Saturday saw the last major event of our traditional events for the winter – The 6 stage /4 Stage Relays had been happy hunting grounds for the club in recent years to pick up national medals but this was not the case this year. The men’s team made a massive improvement from last year moving from 23rd to 5th but still along way off the glory days when we could almost be guaranteed a medal. The ladies only had one runner out. With no master teams it was in a sense a disappointing end to the season
As indicated the men’s team made a great effort to be among the medals with a good all round performance over the short /long legs – With a few of the top men missing it shows the promise of the current squad -Taha and Daniel were both in the top 10 fastest long legs with Luke Howard showing some of the promise of the past.
Many thanks to Elaine Mackay for looking after the teams – Gary Woods and John Mackay continued their commitment to making sure the club has the highest ranked officials we can have – Gary has recently been upgraded to level 3 endurance ( Congratulations) and John is just waiting to hear back if he has been successful in his application to be upgrade to Level 3 as well.
A bit of history with all our results from this championships attached –
Previous results http://shettlestonharriers.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/55-Scottish-National-6-Stage-Road-Relay.xls
Saturday Results
Men ; A Team – 5th – leg 1 Sam Lesley 16.17 (11th ) leg 2 Daniel Bradford 29.53 (6th ) Leg 3 Jonathan Moore 15.58 (6th) leg 4 Ross Good 31.06 (5th) Leg 5 Luke Howard 15.47 (5th ) Leg 6 Taha Ghafari 29.37
B Team – Only 3 runners Leg 1 Paul Sorrie 17.44 (29th ) Leg 2 Callum Butterworth 35.26 (26th) Leg 3 Stephen Clark 21.10 (33rd)
Ladies A Team – Emma Choudhry (nee McKinnon) Leg 1 24.34 (25th )
Thank you to Bobby Gavin for the photos
Over the last few weeks a number of our members have been trying their luck and preparation for forth coming marathons over the ½ marathon distance . New member, Fin Dyer, was 15th in time 66.51 PB in the Hague ,Netherlands on the 9th March and on Sunday Fred Davies was again 15th in a PB of 68.12 ( over a minute improvement) in the Wilmslow ½. Next weekend is the Scottish 10mile Championships held at Strathclyde Park with the Tom Scott Memorial Race where we have a number of club athletes competing.
Warm weather greets Parkrun runners across the country with wins for Cameron, 4th for Steve, 2nd for John and a win for Ryan
Many of our athletes were in action this weekend at Livingston for 6 stage road relays however there were some great performances at the park runs in the warm and sunny weather.
Brockwell Parkrun
Cameron Muir 1st Place 15.56
Crichton Parkrun
Steve Winter 4th 20.00
Cuningar Loop Parkrun
Rebecca Ryan 221st 28.39
Ellie Ryan 364th 34.38
Elder Park Run
Evelyn Struthers 41st 22.33
Holyrood Parkrun
Philip Neilson 11th 19.10
Palacerigg Parkrun
John Duffy 2nd 20.24
Pollok Parkrun
John Connaghan 7th 19.13
Raymond Loughran 224th 31.49
Queens Parkrun
Ryad Chebbout 1st 17.06 PB
David Lawson 15th 22.04
Susan Breckenridge 66th 25.57
Tollcross Parkrun
David Murphy 10th 22.41
Bob Porteous 41st 27.45
Joanne Harkins 66th 34.33
University of Stirling Parkrun
Jodie Waite 110th 27.13