Eleven harriers were joined by 15883 others for a run round the streets of Glasgow on a lovely sunny day. A day perfect for spectators but maybe just a wee bit warmer than what we have all been training in recently.
Starting in a now zombie free George Square the uphill start took us over the Kingston Bridge, through Bellahouston and Pollock parks and into the Gorbals before finishing at Glasgow Green.
In a change from tradition the piper at each mile marker was replaced by various bands. With crowds lining the streets and the locals handing out oranges and spraying us with water the atmosphere was complete.
Jim Holmes ran an age group pb of 1:30:43. That, along with Daley Thompson's autograph and a wee shot of the Olympic torch, made his 19th Great Scottish Run a memorable one. Stephen Phimister continued his good recent form finishing in 1:31:16. Graham Ramage took 4 minutes off his pb finishing in 1:34:34 and assured us there is better to come. Another fine pb was recorded by Julie Beveridge who finished in 1:35:45. David Herbertson found the heat a bit oppressive but managed a respectable 1:36:58 while David Wardrope, another serial Great Scottish Runnist, finished in 1:41:53. Colin Banks and John McBride produced steady performances of 1:42:15 and 1:45:01 respectively. David Searil used his go faster haircut to great effect to record 1:48:15 and Richard Lawton kept his bollards intact to finish in 1:58:49.
However, the best harriers performance of the day was in the 10k race where Charlie McDougall was 34th out of 7448 in a time of 37:22 and first M60 runner.
Well done to all and if I've missed you out please add your time to the comments.
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Well done to Jim and all the other Harriers on great performances. Worth pointing out that Stephen Phimister improved his half marathon pb by an astonishing 8 minutes! Also, Charlie MacDougall's 10k time was the 5th fastest by an M60 in the UK this year.
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