Murray Lambden Meeting 19/02/22 - U13 & U15 3k race

By the time this race started the torrential rain had turned to heavy snow - the first time I can recall such conditions at a meeting at the National Sports Centre.

It wasn't too bad underfoot at the start of the race, but by the second lap it was getting really slippery especially on the bends and it deteriorated further by the end.

All six athletes did superbly in such dreadful conditions. There was yet another great race between Sam Perry and Lucas Stennett in the U15s, with Charlie Teare not far behind them after a strong finish. Harry Stennett was the U13 winner.

After the race the officials can be seen conferring about the following 5k race which had 29 entrants, but with the snow starting to stick it was so slippery underfoot by that point that they had no alternative but to cancel the race. A great shame but the correct decision.