Category: Race Reports

• RESULTS: Race Round Up 9-10 September 2017

  This weekend saw Harriers racing at Kyles 10 Miles,  Great North Run, From Hel’ & Back, Stirling 10k, Around Cumbrae 10M and further afield in Junfrau Marathon .  Our very own Mrs Ultra, Debbie Martin-Consani, also began the 330km Tour des Geants Ultra this weekend.  You can follow her epic progress here  We also had a ‘Garscube […]

• RESULTS: Summer League Event #9 – Charlie Kilshaw 5M, 20 July 2017

  Thank you for everyone who raced, helped, supported and donated at Thursday’s race in memory of former club member, Charlie Kilshaw. Rain didn’t stop the fun and it was a brilliant turn out and the first time we’ve had over 100 racing in memory of Charlie – what a great tribute! Thank you to you generous […]

• RESULTS: Summer League Event #7 – Henderson Cup, 15 June 2017

  Our 7th Summer League Event fixture saw the return of cross-country at our annual Henderson Cup Race on 15th June 2017. The Cup is a handicapped event, based on recent 10k times.  It seems Summer Cross Country in Scotland isn’t all that different to Winter Cross Country – plenty of mud to be found!  This year […]

• RESULTS: Summer League Event #6 – Shettleston 10k, 28 May 2017

  The 6th event of our Summer League was the Babcock Series Shettleston 10k (actually at Glasgow Green…)  This is a new race to the scene and is fast & flat with a change from the mid week evening races in the rest of the Babcock Series .  We had 20 Harriers racing and secured a wee haul of […]

• RESULTS: Race Round Up 26-28 May 2017

  The sun shone this weekend which made excellent conditions for supporting but challenged many of the runners, especially those competing at longer distances.  We’re just not used to such lovely weather!  Whilst lots of our athletes were taking part in the Shettleston 10k as part of our Summer League (covered elsewhere), there was also racing elsewhere from 3k to […]

• RESULTS: Race Round Up 20-21 May 2017

  There are so many races at this time of year, it’s sometimes difficult to choose what to enter, let alone keep up with where everyone is competing!  This week our runners met with trails, hills, sunshine and rain …not forgetting the mentally tough laps at the end of the Stirling Marathon!  It was victory for Stephen Porteous at […]

• RESULTS: Summer League Event #5 – DAAA 5k Track Championships, 23 May 2017

  Tuesday 23rd May saw the DAAA 5k Track Championship which also doubled as Garscube Harrier’s Club 5k Champs.  It was almost a completely Garscube affair with only 7 athletes from other clubs competing and we came away with a stack of prizes, including a clean sweep in the men’s race.  Katie White and Garry Mathew won […]

• RESULTS: Juniors West District Track & Field 12-13 May 2017

  The big news of the Junior West District Champs was Cody Stevenson claiming a Silver medal in the 800m only a week after claiming one in the Hill Champs – an excellent start to his new age group in the U20s.   The weekend saw various age groups don the Garscube vest, with some really good runs […]

• RESULTS: Race Round Up 10-14 May 2017

  As well as our League event, Dumbarton 10k, we also had representation in the hills, on the roads and mixed terrain at Whangie Whizz Hill Race, Monklands Half, Glasgow’s Toughest Run, and Broughton Heights Hill Race. Delighted to hear that our Club President, Jill O’Neil finished 5th Female, and claimed a Silver medal in the […]

• RESULTS: Summer League Event #4 Dumbarton 10k, 11 May 2017

  The Summer League is now in full swing with the 4th event and 2nd of the Babcock 10k Series – Dumbarton 10k on 11th May.   This popular event is a fast, flat course, with lots of PB potential and this year it doubled as our Club 10k Championships. 28 Harriers raced on the day, with […]

• RESULTS: Race Round Up 3-7 May 2017

  It’s been a busy week and as well as Helensburgh 10k,  Wednesday evening saw racing at the popular  Troon Tortoises 10k and at Dumyat Hill Race.  We were delighted to see Paddy Gibbons smash his PB at Troon Tortoises 10k, his hard training over winter having paid off.  Fast forward to the weekend, and it was time […]

