Cross exploits.

Then Marwick embarked on a race programme with a bigger presence of hill events.

“It was with that in mind that I ran in the National Hill Championship which was also the trial race for this weekend’s event and finished fourth,” she said.

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