CALLUM Hawkins had to settle for second place in a rain-drenched Bank of Scotland Great Scottish Run half marathon in Glasgow yesterday.
However, there was a Scottish double in the 10K wheelchair races with wins for Sammi Kinghorn and Sean Frame.
Hawkins, winner of the men’s half marathon last year was beaten by England’s Chris Thompson, the British half-marathon champion and a former European 10,000m silver medallist.
Thompson finished in a time of 62.44 in a record weekend of running which saw 30,000 people pound the streets of Glasgow over three days of events for all ages and abilities.
Hawkins clocked 63.18, just ahead of fellow Scottish runner Tsegai Tewelde in third.
“I had a bad patch around three or four miles and Chris pushed it on,’ Hawkins said. “I think it closed a bit a couple of times but not enough and eventually, with a mile or two to go, I had to concentrate on trying to get second off Tsegai.
“We’d quite a battle with that and I had hoped to have had it sorted before the last few metres.’
Andy Butchart found the step up in distance from 5000m on the track a steep learning curve in his first half marathon outing, finishing 14th.
Flomena Daniel was the first woman over the line with a time of 70.17, with Charlotte Purdue second in 72.18. Scotland’s Fionnuala Ross was third
in 74.26.
Kinghorn, a double gold
medal winner over 100m
and 200m at the world Para Athletics Championships in London, won the women’s wheelchair 10K race in 29.45, while Frame was men’s winner in 29.28.
In the 10K races which set off earlier in the morning, Stuart Gibson took victory in a time of 31.37, with Alasdair McLeod second in 31.55 and Darren Thom third in 32.55. Rebecca Murray won the women’s race in 34.30, ahead of Jenny Bannerman who clocked 35.50 and Claire Bruce third in 35.55.
The Bank of Scotland
Great Scottish Run started on Friday 29 September with thousands of pupils from across Glasgow taking part in a 1.5k fun run and on Saturday
more than 3000 people joined
in a series of family
and children’s runs.
Alex Jackson, of organisers
the Great Run Company said last night: “Today has been the culmination of Scotland’s
biggest ever weekend of running with more than
30,000 participants.
“Congratulations to the winners, to all the runners who took part and, as ever, our profound thanks to the people of Glasgow who lined the streets and created such a great atmosphere to cheer them on.
“The Bank of Scotland Great Scottish Run continues to go from strength-to-strength both in terms of its sheer scale and the demand for places.”
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