The weekend kicked off with the Classic Glasgow University 5 mile Road Race with continued success for the club .We had a double with Taha Ghafari and Clare Stewart both taking wins. Taha also broke the course record with a time 23.54 when kicking away from clubmate, Jamie Burns, in the last mile. The previous record was 23.57 held by Chris Mackay set in 2010 – This was the 4th year in a row a Shettleston athlete has won the event (Jamie twice and now Taha twice). It was a case of them changing positions after last weeks great Scottish 10km race! Full results are not yet available but we believe Paul Sorrie was 2nd master to complete a trio of male club runners. New member, Clare Stewart, in her 2nd run for the club made it a great double for the club taking the ladies win -the first time a club member has won the ladies race . She was support by team mates Tara Walker and Club President, Elaine Mackay . Full results will be posted as they become available.
Across the other side of the city in Tollcross Park the Scottish Veteran Club (Masters) were holding their trial for the British & Irish International event on the 16th Nov in Belfast. Congratulations to Charlene McCallum (W35) and David Houston (M35) who both gain selection for the Scottish team .A number of other club athletes were also competing in different age groups
Overall positions in races not age group
Race 1 -Charlene McCallum 11th (2nd W35) -selected for Scotland
John Oates 16th (4th M65 -may still be selected as additional athlete)
Race 2 – Iain Pender 16th (8th M40)
Iain Burns 25th (4th M45 -may still be selected as additional athlete)
David Houston 29th (3rd M35) -selected for Scotland
Further South, Elena Heger competed in the Manchester ½ Marathon finishing in a time of 84.11to finish 38th Lady. Mark McColl was also south of the border at the West Coast ½ Marathon in Preston where he finished 6th in a time of 82 minutes. Victoria Riddell was also in action over the ½ marathon distance placing 2nd lady in a PB performance of 85.53 at Loch Rannoch
Kirsten Vieira Da Luz made the long trip to Chicago (USA) to compete in the World Record breaking race at the Chicago Marathon , finishing in a time of 3:39:29
A number of younger athletes started off their school break taking in a different junior park run – Louie Millican took the win at Strathaven, Tristan Giraud was second at Drumpellier Park with his brother Thierry placing 3rd – Junior Park runners let us know if you have taken one on !