5 Below

Yesterday I ran the Helensburgh 10k. It was the fourth time that I have run the 10K in Helensburgh and it was my twentieth 10k, the first was the Great Scottish Run in 2004.
The atmosphere of this race is always great and the nice weather brought more spectators and well wishers out than I can [...]

Yesterday I ran the Deafblind Scotland’s 10k Canal Run in Bishopbriggs. The weather for this run was the opposite of my last run in Troon. Just before the start it was raining however once the race started the sun came out and it was a warm run.
From a tactical point of view I ran a [...]

Dumbarton 10k 2007 1:02:57
Clydebank 10k 2006 1:03:40
Clydebank 10k 2007 1:04:32
Dumbarton 10k 2008 1:04:41
Dumbarton 10k 2006 1:04:44
Vale of Leven 10k 2006 1:06:40
Great Scottish Run 10k 2004 1:07:1
Vale of Leven 10k 2007 1:07:38
Stirling 10k 2006 1:07:46
Helensburgh 10k 2007 1:08:14
Clydebank 2008 1:08:30
Stirling 10k 2007 1:09:2
Helensburgh 10k 2008 1:09:51
Great Scottish Run 10k 2006 1:10:5
Great Scottish Run 10k 2007 1:10:38
Helensburgh [...]

The results below are taken from the official results on the respective web sites, most of the times in previous posts were my own observations on passing the finish line. I think in all cases the official results are slightly faster. Most of the 10k races I am running this year will use ‘chip’ timing [...]

It has been raining the last few days in Glasgow so I was not surprised that this morning it was still raining. It was mainly a light drizzle which is not too bad to run in and I was thankful it was not as hot as last year when I was not taking part.
One of [...]