Best Ever WAVA @ Glasgow Green 3k

Focussed Racing

I've not been racing for a while, due to illness, but I have been training well and had a couple of decent tempo runs around Pollok parkrun, so I was feeling quite confident when I turned out for the October 3k on the Green Race.  I had managed a time of 11:58 on my last outing in March and I knew that I'd need to work hard to match that time. Conditions were almost perfect for a good run, with no wind and unseasonal temperatures.  There was a great turmout of 78 runners, boosted by 18 from the local Blackfriars Primary School.  Although there were a lot of running buddies participating, most of them are out of my class and there was no-one that I could challenge myself against. Instead, it would have to be a race against the clock today.  That said, I did try to keep Al MacLachlan and Charlotte Fortune in sight for as long as possible, which wasn't that long!  The noise from the footsteps of runners behind me kept the pressure on and other and helped to ensure that I kept working around the, out and back, course.  Although I was a little dissapointed not to be able to hold of the challenge from Eddie Carr, Although I was shattered, I was also elated to cross the line in 35th place, in a time of 11:51.  Seven seconds faster than my last race, my best time in 4 years and only 3 seconds off of my PB, I was even happier to discover that I had recorded my highest race WAVA ever, at 75%.

Many thanks to the organisers and fellow runners for their support in this great wee event, which also helpe to raise funds for the Helambu Project.

Results

Up front, it was two of my friends who took the honours in their first outing, with Cambuslang's Shaun Butler, swapping the Tollcross park hills for the much flatter Glasgow Green, winning in a time of 9:30.  With Linlithgow's Charlotte Fortune earning Gold in the women's race, with a time of 10:52.

Pics by David Mooney.

Full Results:

1 Shaun Butler Senior M Ronhill Cambuslang 00:09:30

2 Craig Reid Senior M Bellahouston Roadrunners 00:09:34
3 Simon Fraser Senior M Glasgow Tri Club 00:09:44
4 Stuart MacDougall Senior M 00:09:48
5 Peter Mackie Senior M Shettleston Harriers 00:09:49
6 Chris Upson Super Veteran M Westerlands 00:09:56
7 Steven Prentice Veteran M Bellahouston Harriers 00:10:03
8 Richard Cooper Veteran M 00:10:05
9 Ted Gourley Super Veteran M Giffnock North 00:10:07
10 Euan Craig Senior M Kirkintilloch Olympians 00:10:17
11 John Connaghan Veteran M Shettleston Harriers 00:10:22
12 Dave Thom Super Veteran M Ronhill Cambuslang 00:10:24
13 George Taylor Super Veteran M 00:10:30
14 Gerard Scullion Veteran M Bellahouston Roadrunners 00:10:31
15 Kevan McCartney Veteran M Greenock Glenpark Har'rs 00:10:32
16 Darren Murray Veteran M Bellahouston Harriers 00:10:33
17 Raymond Farrell Veteran M Bellahouston Roadrunners 00:10:33
18 Alastair Andrew Senior M 00:10:40
19 Justin Carter Veteran M 00:10:40
20 Neil Farnell Senior M Bellahouston Roadrunners 00:10:41
21 Alastair MacLachlan Super Vet M Bellahouston RR 00:10:44
22 Henry Merriweather Veteran M Bellahouston RR 00:10:44
23 John Hagemeister Veteran M 00:10:45
24 Fergal Duffy Veteran M 00:10:49
25 Charlotte Fortune Senior F Linlithgow AC 00:10:52
26 Barrie Johnstone Senior M 00:10:54
27 Jonathan Scales Super Veteran M 00:11:10
28 David Murphy Veteran M Shettleston Harriers 00:11:14
29 Paul Taylor Veteran M 00:11:30
30 Hilary Robinson Veteran F 00:11:40
31 Bruce Henry Senior M 00:11:44
32 Duncan Leitch Senior M 00:11:46
33 Eddie Carr Super Veteran M Ronhill Cambuslang 00:11:47
34 Stephen Scheuerl Veteran M Wee County Harriers 00:11:50
35 Ian Goudie Super Veteran M Bellahouston Harriers 00:11:51
36 Alaister Jeffrey Senior M 00:11:53
37 Steven McCarley Senior M Glasgow Frontrunners 00:12:06
38 Mike Donohue Super Veteran M 00:12:10
39 Jennifer Duru Senior F Garscube Harriers 00:12:12
40 John Appleton Senior M 00:12:14
41 Alan Dempster Senior M 00:12:20
42 Russell Paton Senior M 00:12:23
43 Greg Crockart Senior M Glasgow Frontrunners 00:12:25
44 Scott Fergus Veteran M 00:12:41
45 Graeme Pert Super Veteran M 00:12:48
46 Joyce Allardice Super Veteran F Clyde Runners 00:12:50
47 Robbie Robinson Veteran M 00:12:51
48 Pauline Wallace Veteran F 00:12:58
49 Michael Young Super Veteran M 00:12:59
50 Alasdair MacKay Veteran M Garscube Harriers 00:13:02
51 Anne Scott Veteran F 00:13:35
52 Angela Campbell Senior F Bellahouston Harriers 00:13:48
53 Margaret Hutchinson Veteran F 00:13:53
54 Graham Whitfield Senior M 00:13:54
55 Russell Morrison Super Veteran M 00:13:58
56 Colin Stewart Veteran M Shettleston Harriers 00:13:58
57 Aidan Adams Junior M Blackfriars PS 00:14:00
58 Yomna Yamani Junior F Blackfriars PS 00:14:00
59 Martin McCormack Senior M Blackfriars PS 00:14:03
60 Catriona Gourley Super Veteran F 00:15:14
61 Scott Wilson Junior M Blackfriars PS 00:15:26
62 Medina Keran Junior F Blackfriars PS 00:15:27
63 John Softley Super Veteran M Bellahouston Harriers 00:15:30
64 Ailsa Smith Super Veteran F 00:15:58
65 Hayden Fisher Junior F Blackfriars PS 00:16:47
66 Marco Wright Junior M Blackfriars PS 00:16:48
67 Jay McGinlay Junior M Blackfriars PS 00:17:42
68 Caro Kawa Junior M Blackfriars PS 00:19:29
69 Shaleeya Kawa Junior F Blackfriars PS 00:20:34
70 Charlotte Baker Junior F Blackfriars PS 00:20:36
71 Walter Ewing Super Veteran M Shettleston Harriers 00:21:07
72 Liam Smith Junior M Blackfriars PS 00:23:36
73 Kaiden Stevenson Junior M Blackfriars PS 00:23:42
74 Paris Burton Junior F Blackfriars PS 00:23:52
75 Alfasa Janzada Junior M Blackfriars PS 00:24:03
76 Holly Blair Junior F Blackfriars PS 00:24:03
77 Afifa Bukhari Junior F Blackfriars PS 00:24:03
78 Dylan Cleugh Junior M Blackfriars PS 00:24:34