Billy Sutherland

Billy Sutherland wins River Ness 5k in Inverness

Transcript

00:00And here is our lead athlete here. It's a sensational time. 16-14 and our leader, Billy Sutherland of Ross County.

00:11Congratulations on that. What about the time? How does that compare to what you've done before?

00:15I passed them before I was 17, so I can't believe it. I'm very happy with that.

00:21Have you done this before?

00:22No, I've never done this course before.

00:24So beforehand, do you have any thoughts about possibly winning it?

00:30No, I just thought, well I'll just hold on to somebody else.

00:34I can't believe that. I'm really happy with that.

00:38So what age are you?

00:39I'm 17.

00:40What school are you at?

00:42I go to Wack High School in Caithness.

00:44Oh right.

00:45Yeah, quite far away from here.

00:47You come down last night?

00:49Yeah, I came down last night.

00:52So is this a kind of target event for you?

00:54Yeah, it's that one I've always wanted to do. I heard about it, so I thought I'd sign up for it.

01:00So how was your win today compared with anything else you've done?

01:04The pace felt good.

01:06Yeah, it went really well. The pace felt good. It felt co-operative too. It was just perfect today.

01:13So what's your ambition for next week?

01:16Well, now I've done that, hopefully I'll be 16 and just keep going.

01:20Keep trying to improve your 5k's.

01:22Yeah, exactly.

01:24Any particular races?

01:26Not really, no. Just see what comes up and maybe Edinburgh next year and then Rennes next year.

01:32Yeah, just keep doing that.

01:34Okay, cool. Well done. Thank you.

01:36Thank you very much.