FIVE days after claiming victory in the Morpeth 10k, Morpeth Harrier Nick Swinburn was back in record breaking form when he won the 13th Forest Burn Fell Race at Rothbury in a new course record time of 19m25s, breaking the old figures by 90 seconds.
Second place went to Northumberland Fell Runner Will Horsley in 21m07s, with another team colleague Phil Sanderson taking third place in 21m16s.
Swinburn competes in the World Mountain Trophy Trials in Llanberis, Snowdonia this Sunday, hoping to g
ain another International vest.
Other Morpeth Harriers running at Rothbury were John Woods who finished ninth in 23m18s, and Swinburn's younger brother Greg, 17, who finished exactly halfway in the field in 21st place in 26m05s. Woods and Swinburn had also competed in the Morpeth 10k.
• Unfortunately Morpeth Harrier Jonathan Taylor became the victim of a slower run 1500m 'A' race at the BMC Grand Prix Final meeting in Eton on Saturday night when he finished fifth in 3m49.59s, which was around four seconds short of his season and personal best.
• Young Morpeth Harrier Sarah Wilkes has just completed the series of Gateshead Open Minor Grand Prix meetings where she finished fourth in the U12 Girls' section with a total of 33 points. She had to compete on the track over 60m and 600m, and in the Long Jump and Javelin Field events over a series of five meetings. Her improvement over the period of the competition was noticeable.
• Three Morpeth Harriers took part in Sunday's Sherwood Chevrolet sponsored Darlington 10k, run on a modified course. Graeme Leathard was 70th in 39m33s, as first home from the club. Morpeth's other two finishers were Jim Alder (139th) 41m59s, and club newcomer Iain McLaren who finished 171st in a time of 42m46s.
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