As most Harriers once again took heed of some sound advice from the coach not to race this weekend in preparation for the clubs classic visit to the Brampton to Carlisle 10 miles road race on the 20th November it came as a surprise to find three "dafties" taking part in races .
The Parkrun series is proving to be very popular amongst club and unnattached runners and in our own club Russell Couper is leading the way. After setting a pb at Strathclyde Park last week unsurprisingly his time dropped a few seconds this time around to 23:53. It is unique even amongst world class distance runners to achieve pb's in consecutive weeks and Russell will surely be delighted with his improved times of recent weeks.
Talking of improvement John McBride has come leaps and bounds since he started training with the club and this is testament to his own commitment and what our club has to offer distance runners. On Saturday John made his way to Bellahouston Park for the Jimmy Irvine 10 k road race which attracted a large turnout . Running consistently John crossed the finishing line on 45:53.
Earlier on in the day at nearby Pollok Park Chas Steven , having pulled out of training on Monday with an injury, took part in the Parkrun. Thoughts of missing the Tinto Hill race or even worse the "Brampton" had plagued his mind since Monday . Not having run since then Chas used this run to test the right calf strain which has caused problems intermittently over a couple of years . If things didn't work out he would have enough time to contact the Tinto organisers so that they could allocate his place to another runner. Fortunately things went well and as all returning from injury runners know the completion of a race is a great relief and often brings a tear to the eye. Even a slower time of 26:05 couldn't dampen these emotions.
Southbound on the M74 listening to The Who "Live at Leeds" CD he made his way to the quaint village of Symington which despite the distance is still within South Lanarkshire. Collecting his race number at the local hall for race titled the Tinto Tiptoe Hill Fun Run. Tinto Hill at 2,333 ft which in mileage terms is about 4.4 miles is a very popular hill race with the entry limit set at 250 being over subscribed many weeks ago with a waiting list should anyone pull out.
The race itself has plenty of good running and scrambling is minimal. The views on a clear day like Saturday were fantastic . Setting a target to complete the race within an hour Chas was delighted to do so in his first hill race since 1990 with a time of 59:31.
Once again apologies to anyone who may have raced over the weekend who has been ommitted from this report.
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