#Muddybrilliant XC photos

Photographer Bobby Gavin (That One Moment) has given us 2 of our favourite XC photos the year featuring EKAC athletes.Graeme Haddow brings home not just a great run but most of the Balloch Castle mud (West District XC Championships), while Vivien Thorpe chases down Olympian Andy Butchart (Run Stirling).

Hurdling, jumping, sprinting, throwing

Practising shot put or javelin on East Kilbride’s Queensway? Bad idea. Setting up hurdles on the Kingsway? Awkward. So, while you might see our middle distance runners charging around EK’s streets, we stick to John Wright Leisure Centre’s athletics facilities when training for throws, sprints, jumps and hurdles. Fancy a cut of this kind of…

Lindsays Scottish Athletics National XC Champs – gold + bronze

Copyright Bobby Gavin, That One Moment Hannah Anderson fights to the line to win a superb U17Women bronze.Copyright Bobby Gavin, That One Moment Copyright Bobby Gavin, That One Moment Copyright Bobby Gavin, That One Moment Copyright Bobby Gavin, That One Moment Grant Baillie, gold medal, M40 categoryEKAC medallists: Grant Baillie (gold, M40) and Hannah Anderson…

EKAC success @ Brian Goodwin 10k

Well done to senior athletes John Fergusson (32:49) and Daryl Reid (32:58) who finished 12th and 16th respectively at the Brian Goodwin 10k at Pollok Park on 21 June. Our featured image is a cracking photo of 12th-placed John with what we assume was a scream of delight. We imagine his legs may also have…

Grant Baillie secures trio of Clydebank 1sts

There must be something about Clydebank that favours Grant Baillie. Just a couple of weeks after finishing outright 1st in the Clydebank 10k, Grant was there again yesterday, this time in the Scottish Veteran Harriers Club (SVHC) 5k. He finished 1st V40 and 5th overall (with places 1, 2 & 3 going to ages 23,…

Grant Baillie wins Clydebank 10k

Just 2 weeks and 4 days after crossing the line 32nd in the Edinburgh Marathon, Grant Baillie has been pounding the streets again in the Clydebank 10k. He came home with more than a ‘2019 Finisher’ t-shirt, too, collecting the silverware for 1st place with a time of 32:29*. Quite some marathon warm-down! This was…