As the club had no Grand Prix fixture at the weekend it is no surprise that many Harriers took on board the coaches advice not to race. However there are exceptions particularly for those who missed the previous race the Alan Scally Relays.
The Strathclyde Parkrun 5K was to bring the best out of Russell Couper who recorded a pb of 23.29 in his 28th Parkrun. Making his third appearance at this type of event Ian McKenzie crossed the finish line on 22.50. At the Glasgow Parkrun in Pollok Park John McBride rediscovered some form and completed the undulating course in 22.53 while Chas Steven took 17 seconds of his previous run with a time of 24.47.
Not content with one race Chas then made his to Garscube for the KPMG Glasgow University 5 miles road race . Once a classic road race of one lap the race has suffered in recent years in having to be two laps due to safety concerns which have been further complicated by a gate closure within the first few hundred metres of the race causing a congestion of runners exiting a single gate. Fortunately this latter problem was resolved this year and Chas finished not surprisingly slightly slower than last year in a time of 41.55.
On Sunday the appropriately named, considering the weekend weather, "Run with the Wind" 10k hosted by Strathaven Striders attracted Graham Ramage who ran an excellent 41.53 (pb ?) while Julie Beveridge (44 minutes exact) and Mary Goldsmith (44.15) also put in fine performances. It is also worth noting that former Calderglen Harrier Stuart Gibson now of Ron Hill Cambuslang won this
10 k in a time of 31.32 the day after being 5th at the "Uni" in a time of 25.07 .
Well done to everyone who raced at the weekend and apologies to anyone I may have missed in this report.
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Great to see that every weekend there are Harriers racing somewhere. Keep it up!
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