Round the Houses 10k - Calderglen GP Race and British Masters 10k Championship

Many may have forgotten (I certainly did) that the Grangemouth Round the Houses 10k was scheduled to be the British Masters 10k Road Race Championship in 2020 as well as being a regular part of the Harriers Grand Prix. Well, the race is back on this year on 17th April and is also the British Masters Championship. Those who entered the British Masters Championship in 2020 will have been advised by BMAF that your entry is still valid. For those who have not entered, there are two ways to enter:

• those who are 35 or over and have up to date Scottish Athletics Membership, please enter directly via the BMAF web site using this link: https://bmaf.opentrack.run/en- gb/x/2022/GBR/bmaf-10km/. Please can all eligible Harriers use this link. As we have found at British Masters Championships when hosted in Scotland, there is a definite home advantage and Calderglen Harriers have always done well (remember the BMAF 10k at Pollok Park a few years ago). As the saying goes, you've got to be in it to win it, and win we certainly did in team and individual categories at Pollok Park. As this is an individual and team event, everyone in the club counts. You may not be the first counter in the Harriers' age group team but if we are one person short in a particular category, we are not even in the race. There are individual gold, silver and bronze BMAF championship medals in 5 year age group intervals from 35 to 100+ (don't think we have anyone there yet). Team prizes for female and male teams are in 10 year increments (35 to 44, 45 to 54, 55 to 64, etc) with 3 to count per team, automatically determined by the club's first 3 finishers in the age group and gold, silver and bronze in each category that has enough teams entered.
• those younger than 35 or who do not have a valid Scottish Athletics Membership, enter via EntryCentral using this link: https://www.entrycentral.com/RoundTheHouses. There are a host of prizes for individuals and teams in this open race too as detailed on the Entry Central page.

This is one of the flattest 10k courses in Scotland and also has a large field of all abilities, ensuring there is always someone to latch onto and drag you around to a potential PB.

Alan