GLASGOW UNI 5 MILER

Five harriers made there way to the north of Glasgow for the Glasgow Uni 5mile road race. The race has changed over the years from course and date. For about 9 years now its been a 2 lap course and the last couple of years its been held early in the year instead of November. The course is mostly good running but with a couple of long uphills mixed with some good downhill sections. The start is on a long uphill just to get the legs going right away but followed with a good downhill on the switchback. It then turns onto the road parallel to the canal which has a gentle incline but as you turn left at the end of the road it has a short but steep uphill to run by Dawsholm park which is a long gentle downhill with a sharp drop at the end of the road taking you down to the river Kelvin. After crossing the river there is a long steep climb up to Maryhill rd which is followed by a long gentle downhill back to Garscube Sports complex and through the finish line for the first time and onto lap 2. Julie Beveridge is at the moment following a Marathon training plan and informed me she was needing a 10k race this month as part of that. With little on the calander  this was the closest she could find and would just add the extra on at the end which she duly did. Her time for the race was 32.51 and way ahead of the rest of us. Next Harrier was Frances Ferguson whos form has been consistant for a while now that shes had a good spell injury free. It makes a big difference to get a long spell without injury. Frances finished in 36.34. Next in was Russell Couper again having a good run with his fastest time over the 2 lap course finishing in 42.22 (No ice today Yippee). Next was Sandy Hayden who said afterwards that she wasn't feeling too great during the run but still finished in a respectable time of 44.23. Our final Harrier was also our youngest Morgan Beaton who is just starting out on her racing career having only done a handful of races. Morgan finished in 51.06. Morgan will improve greatly as she gains experience of racing so we all need to watch our backs shes going to catch us. Morgans father Richard was also running today and finishing in 39.26. Someone sign him up to the Harriers.
Thanks to Christopher McCarron for coming along and giving us all encouragement on the course today. Chris should be over his injury in a few weeks.