Centurion Olympian Tom Ross

Tom Ross

The Great Scottish Races being held on Sunday had a major impact on Saturday’s Glasgow parkrun, with numbers dropping to their lowest since the 1^st January 2012, with only 194 of us racing in the 188^th staging of the Pollok Park event.  I say ‘racing’ but ‘participating’ would be more appropriate for myself, and some others, as we used the 5k as our final training session prior to the Sunday races.

Quantity

I had a disciplined run, crossing the line in 26:46, to claim 105^th place and chalk up my 112^th parkrun and my 97^th at Glasgow in the process.  Kirkintilloch Olympian, Tom Ross ran his 100^th parkrun and joined the elite group of Centurion parkrunners, placing 59^th in 23:52.

Quality

Jennifer Clark

Not racing on Sunday, Bellahouston Harrier, Jennifer Clark continued her amazing improvement to win the women’s race and place 9^th overall in a PB of 18:49 with Kilbarchan’s Robert Quinn winning the men’s race in a time of 16:43.

Well done to all that participated in the event and thanks to the volunteers who make it possible week after week.

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