On Friday 7th April Harriet and Matilda Saunders competed in the Bristol Track Club 3km Road Race hosted at Odd Down Sports Ground, Bath. With no Under 9 race offered Matilda had to join her elder sister in the Under 11s.
After a fast start by the entire field Harriet pushed on in the middle kilometre to establish a lead and eventually finish in 12 min 13 sec, almost a minute and a half clear of her nearest rival. Matilda worked hard throughout and with a strong final 500 m managed to move up into third place in a time of 13 min 48 sec.
Both girls were delighted with their performances and enjoyed having the opportunity to watch some extremely quick runners in the elite races.