• RESULTS: Summer League Event #3 Helensburgh 10k, 3 May 2017

  The 10k season is here and it kicked off mid-week, with Helensburgh 10k – part of the Babcock 10k Series and our 3rd Summer League fixture.  We came away with 2nd place Ladies team (Mary, Alison & Nighean – Nighean’s first race in a Garscube vest and she picks up a PB and a prize […]

• RESULTS: Highland Fling Ultra Marathon & Relay 29 April 2017

  Wow!  Incredible results from our Ultra marathon runners at Garscube at the 53 mile -Highland Fling this weekend.  Taking the lead just over Conic Hill, superstar Nicola Adams-Hendry won the women’s race in a PB time of 8:16 .  In the men’s race, Donald McPartlin finished 5th (3rd Young Male)  in 7:32 – an excellent […]

• RESULTS: 3k on the Green, 28 April 2017

  Three Harriers took on April’s 3k on the Green on Friday, with Lesley Chisholm finishing first female in 10:18, followed by Kieran McLaughlin (11:18) and Laura Gray (13:50). The event is held on the last Friday of every month at the Arch at Glasgow Green. Full Results available  

• RESULTS: Race Round Up 22/23 April

  Whilst much of the attention was on London Marathon this weekend, we had a contingent of non marathoners competing at Balfron 10k and at the Ormidale 10k over in Arran, with success from Juniors to Veterans!  Alison Wood finished 2nd Lady at Ormidale 10k, whilst at Balfron 10k, Robert Morrison was 2nd MV50, Emma Hatherley 3rd F, […]

• RESULTS: London Marathon & Scottish Marathon Championships 23 April 2017

  This year the Scottish Marathon Championships were held as part of the London Marathon and what a day Team Garscube had!  There were some truly impressive performances of #GarscubeGrit, working together as #teamgarscube, to reap the rewards! Scottish Athletics have provisionally announced the results of the Scottish Marathon Champs and it looks like Garscube have won Individual […]

• RESULTS: Summer League Event #2 Drumchapel parkrun

  The sun was shining in Bluebell Woods for our 2nd fixture of the Summer League – Drumchapel parkrun.  This is a relatively new parkrun to Glasgow and very local for a lot of our members.  It’s  a tough course, but the hills provided a different challenge to the flatter Victoria Park venue we’ve used in previous […]

• Results: Boston UK and Boston USA Marathons 17 April 2017

  It was a bit of a Boston Marathon Double on Easter Monday! Finlay Finlay had a cracking run and finished in 10th Place at the Boston Marathon (UK) in a new PB of  2:54:06. John Murray (Men’s Team Manager) went stateside to complete the more famous Boston Marathon (USA) and finished in 3:53:28.  Murray is […]

• Results: Race Round Up: 8/9th April 2017

  Another busy weekend of racing for Garscube Harriers this weekend across events ranging from 5k to 80k! At the High Terrain Events Kielder Ultra, Donald McPartlin was on winning form in the 80K , setting a new course record in the process.  What a fantastic result  in only his 2nd ultra distance event.  Barbara Anderson also […]

• RESULTS: Race Round Up – Summer League Event #1 – Tom Scott 10M & Manchester Marathon, 2nd April 2017

  The weekend’s racing kicked off on Friday when Martha Lovatt was 2nd F at this month’s 3k on the Green in  12:30.  On Sunday, it was the Tom Scott 10M Road Race which saw the West District Champs and the Scottish National Champs over the distance…and the start of our own Summer League (points mean prizes)! […]

• RESULTS: Scottish National Road Relays, Livingston, 26 March 2017

  What a contrast to the previous weekend’s gales… this weekend 17 of our senior athletes basked in the sunshine between relays reps in Livingston at the Scottish National Road Relays.  Alternating short (3.1 miles) and long (5.8 miles) legs, women’s teams compete over 4 legs and men’s over 6. Full results available via Scottish Athletics. Garscube Harriers […]

• Results: Race Round Up: 18-19 March 2017

  What a weekend of racing Garscube Harriers have had.  Saturday saw our juniors in action at the Scottish National Young Athlete Road Championships with 14 athletes competing at this high profile event.   Elliot Duff  secured individual BRONZE medal in the U15 Boys race and a team SILVER with his team mates, Jack Trainer and Murphy Hand.   […]

