Course record for Logan Rees at the Scottish 5km Road championship.
Morag Millar takes the women’s title, just missing her course record.
it was a breezy evening at Silverknowes and a great turnout with 531 finishers. Thank you to all the runners who turned up and hopefully you were all happy with your run on the night. A BIG thank you to all the helpers including the set up and take down crew (MASSIVE THANK YOU), registration crew, marshalls. shute funnerllers, announcer and Scottish Athletic officials who all came together to make a seamless enjoyable race event. Special mention to Tony Marsh (Film and Photography) for the amazing race video with superb drone footage. Thank you Tony.
Logan Rees of Fife AC took the men’s Scottish Athletics 5km road title In a competitive race with Central’s Morag Millar taking the women’s title. Despite the breeze blowing off the Firth of Forth there were fast times.
A group of four led at the 3km point including Rees (Fife AC), Clubmate Ben Sandilands and the Cambuslang duo of Jamie McKinnon and Callum Tharme. Aberdeen’s Sean Chalmers, Hamish Hickey (Central) and Ryan Thomson (Cambuslang) were just a few strides behind.
It was Rees who proved the stronger in the final kilometre to take the win in a new course record of 14:04. McKinnon took second place in 14:06 with Chalmers third in 14:08, both also inside Jamie Crowe’s previous best of 14:12 from 2023.
In the women's race Shettleston’s Lynn McKenna led at 3km from Central’s Morag Millar and Edinburgh’s Nancy Scott, It was Millar who powered home in the last kilometre to take the Scottish title for the third time just two seconds outside her course record from 2019 in 15:57. Scott also dipped under the 16 minute mark with 15:59 while McKenna took third in 16:02. Millie McClelland-Brooks, of Inverclyde, in 4th place, took the women’s under 20 title in 16:06, inside the best previous U20 time on the course of Natasha Phillips, 16:14 from 2023.
In the Men's Junior under 20 championships, Edinburgh University’s Angus Wright took gold in 14:30.
There were some impressive Masters performances, with Corstorphine's Stuart Livingstone setting a new MV40 Course record of 14:57 ahead of Edinburgh AC’s John Lenehan 15:10.
Brent Brodie, Bellahouston, set another course record in the MV50 category with 16:17, two seconds inside Scott McDonald’s 16:19 from 2019.
Ed Norton took the MV70 title with 20:47 in a close battle, edging out Jim Scott of Edinburgh (EAC) by just three seconds.20:50.
Laura Haggarty took the WV40 in 17:50.
Pamela Baillie took the WV50 Gala Harrriers 18:58.
Fiona Mathieson took the WV60 Falkirk Victoria 19:00.
Jamie McKinnon led Cambuslang to the team title, backed up by Callum Tharme in 4th and Ryan Thomson in 6th. Central were second and Fife AC were third.
The Edinburgh AC trio of Nancy Scott, Kirsty Walker and Hannah Cox took the women’s team gold medals from Shettleston and Edinburgh University Hares and Hounds.
Masters category positions
MV40 1. Stuart Livingstone Corstorphine 14:57
WV40 1. Laura Haggarty Kilmarnock 17:50
MV50 1. Brent Brodie Bellahouston 16:17
WV50 1. Pamela Baillie Gala Harrriers 18:58
MV60 1. David Cross. Edinburgh Athletic Cub 18:08
WV60 1. Fiona Mathieson. Falkirk Victoria 19:00
MV70 1. Ed Norton PH Racing Club 20:47
2. Jim Scott Edinburgh Athletic Cub. 20:50
MU17 1. James Alexander. Garscube 14:30
WU17 1. Nancy Corrie Harmeny 17:02
All results TBC.
