While Highgate Harriers were winning the Men's Metropolitan League by a wide margin for the 11th time,
out on the Continent two Highgate runners 'sparkled'.
In Barcelona, Spain, Jacob Allen ran 63:18 for a personal best half marathon time, wiping away his previous best of 65:30, while Lauren Russell, in the international Lotto Cup race in Belgium, over the country, in the Under 20's came in 2nd place overall. She followed up her 3rd in the South of England (U20) Championships at Beckenham Place Park and her very clear Middlesex County Junior Championship victory in deep mud. All those efforts this year as a 17 year old, and we are only in February!.