Starting on Saturday 17th October, in beautiful Chiavenna, in the Alps north of Bergamo, Italy it was well done to Cat MacDonald, who finished 13th lady with 47:58 at the Kilometro Verticale Lagùnc, and to Alistair MacDonald who ran 58:00 in the mens edition. A3.3k course, with 1k of ascent! Then on Sunday 18th, Cat ran the Val Bregaglia 25k Mountain Trail Race finishing 2nd lady in 2:15:40. Up & Running had a couple of events on Saturday too. Well done to Iain Murphy who was 2nd in 1:26:28 at the Chaterherault Trails 20k, while Gianluigi Re was 3rd at the Alexandra Park 5k with a 20:00 PB. On Sunday 18th October, it was the TCS Amsterdam Marathon. A bit of rain in this one, but outstanding work by the dynamic duo of Chic Forsyth 3:08:42 PB & Gavin McGowan 3:29:36. Well done guys! It was also the Altra Yorkshire Marathon on a sunny Sunday, on a tough, hilly course. A brilliant top 100 run by David Jarrett with a PB 2:47:52, while James Berry had an amazing marathon debut in 2:58:41. And it was a great run by Veronica Fusaro on the back of a disrupted training block, with a PB 3:50:15. In the north east of England on Sunday, there was a brilliant run by Dave Ferguson with 1:29:42 2nd MV45, at the Run Nation Northumberland Castles Half Marathon. An 11 year HM best performance by Dave!
Daily archives: October 20, 2026
On Saturday 10th October, it was the start of the Scottish Athletics Cross Country season with the Lindsay’s West District XC Relays at Kilmarnock. The weather was kind on the day at the excellent Ayrshire venue in the fields adjacent to the Athletics Arena. We had a great turnout of 28 Bellas, with results as follow: (M) Oscar Coetzee 11:54, Paul McNairn 12:36, Josh Evans 12:54, Jordan Davidson 13:12, Bryan Mulgrew 13:13, Iain Murphy 13:22, Sam Ramsay 13:29, David Jarrett 13:38, Alan Moss 13:47, Jamie Robinson 13:57, David Pattison 15:42, Alan Digweed 15:45, Kalonde Kasengele 17:31, Frank Thielen 18:02. Congratulations to Oscar, Paul, Jamie & David were first place Mens Masters Team! (F) Cathy Wood 14:22, Abby McGlone 15:20, Kirsty MacFarlane 17:15, Lynne Hamilton 17:39, Alice Howe 17:56, Angela Eadie 18:33, Roz Wilson 19:03, Claire Galloway 19:26, Chi My Ta 20:19, Sue Campbell Senior 20:37, Alison Brown 21:14, Louise Gray 21:35, Louise Nimmo 21:38, Terry Nimmo 22:48. And well done too, to Ross Horgan 12:37, Ben Nurse 13:29 & Debi Gallagher 16:32 with Garscube Harriers, Glasgow Frontrunners & Giffnock North respectively.
Saturday 11th October, kicked off with the GB Ultras Glasgow to Edinburgh Ultra. A 0600hrs start for Alan Chalmers & Lucy MacKay to tackle the 58 miles from west to east along the central belt canals. Very well done to both, finishing in 10:58:02 & 13:14:29 respectively. It was an almost literal marathon Sunday 12th October, starting with the MBNA Chester Marathon. The fifth biggest marathon in the UK, and a brilliant run by the brilliant Calum Borthwick to finish in a PB 2:37:22, while there was another belting run by Lucy Warrington with a massive PB of 3:59:10. Und es war eine fantastische leistung von Mhairi Hill at the Munich Marathon. Our Bavarian Bella had a great 4:07:28 finish. And, in a warm Bank of America Chicago Marathon, there were no less than a magnificent seven Bellas running magnificent races with Mark Young 2:59:10, Chelsea Cruikshank 3:05:18, Colin Hughes & Marty Campbell 3:32:17, Anne Campbell 3:43:29, Lauren Rice 3:47:06, Pauline Wright 3:49:18.