The Great Scottish Run in Glasgow is one of those things billed as a festival of running with a whole assortment of races for everyone, over different distances. This year, there were races for juniors on Saturday and adults on Sunday.
For the juniors, this was the biggest event most of the juniors had run in, with 1160 boys and girls aged between 9 and 16, from all over Scotland, racing over a 3k course on Glasgow Green. First Harrier to finish was Sol , with a very good time of 11:32. Sol was 60th overall, and 9th in the 11-12 boy category. Not far behind Sol was Andrew (33rd in his age category), followed by Savannah (18th 13-14 girl category) and Levi (115th in his age category).
On Sunday, a convoy headed from Crieff back to Glasgow for the Great Scottish Half Marathon. Eleven Harriers ran this major event, which had nearly 8500 participants. This race attracts international class runners, and the winner this year was Joseph Birech of Kenya, in a time of 1 hour, 1 minute and 26 seconds. Harriers runners didn’t quite match that pace, but they did put in some very strong performances. First Harrier was Phil T in the very creditable time of 1hour 24minutes and 23 seconds. First woman was Kerry, improving all the time with her best-ever half marathon time of 1hour 39minutes and 28 seconds. Elaine Moffat also managed a pb, and all the other runners had a splendid day out: Karen P, Jeff Sweeney, Nicola, Alastair, Fiona L, Colin T, Allan MacInnes and Kirsty.
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