Inverness half marathon winner retains women's title
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Liz Abbott successfully defended her Inverness Harriers women’s title by completing the course in 77 minutes and 53 seconds, just over one minute slower than her 2019 winning time.
The Lytham St Anne's athlete was pleased with the result and has vowed to return in 2021 in a bid to complete a hat-trick of victories.
She was, however, chased all the way by Metro Aberdeen’s Kerry Prise who set a personal best time of 78:18 to take second position.
Abbott said: “I didn’t know she was so close. We set off at similar pace then I got away and thought I had a good lead, but she must have had a strong second half.”
“I am so pleased. I worked hard, but I enjoyed it. I found it tough on the uphill as I haven’t been able to do as much hill training as usual this winter because of the weather and at six miles my legs were burning. I thought I had started to fast but once we got onto the downhills I was fine.
“My main target race is the London marathon next month but I missed 10 weeks of training in the autumn because of a foot injury. So, I haven’t been back running for too long and I’m in the middle of a big training block. I didn’t taper for this race as much as I did last year, so although I’m slower, I’m happy enough with my time.
"I love Inverness and I’m looking forward to returning next year.”
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