Victoria parkrun #22

A particularly nasty bout of food poisoning put paid to any plans that I may have had to race this weekend but I popped along to Victoria parkrun #22 where a number of great races ensued during the weekly 5k event.  Perhaps surprisingly there were no Bellahouston Harriers running today but there was a great turnout from Fusion Triathlon Club and a rare appearance from Kilmarnock AC's Scott Martin and his former team mate Andy McGhee.

Connor Thomson

Scott Martin

Celebrating his fifteenth birthday, Kilbarchan's Connor Thomson led from the off and, although hotly pursued by Scott Martin around the three lap course, held on to win with a gap of 8 seconds to beat the 45 year old., with a huge PB of 17:07.  The two first timers at Victoria Park were followed home by another First Timer, as Stewarton's Andy McGhee overtook Shettleston's Keiren Docherty and Fusion's Crawford Whyte, to earn Bronze with an SB of 17:25.

Emma chases Shona down the final Strait

The Women's Race was even more keenly contested but in the end Fusion's Emma Lamont's new PB was not enough to catch Kelvin's Shona McManus who had led from the Start but was almost caught on the line as both women clocked 18:42.  The pair, who placed 10th and 11th overall, were followed home by Sharon Muir who placed 17th overall with a time of 19:12, also one second off of her PB, set at the recent Clydebank 5k.



A total of 190 runners took part in the run, the third largest field since it was established in 12 October 2013,and I managed to capture most of them with my camera.

Julie Gordon

Photos here

Full Results here






Well done to all concerned, including the volunteers, led so ably by Race Director Julie Marie Gordon.