A Moray road race was thrown into chaos yesterday a dozen runners were forced to run an extra four miles after being led in the wrong direction.
Last night organisers explained they felt “physically sick” after being told about the error over radio – initially fearing the entire field had taken a wrong turn.
I was just jogging on the spot and he shouted out the marshal had sent him the wrong way and I better turn round, which was good advice I suppose.” It is understood that a local entrant following further down the field realised the mistake and prevented all 55 runners becoming lost.
It was human error, these things can happen.” A contingency plan was put in place, giving runners the option of a short-cut to get to the finish after running 26 miles.
Mr Drummond was not put off by the extra distance and fought back through the field to win the race despite with a time of 3hours 16minutes and 11seconds – 35 minutes slower than his personal best set earlier this year.