Megan Keith surprised herself by smashing her personal best for the 5000m by a whopping 35 seconds at the London Diamond League.
The European under-23 champion finished 15th in a time of 14:56.98 with Ethiopia’s Gudaf Tsegay topping the podium with a meeting record time of 14:12.29.
Keith, who is coached by Ross Cairns, was stunned by her time.
She said: “It was crazy.
“I can’t quite believe it.
“I knew that was going to be the times that were run today.
“We thought I was in shape to go sub 15:20 and I was.”
The Inverness Harriers athlete, 21, added: “We didn’t want to make a concrete plan, we just hoped it would be a good summer.
“I only got the opportunity to be in this start list last Thursday.
“We thought why not but I was feeling a the anticipation building as the week went on, although I had nothing to lose.
“Every day there were people dropping out so I knew going in I was the only one who hadn’t ran under 15 – and now I have!”
Wow what a run from young Megan Keith 14:56:98. Over 30 sec pb!!!🏴👏👏👏@scotathletics
— liz mccolgan (@Lizmccolgan) July 23, 2023
Incredible run Megan! 👏👏👏
— Eilish McColgan (@EilishMccolgan) July 23, 2023
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