Congratulations to our three athletes who represented Glasgow in Saturday’s European Cities Athletic Challenge in the Emirates Arena. The cities involved were Glasgow, Berlin, Helsinki, Cardiff and Brussels.
Jonathan Hooper leaped to a PB performance in the Long Jump with a distance of 6.55m, which ranks him number 2 in Scotland and 14th in the UK. Annie McLean (60m) and Adam Clifford (400m) competed over unfamiliar distances, with Annie running 8.47secs and Adam 54.19secs.
Kirsty Mann had a successful run in her first marathon running in hot conditions in Amsterdam. Her time of 3hrs 24.34 is highly respectable for a first attempt. Last weekend, Kirsty was helping at the West District Relays at Alexandria Park in the rain, supporting her club.
Next weekend is a busy outing for the club, with three teams at the FRA Relay (British Fell And Hill Relay Champs) at Keswick and at least 13 full teams at the National Cross Country Relay championships at Cumbernauld. At least 60 athletes and officials from the club involved!
In Parkrun news:
Over in Montrose Parkrun, Melanie Hayes finished in a time of 30.15.
Toby Hession finished in 4th place at the Ganavan Parkrun in a time of 21.36.
At Victoria Parkrun, Raymond Loughran ran a time of 29.20, followed by Andrew Shields in 29.48.
At Thurso Parkrun, Rowan Lennox finished 9th place in 23.15, followed by Jethro Lennox in 23.16.
At Drumpeliler Parkrun, Paul Mcguigan was 13th place in 23.05, then Mhairi Donaldson in a time of 29.05.
Fred Davies was second at the Jesmond Dene Parkrun in a time of 18.50.
At Palacerigg Parkrun, Jodie Waite finished in a time of 30.41.
As usual, there was lots of Shettleston action at Tollcross Parkrun. John Duffy was 5th in 20.47, followed by David Murphy in 22.22, John Craig in 25.14, Gillian McMillan in 25.30, and Bob Porteus in 26.28.
And finally…
Not satisfied with his busy week of training (and Saturday Parkrun), John Duffy took on the SVHC (Scottish Veteran Harriers Club) Andy Forbes Memorial 10,000m Track Champs. in Cumbernauld on Sunday. He finished in an impressive 8th place overall with a time of 40.37.49. Full results here.