Glasgow parkrun 5K Event 92

I cycled along to Pollok Park on Saturday morning to take a few photos and try a wee run. Kilmarnock Harriers’ captain Connell Drummond had done a sterling job in putting together three teams for the afternoon’s West District Cross Country Relay Race and I didn’t want to pull out and let the Club down. After the parkrun had started, I tried a wee run and although my calf muscles were tight, I could run and, as the XC race was only 4k long, I decided to participate. Despite the absence of a number of Club runners due to the XC race, there was still a very healthy turnout of some 241 parkrunners. First across the finish line was, sub three hour marathon man, Ross Mackenzie who completed the 5k in 18:19. This was much slower than his 17:24PB but good enough for him to win at the nineteenth attempt. First timer David Quixal placed runner-up with a time of 18:32 and Bryan Burnett finished third with 18:40.

First Woman

There was also a new winner in the women’s race where Bellahouston Harrier Suzanne McMahon, continuing her fine form of late, crossed the line first, with a time of 20:42. This was a little slower than Suzanne’s PB of 20:32 but good enough to win by almost four minutes, in her fourteenth attempt. First time parkrunner Clare MacAulay placed second with a time of 24:23 and Stephanie Mackay improved her maiden time by thirteen seconds to place third with a time of 24: 35.

My photos here
 
Full Results here