Naomi Lang in action at Scone Palace in the British Cross Challenge and Inter-District XC event in January (photo by Bobby Gavin)
By Katy Barden
‘Where does your athletics future lie?’.
It’s not a trick question, but for an athlete who has represented Great Britain and Scotland in the mountains, represented Scotland on the track, and won national track titles over 1500m and 5000m, it’s fairly loaded.
‘I think the hills suit my lifestyle,’ replies Naomi Lang after a brief pause.
‘The past couple of years I’ve been moving more and more away from track or going longer. I enjoy it, but I prefer spending time in the hills.’
Lang, 23, is smart. She’s a sport science graduate from the University of Edinburgh but is going back to university in September to study medicine.
She’s hard-working and is currently…
