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| Some of the 49 Bella Harriers at Pollok parkrun |
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| Jack Arnold |
As luck would have it both Bellahouston
running clubs had a 'mass' parkrun at Pollok Park on Saturday. The
49 Harriers and 24 Road Runners, helped to squell the ranks to 451
participants, one of the largest ever.
Whilst there were no records
broken, there were some decent runs in both the men's and women's
races. Cambuslang's Gordon Robertson crossed the line first, with a
time of 16:24, ahead of Bellahouston Harrier Jack Arnold in 16:37 and
Bella Road Runner Ciaran Dougherty in 17:00.
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| Bernie O'neil |
In the women's race, it was a clean sweep for the Harriers, who not only placed 1,2, 3 but also 4,5,and 6 as well. Bernie O'neil led the female Harriers home with a huge PB of 20:21, just ahead of Jennifer Clark (also 20:21), Susan MacRitchie (20:40) placed 3rd, Erica Christie (21:26) 4th, Caroline Cochran (21:43) 5th and Janine Dickie 6th with a PB of 21:49.
For my part, I wan't feeling great and
had set myself the task of having a steady run, however when Erica
Christie overtook me, I immediately increased the pace and returned
the compliment, we played leap frog a total of four times before
Erica broke away at the 4k point. My strong finish just wasn't quite
good enough to catch her for the fifth time and she crossed the line
one place and one second ahead of me. I was happy enough to place 71st in
21:47, my second fastest time since May 2011 and my eighth fastest
time, out of 115 at Pollok. I also managed a rare victory over Road Runner Keith Gibb
for only the fourth time this decade¬
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| Erica in hot pursuit |
Once again many thanks to all my fellow
runners and the volunteers too for making my Saturday morning run a
little more fun. A special mention to Bellahouston Harrier
Christopher Steward who completed his century of parkruns on Saturday
and Dan Maher who ran his 250th!
Full Results Here
Pics by Brian Douglas
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