Sara Willhoit shows her class in victory run
Great Britain international Sara Willhoit showed her class as she powered to victory in the Cardington Cracker nine mile Hill Race
Willhoit defied the very cold and windy conditions as she set a red-hot pace to record the second fastest time ever in the women's race – one hour, 23 minutes and 35 seconds.
It was a second successive win in the event for Willhoit, in what was the 34th staging of the race, which is organised by Telford Athletic Club.
Willhoit's winning time was 11 seconds outside the course record, which was set in 2018 by Church Stretton runner Rachel Parker, who won the race for three consecutive years from 2017.
Victory saw Willhoit, who has had a brilliant year representing England and Great Britain at fell and trail running, take home the Pennington Family Trophy, named after the local farming family who have been very supportive of the race since it started back in 1988.
She won the women's race and was 5th overall, some 9 minutes ahead of her nearest rival.