• Results: Garscube Harriers Schools XC (Maryhill Park), 19 February 2017

  Well done to the 207 junior athletes who towed the start line at Garscube Harriers Schools’ Cross Country Race, held on Sunday at Maryhill Park.  In races over  2.3km, there were 4 races for those in P5, P6, P7 and S1-S6. As always thank you to all the volunteers who made this event possible and […]

• RESULTS: Inter District XC Championships, 7th January 2017

  Fantasic running at today’s  (and not just Callum Hawkins ….) Delighted to have 11 Garscube Harriers athletes competing for the West District Team today. Every one of the runners did their West vest proud and gave it their all, helping their West Team bring home a haul of medals. (Photo shows Isabelle Burnside and Grace MacLean […]

• Results: Garscube Harriers School XC 19/11/16

  Results are now available for the Garscube Harriers Schools Cross Country Races which took place at Maryhill Park on 19th November 2016.  There were over 140 children taking part from ages P5 to S6.   Well done to all those who ran and a huge thank you to all the volunteers, parents and teachers who supported […]

• Race Results: West District XC Relays, Kilmacolm

  Last weekend, over 60 Garscube Harriers’ athletes lined up to kick off the cross-country season with the West District XC relays at Birkmyre Park in Kilmacolm. The highlight of the day was the junior boys team winning silver, thanks to the team effort of Finlay Ross-Davie 9:07, Elliot Duff 8:53 and Cody Stevenson 8:25 who […]

• Results: Summer League Event #5 – Charlie Kilshaw Memorial Race 14 July 2016

  Full results from the Charlie Kilshaw Memorial Race are now available: CK5 2016 RESULTS The race saw 94 competitors battle it out over the fast 5 Mile course in memory of a much-loved Garscube Harrier who is no longer with us.  Friends who couldn’t make the event, ran their own 5 miles for Charlie and shared their memories via […]

• Results: Milngavie & Bearsden Highland Games 10K (11/06/16)

  Full results for the Milngavie & Bearsden Highland Games 10k are now available. Congratulations to Gregor Yates (Bellahouston Harriers) and to Emma Birnie who were the male and female winners in 36:50 and 43:25, respectively. Well done to the 61 people who ran the tough course and thanks to all the volunteers who supported this event.

• Summer League Event 4 – Polaroid 10K Dumbarton

  48 Harriers were out in force at the Polaroid 10K race in Dumbarton which doubled as our club’s 10K Championships. And the 4th event in our Summer League. Congrats to our club 10k Champs – Lesley Chisholm #winner# and Del Young.  Lesley was also 2nd F overall, and 1st VF40. Alex Chisholm was 1st MV60 […]

• Results: Juniors 2k Time Trial

  77 juniors took part in the 2k time trial on 25th May 2016. Results are below: Race 1 – Packs D1 –E2 1st Arun Smith 00:06:38 2nd Thomas Berry 00:06:45 3rd Ross Chapman 00:06:49 4th Calum Silcock 00:06:52 5th McKenzie Haldane 00:06:54 6th Ross Smith 00:06:58 7th Ellie  Hinks 00:07:11 8th Jack Trainer 00:07:12 9th Euan […]

• Youth Development League Event 2

  Along with Kirkintilloch Olympians, our junior athletes formed an East Dunbartonshire team for the Youth Development League. In the 2nd event on 22nd May our U13 & U15 team came 5th out of 8 teams in our YDL Division 2.  Well done everyone for this team result.  All of your individual results contributed points for […]

• Summer League Event 3 – Polaroid Clydebank 10K

  38 Harriers donned the blue & white  for the Polaroid 10K in Clydebank.  Another cracking run by Katie White for 2nd F overall.  Mary Senior  took 2nd FV40, Paul O’Brien  1st MV60, Alex Parker #winner# 3rd MV60, Ann White  1st FV60! In the Junior category, Cody Stevenson  was 3rd Male and Lucie Stevenson was 3rd Female! Both the […]

• Polaroid Helensburgh 10K

  The start of the 10K season saw 27 Harriers competing in the first event of the Polaroid 10K Series at Helensburgh.  On her return to the Glasgow race scene, Katie White was first home for the club and 2nd Lady overall in 37:31  Garscube Harriers also won first female team prize with Katie White, Mary Senior and […]