Glasgow's Great Women's 10k axed

Clyde News can exclusively reveal the Great Women’s 10k will not be returning to Glasgow.

Organisers announced the event, which has been running for 25 years, is cancelled indefinitely.

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Glasgow Life has confirmed participation in the run has fallen over the last two years, with more women taking part in the mixed event.

A statement from Great Run said: "Together with partners, we have taken the decision not to stage the event moving forward.

"First introduced 25 years ago to encourage more women in Scotland to participate in running events, the Great Women’s 10k was the first of its kind.

"It has been so successful in achieving that goal that we now see more women taking part in similar events than ever before.

"We wanted to take the opportunity to thank you for supporting the event over the years and for helping to make it such a success."

A spokeswoman for Glasgow Life said: “The Great Women’s 10K was introduced in 1993 in order to encourage more women to participate in sport and this goal has been achieved.

“Female participation in the Great Scottish Run 10K event has been higher than the Great Women’s 10K for the past two years.

"Therefore, we will instead concentrate our resources into the further development of the Great Scottish Run, rather than continuing to deliver an annual 10K event which is decreasing in popularity and facing more and more marketplace competition."