Logan Rees wins River Ness 10k

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00:0030 minutes, and this is a 5 AC vest, and this is Morgan Rees, who is the Baxter's Olympus 10K Champion.

00:11The Baxter's Rivalrous 10K Champion has won a sensational race.

00:16Congratulations Morgan, you smashed the course record today.

00:18How was it? It was good. I was happy with that.

00:23What was the course record? 29.35 before.

00:28That was my plan, but I felt good through halfway, so I was like, I'll keep up this pace.

00:33Did you take it on from the start, or did you have anybody with you?

00:36I was on my own pretty quick, I think.

00:39That was okay, I think with the K markers and stuff, it meant I could just keep track of where I was.

00:45I train on my own the whole time, so I'm usually just used to it.

00:50Did you feel under control the whole way?

00:53I got a bit of a bad stitch about night, but within a few minutes left, so it wasn't a big deal.

00:58But until then, it was smooth. I started suffering a bit, but it was fine.

01:02Because you only got here Wednesday, Thursday?

01:05Wednesday, and then I messed up my sleeping a bit.

01:07I woke up at 2pm one day, and the other night I didn't get to sleep until 5am.

01:12I'm better now, but it wasn't a good few days. I think I might be sick in a few days, but it was fine.

01:18So obviously you were here a few years ago, but considerably quicker this time.

01:24Yeah, a minute quicker. One minute in seven years is alright, or come back in seven years.

01:31It was a much different race seven years ago, there was a good pack of us.

01:36Honestly, until 8 or 9k, I remember.

01:39So it was probably a different experience today, but in a good way.

01:44It was nice to test myself. It was nice to win, honestly.

01:48Seven years ago, I was second, so good to come back and get the win.

01:52So when I was talking to you last week, you're back here permanently now?

01:56Yeah, probably long term. I need to figure out my life a bit.

02:00I've been set up in America for five years, and now I'm starting again, not from scratch.

02:07So you're going to base yourself in Fife for the meantime?

02:11Yeah, definitely the short term. I'll be on my Indian crown in Fife.

02:16We'll see what happens long term. I need to get a job.

02:21So we'll see you on the Scottish running scene over the winter?

02:24Yeah, I think I said a few weeks ago to you, I've suffered a bit the last couple of years of not racing very much.

02:30Now I've got to race every weekend until mid-December.

02:33So that's going to be a big change. Every race I can.

02:37Brilliant.

02:38It's going to be great, I'm looking forward to that.

02:40Thanks very much.