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
Photo by: James RhodesBritish 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.
An AMAZING performance from our top 3 Women racers at today's #GreatScottishRun 10k! ??
Top 3 Women 10k
?Eilish McColgan – 30:18
?Lesley Bell – 36:33
?Ruth Joss – 37:01 pic.twitter.com/0QqNIIv0iF— Great Scottish Run (@GreatScotRun) October 2, 2022
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.
Eilish McColgan's season on the roads has been pretty spectacular. ✨
5km
14:45 – Seville10km
30:26 – London
30:19 – Manchester
30:18 – GlasgowHalf marathon
66:26 – RAK
67:35 – LondonMarathon debut: #LondonMarathon in 2023. ? pic.twitter.com/4JiZkOJ82P
— European Athletics (@EuroAthletics) October 2, 2022
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.
Amazing finish and result for @EilishMccolgan – fantastic to see her influence and inspire our younger generation just as her mum did us ??♀️??♀️ well done ? pic.twitter.com/DZwWklqyDO
— Danielle McManus (@d4nnimac) October 2, 2022
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.