Joasia Zakrzewski said her actions were not malicious and she made a massive error accepting a trophy.
A top ultra-marathon runner who was disqualified from a race for using a car says she made a "massive error" accepting the trophy for third place.
It was later discovered she travelled by car for about 2.5 miles before continuing to complete the race.The 47-year-old GP, who now lives near Sydney in Australia, told BBC Scotland how she had become lost on the course around the half-way mark when her leg began to feel sore and she started to limp.
The runner, who had arrived from Australia the night before, said: "I made a massive error accepting the trophy and should have handed them back."I hold my hands up, I should have handed them back and not had pictures done but I was feeling unwell and spaced out and not thinking clearly."Dr Zakrzewski, said: "I'm an idiot and want to apologise to Mel. It wasn't malicious, it was miscommunication.
Mr Drinkwater said a report had been submitted to the Trail Running Association, which provides the licence for the event and is an associate member of UK Athletics.
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