Moray Pryde wins Loch Ness Marathon 2023

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00:12 Bit of a surprise winner

00:14 What's your previous best?

00:16 Eh, previous best would be a

00:18 2.31 down in London

00:20 No problem with that

00:22 Yeah, I'll try to beat it

00:24 So, ehm

00:26 2.31 to 2.22

00:28 Quite new to running I'd say, I went running for a year

00:30 and then I joined a running club, the Odin running club

00:32 Eh, I've been running with them

00:34 for about 9 months now

00:36 Oh right

00:38 Just picking up, picking up. Shout out to Owen, the coach

00:40 So thank you to him and everyone at Odin

00:42 for speeding me up

00:44 [Laughs]

00:46 So you only took up running when?

00:48 Eh, no, the first proper marathon was the Loch Ness Marathon

00:50 back in 2019

00:52 I've done this one three times, each time taking off

00:54 I think

00:56 10 minutes and then this time taking off

00:58 19 minutes on last year

01:00 So, eh, yes, my first marathon

01:02 Oh wow, brilliant

01:04 So, what's changed in your training

01:06 now since you've gone to this recruitment?

01:08 Just running every day basically

01:10 Actually training instead of doing it more casually

01:12 So, yeah, that's the one

01:14 Yeah, ok

01:16 So today, did you go into this race

01:18 with any expectations or

01:20 expectations?

01:22 It just depends who was running

01:24 I was in the top 5

01:26 and I was even happier than that, I beat 230

01:28 So, yeah

01:30 It's nice to

01:32 do better than what you're maybe expected

01:34 So yeah, that's pretty good

01:36 So tell us about the race itself and how did it actually develop

01:38 I believe you didn't take the lead

01:40 No, not at all, I think I was about fifth

01:42 until about 4 miles

01:44 and then started taking over people in the hills

01:46 a wee bit

01:48 and then the guy who came in second

01:50 he was ahead up until 22 and a half miles

01:52 streets ahead of everyone, I thought he was going to

01:54 maybe beat the course record or something

01:56 he was miles ahead

01:58 and then I found the doors a little bit tough

02:00 and then

02:02 I was overtaking about 22 and a half

02:04 and then that's us

02:06 That's when you caught him there

02:08 You finished really strongly

02:10 Yeah, it's nice to have a wee bit left in you

02:12 and you can see the time thing

02:14 at that point, you're like, could we

02:16 come inside 2.52, so I think

02:18 we're just outside that

02:20 2.52, between 9.3 and 4.45

02:22 Yeah

02:24 Yeah, so we'll see what the

02:26 final chip time is at the end

02:28 So where are you actually based?

02:30 I'm based down, it's down

02:32 in Roxburn, I run the Cowoodian Running Club

02:34 so that's where I'm based just now

02:36 I'm 28

02:38 So hopefully

02:40 a few more marathons left in me still

02:42 So you've done this a few times

02:44 You obviously

02:46 It's my third Walknest marathon and then I think my

02:48 sixth marathon overall

02:50 Yeah, so

02:52 do you enjoy this course?

02:54 Yeah, it's good, it's nice

02:56 I forget how hilly it is until you start running

02:58 so your pace is all over the place

03:00 so it's hard to be like, I'm on track

03:02 I'm behind, because

03:04 one wee incline or dip

03:06 downhill can absolutely throw your pace off

03:08 but it's quite good

03:10 Now sort of know what's expecting

03:12 As long as you've got a little bit left in you for the door sill

03:14 you'll be alright-ish

03:16 What's your plan?

03:18 I'm going to do London again, so I'd like to do a good time

03:20 in April for that

03:22 So I'm 220

03:24 I'm 220 to the goal

03:26 so 2 minutes 4 seconds

03:28 to find it, or something like that

03:30 Congratulations

03:32 Thank you very much

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