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Eilish McColgan continues her record-breaking season in Glasgow

McColgan won the Great Scottish Run 10K in 30:18, beating the second place finisher by six minutes and breaking the British 10K record for the third time this year

Eilish McColgan Photo by: James Rhodes

British record holder Eilish McColgan continued her record-setting season on Sunday at the Great Scottish Run in Glasgow, where she won in 30 minutes and 18 seconds, breaking her British 10K record for the third time this year.

McColgan was planning to run at the 2022 London Marathon, but ended up delaying her marathon debut until 2023, due to concerns around fuelling. Instead, she took to racing in front of a Scottish crowd, topping off a memorable year that has included British records at 5K, 10K and half-marathon, plus Commonwealth 10,000m gold and several European championship medals. 

This was the third time McColgan broke the British 10K record in 2022. She began her season with a 30:23 at the Vitality London 10,000 and then improved that mark to 30:19 at the Great Manchester Run in late May.

Her time has also been described as a European record, although Lonah Chemtai Salpeter ran 30:05 in Tilburg, Netherlands in 2019, the course was not ratified. To add to the confusion, Salpeter runs for Israel, which is geographically part of Asia but is one of the European Athletics member nations.

McColgan said on her Instagram page that her run was “possibly a European record, but it’s a little confusing with what is ratified.”

The 31-year-old distance runner will take some time off before making her marathon debut at the 2023 London Marathon next May. 

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