Mhairi Maclennan wins Inverness Campus 5k 2023
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00:00 - Not the first time that you've won it, is that right?
00:02 - Yeah, I came here the first time it was ever run,
00:04 so that was, the course was a little bit different,
00:07 and I think that might have been in 2018,
00:09 so good to be back.
00:11 - A better course now, do you think it's grown a wee bit?
00:13 - Yeah, it's faster, for sure,
00:15 and it's a bigger event, isn't it?
00:17 There's way more people come down,
00:19 and I think just year on year, the success
00:22 and the times show that it's a popular race.
00:25 - And you're winning time,
00:27 happy with your performance today?
00:28 - Yeah, I mean, so I'm just, this is my second race back,
00:31 I had a stress fracture at the start of the year,
00:33 first ever, so, no, wasn't loving that time,
00:37 so yeah, just building back up fitness, really,
00:39 so quite a bit off my PB, but a much better performance
00:42 than the 10K I did a couple weeks ago,
00:44 so moving in the right direction.
00:46 - How is your fitness now?
00:47 Do you feel like you're getting back to your best?
00:48 - Feel like I'm getting back to myself, yeah,
00:51 we had quite a hard session on Tuesday,
00:53 which I think might have still been in my legs,
00:55 but yeah, it's just really good to come up
00:57 and race with the group and see my coach and stuff,
00:59 so, yeah.
01:00 - Yeah, almost a hometown race for you,
01:02 I think you're from Kirkhill, is that right?
01:03 - I am from Kirkhill, yeah, yeah, you're obviously local,
01:07 normally people would be like, yeah, Inverness is local,
01:09 but yeah, no, yeah, it's, this wasn't built
01:12 when I lived here, so, but this is normally
01:15 where we train, where I come up back home
01:16 for Christmas and stuff, so yeah, local-ish, local enough.
01:20 - Good stuff, and what's your plans for 2023,
01:22 do you have one specific target in mind?
01:25 - Do a half marathon, I feel like I've been saying this
01:28 for about three years, someone else said to me,
01:29 every time I see you, you're training for a half marathon,
01:32 so yeah, I've got two in the calendar
01:34 before the end of the year, and then I'll probably
01:36 do a bit of cross-country, so, looking forward to that,
01:39 the real racing.
01:40 - Excellent, good stuff, well, congratulations,