VIDEO – Elgin based athlete Lachlan Oates wins River Ness 10K in Inverness for first time
Lachlan Oates won the River Ness 10K men's title for the first time in his career in Inverness.
The 30 year-old Elgin-based Shettleston Harriers club claimed victory by six seconds on Sunday afternoon with a winning time of 30 minutes and 26 seconds.
Owen Hind from Kent claimed second place in a time of 30:32 with Maryburgh athlete Sean Chalmers claiming third place in 31:05.
Oates said despite such a close contest, he was only concerned with his own performance which led to victory.
“I tried to run my own race," he said.
"I took the lead at the start and led for 4k with Sean and Owen just behind.
"After 4k they went past me but I responded by putting in a couple of surges as I felt they weren’t really going any faster.
"After the first surge Sean dropped a bit and in last 1.5k I saw Owen’s shadow dropping further behind. "#
Oates was also pleased with the time that he achieved in the race
"I’m pleased with the time as I would have been happy with 30:30 so 30:26 is the fifth best I’ve done so I’m pleased with
that.
“It’s my first race since the end of track season and before the start of cross country, so it works in quite well.
It’s a good quality race.
The course is very downhill but that doesn’t necessarily help you go faster as it requires a different technique.
"It was windy for the first couple of kilometres but the rest was quite sheltered.”
