Calderglen Harriers

25/10/2026

Report: Newton Road Runners Cat Gaskell 10k

Well done to the 7 Harriers who braved the rain and forecast wind to run at the Cat Gaskell 10k at Newton on Saturday 23rd October.

Whilst wet, thankfully the worst of the wind managed to stay away until after the finish, although the cool down back to the car park was brutal!

1st Harrier home was Iain MacLean. Whilst 90s slower than last year, given the conditions Iain was reasonably happy with his time of 42:28 which was good enough to place him 1st v60 🥇

Next home was Andrew Higgins, whose time of 43:18 was not reflective of his current form as Andrew is managing a small injury with his Malaga marathon only 2 weeks away.

Cameron Harris, racing in club colours at a club event for the 1st time, managed a 3 minute PB (44:27), sneaking ahead of
Julie Beveridge (44:33), who finished 3rd v40. This after Julie ran the 3k race immediately beforehand with her niece!

Deane Devine was next Harrier finished with a 3 minute PB (45:03), followed by Robert Gibson (50:17).

Louise Higgins, also in training for Malaga (1/2 marathon) finished in 1:08:47 which coincidentally was exactly the same time to the second as last years GSR 10k!

Well done to all the Harriers for some fantastic results in such poor racing conditions!

Thanks to all the organisers and volunteers at Newton Road Runners for arranging such a fantastic event and for supporting the runners throughout the course in such wet weather. Thanks also to David McNulty’s Running Photography for the excellent photos.

24/10/2026

Well done to all our park runners today.

At Cuningar Loop, 4 Harriers were in action - Gerry Connelly 22:13 Steph Robertson Caulfield 23:12 Fiona Williamson 23:51 and Allison Lessells 23:53. Although Parkrun is not a race (🤣), it’s worth mentioning that our 3 females all finished in the top 10 of the F category! Well done to you all.

Across the water at Orangefield (Belfast) Taylor Jamieson, a recent C25k graduate, managed a time of 33:16. Well done Taylor.

At Strathclyde, Chris Thomson was a speedy 22:08, with Lucy Irwin finishing in 32:51. Holly Grieg, another c25k graduate, was at her 1st ever Parkrun and smashed her PB in a time of 35:46, with Danny Rafferty Smith finishing in 37:16.

Well done to all our Harriers.

18/10/2026

Weekend Update

It was nice to see lots of Harriers out running over the weekend.

At Parkrun, Joanne Lindsay from our Tuesday group was running at Cuningar Loop where she managed a new 5k PB of 29:11….. and only a couple of weeks after running a half marathon PB at the GSR. Well done Joanne, all that training is definitely paying off 👍

Peter Moyes was furthest travelled Harriers at Pontefract (27:41)

At our local parkrun at Strathclyde, Hamish Anderson ran 21:18 with Deane Devine not far behind at 21:41. Andrew and Louise Higgins continued their Malaga training, whilst Jason Grant continued his return to fitness.

Finally, our recent C25k graduates were also in action. Taylor Jamieson, despite being loaded with a cold, somehow managed another 5k PB finishing in a time of 31:58. Fantastic achievement Taylor. And Danny Rafferty Smith ran his 1st ever parkrun in 34:43 (although Parkrun gave him 36:41). As it’s Danny’s 1st parkrun, we celebrate his achievement regardless of the official parkrun time being so wrong from his watch!

Later on Saturday it was time for the 2nd Grand Prix race of the season, this time the Des Gilmore 5 mile race, with a strong contingent of Harriers starting at Garscube Sports complex. Official results are awaited, but meantime well done to all our racers, especially David H who was running in yellow and black for the 1st time!

Jordan Stewart
Chris Thomson
David Harkins
Robert Gibson
Gordon McInally
Andy Rycroft
Russell Couper

Julie Beverage
Emma Carroll
Fiona Williamson
Frances Ferguson
Lorraine Buchanan
Pam Rycroft

Well done everyone, and thanks to Charlotte Buchanan and Stephanie for the photos!

16/10/2026

Congratulations to our latest C25k graduates, a fantastic group who worked hard and who all thoroughly deserved their 🥇 Well done to you all, we look forward to seeing you back on Tuesdays, and Mondays…. And Thursdays 🤣

15/10/2026

10/10/2026

Well done to all the Harriers running in today’s West League XC Relay in Kilmarnock.

Great turnout in mainly dry conditions, but became very challenging underfoot towards the latter stages……

30/09/2026

Well done to our Harriers who were running parkruns at the weekend, and also to the Tuesday Group who were out in force for an easy 5k, in advance of Sundays Great Scottish Run!

20/09/2026

Weekend Update

At Strathclyde Parkrun on Saturday Charlotte Buchanan, Julie Beveridge, Andrew Buchanan, Chris Thomson and Deane Devine were all out running, all being closely bunched running between 21 and 23 minutes. All that training is paying off with strong 5k times throughout our runners, even when many are still returning from injury.

Later on Saturday at the Arrochar 10k, Alison Lessells (52:21) and Robbie Pattinson (54:38) were both running in Harriers colours. This course had 173m elevation, but the course profile looks like around 90m of that elevation took place around km 2, so well done to you both!

On Sunday, the Kenny Phillips 10 Mile
Road Race Around Cumbrae took place. Chris Thomson, fresh after his easy paced Parkrun on Saturday, finished in a great time of 1:11:59 for what was a testing windy course. Well done Chris!

Also on Sunday, Iain MacLean returned to Dumfries for the 2nd time to compete in the Dumfries Half Marathon, a race which also incorporated the British Masters Half Marathon Championships. Whilst a bit disappointed with his time being slower than last year, Iain nevertheless managed to hang on to secure a British Masters Championship M60 HM bronze medal 🥉

Finally, a shout out to the C25k crew who continue to meet up over the weekend to work on their homework!

Well done to everyone running over the weekend.