Scotland, another weekend and so another season. This weekend it was Summer in Strathclyde Park. Seven Harriers lined up in scorching conditions today to compete with around 200 runners in the Tom Scott 10 Mile Road Race.The course makes good use of the inner and outer perimeter roads/paths to squeeze 10 miles into approximately two and a half laps of the loch. Congestion was a problem as the runners weaved their way around maw, paw and the weans (and the dug) all out to enjoy the surprise summer weather. Perhaps the runners did not enjoy the conditions quite so much as there was no shade to be had and no cooling breeze. However, this didn't seem to matter to the first two across the line (T WOLDEMICKAEL of Shettleston Harriers and N RENAULT of Edinburgh AC) who finished seconds apart in the fast times of 48:46 and 48:53 respectively.
For the Harriers, Stuart Waugh was first across the line in a time of 68:00, a substantial M60 Gold performance standard. However Stuart did not have it all his own way as Brian McDougall caught and passed Stuart around the 8 mile mark only to lose out as Stuart regathered. However, Brian improved his 10-mile pb by a very significant 2 minutes, recording a time of 68:22. Jim Holmes was never far behind Stuart and Brian but got himself boxed in at the start and never managed to close the gap. Jim recorded a time of 68:58. Frances Maxwell ran strongly throughout, finishing in 72:56 and achieving an F45 Bronze performance standard. John McBride was next in recording a time of 78:14, within the sights of Richard Lawton who recorded a time of 79:35. Finally, the heat is not to Russell Couper's liking and inevitably he struggled in today's conditions. However, he did it and was satisfied to finish if not happy with the time of 98:44.
The same venue hosted the inaugural Strathclyde parkrun 5k race on Saturday morning. Jamie McMonagle made his return to racing after a long absence with a time of 19:46, well down on his usual but Jamie recognises that he is at least back on the comeback trail and hopes to show a steady improvement in the coming weeks.
Well done to all who were out racing over the weekend.
Alan
2 comments:
Thanks for posting a photo Alan and for the shout on the course. It was a hot day. I sometimes can't believe what the stopwatch is telling me at the finish line these days.
Stuart I was very impressed with your time. I must admit when I saw you at the water station I thought you had blown it because you actually stopped to take the drink and didn't seem to start again too comfortably. You must have really flown through the first two thirds of the race!
Alan
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