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Five harriers made the trip east on Sunday 13th May to compete in the Drumpellier 5k which this year was chosen as the race to decide the Club 5k Championship. The weather was nice and dry and not yet too hot to adversely affect times. The race started outside the Lochview Family Golf Centre and, …
The annual Maryhill Harriers Bannerman 5k took place on Thursday 3rd May at our usual route in Dawsholm Park. Despite a bit of rain and wind during the day, the course held up in most parts with only a few patches of mud to navigate on what is always a very challenging course. 8 runners …
The sixth race in the summer series this year took place on Thursday 26 August and was originally planned to be the Bannerman route in Dawsholm Park. However the overgrown conditions and the fact the route got a bit of a doing after the Tour of Clydeside meant we switched back to the original plan …
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This race was postponed a week due to the parkrun race organisers not being informed of a kids football tournament taking place that weekend. A bit of a shame as the turnout had looked good. Eight Harriers turned up the next week on another crisp morning. Placings were: Position Gender Pos Name Time 6 6 …
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8 Harriers reported bright and early today to attend the 4th event in our summer 5k series. This was to be the maiden run for many at the Drumchapel parkrun. Set in Garscadden woods it is a challenging course and one that will push you to your limits – 92 meters of ascent mean it’s …
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The third race in the summer series starts at the brow of the hill on Maryhill Rd opposite the park gates, with another good turnout presenting Chris Gunn’s wife Susie making her debut and the series organiser Craig G making an appearance. The course is quite undulating with the first mile working down to the …
A bright Saturday morning saw me cycle down the Kelvin/canal to Ruchill Park for the second race in the series. I arrived just after 9am to see Lynsey and the organisers setting up the course, locked my bicycle to a bench and waited to see who else turned up. Margaret had explained the course to …
It was almost a year to the day since the last Bannerman 5k Race round Dawsholm Park took place. Andy had taken all the merit league points on that occasion but wasn’t around to compete this time. I arrived to witness a sea of blue against the green backdrop of the park, with the club …
With the Dunky Wright 5K not running this year, we decided to use the Victoria Parkrun as this year’s 5K championship race. It was a nice warm sunny morning with the usual three laps of the park around “swan lake.” After doing the Ruchill mountains last week, it definitely seemed a lot easier. As it was …
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Perfect conditions greeted the competitors with a combination of balmy weather and laser-accurate race handicap time predictions by Scott “Rainman” Coulter. With the absence of Andy, Andrew and Kevin through work/illness and with Kenny and current Champ Sullivan out injured, valuable merit points were up for grabs on the men’s side (no such luck on …