Thousands Take Part in Great Scottish Run in Glasgow

Published 4th Oct 2015

Thousands of people have taken part in Scotland's biggest running event.

The Bank of Scotland Great Scottish Run saw around 30,000 runners hit the streets of Glasgow in a series of fun runs, 10k routes and a half marathon.

Many people were raising money for charity but there were also world class athletes in town for the half marathon where there was Scottish success.

Callum Hawkins, 23, came second to Commonwealth champion Moses Kipsiro with a personal best time of 1 hour 2 minutes and 42 seconds.

The female race saw Edna Kiplagat win and retain her Great Scottish Run title from last year.

The 10k was won by Ben Stevenson of Falkirk Victoria Harriers with the women's title taken by Jenny Bannerman of Inverness Harriers.

The event started on Friday with pupils from across Scotland taking part in a 1.5k fun run in Glasgow Green.

There was also a toddler dash and family mile staged yesterday in the city before today's main races.

Mark Hollinshead, chief executive of The Great Run Company, said: Today has been the culmination of Scotland's biggest ever weekend of running with over 30,000 participants.

The atmosphere on the streets of the city has been superb throughout and the weekend has been capped off by a brilliant performance and PB for Callum Hawkins.

The Bank of Scotland Great Scottish Run is cementing itself as one of the leading events in the international athletics calendar.''