Course record for Logan Rees at the Scottish 5km Road championship.
Morag Millar takes the women’s title, just missing her course record.
Full results HERE
Gallery including Video clips & Drone footage HERE
2025 Sri Chinmoy 5km race, Silverknowes,Edinburgh.
The 2025 Sri Chinmoy 5km race at Silverknowes in Edinburgh,once again deleivered fast times. Incorporating the Scottish 5km championships, it lived up to its reputation as “The fast one”.
Logan Rees of Fife AC took the men’s Scottish Athletics 5km road title In a competitive race while Central’s Morag Millar taking the women’s title.
Men’s Race
Despite the breeze blowing off the Firth of Forth, there were fast times.
A group of four led at the 3km point, including Rees, Fife AC Clubmate Ben Sandilands, and the Cambuslang duo of Jamie McKinnon and Callum Tharme.
Aberdeen’s Sean Chalmers, Hamish Hickey (Central) and Ryan Thomson (Cambuslang) were just a few strides behind.
It was Rees who proved the stronger in the final kilometre to take the win in a new course record of 14:04. McKinnon took second place in 14:06, with Chalmers third in 14:08, both also inside Jamie Crowe’s previous best of 14:13 from 2023. 4th placed Callum Tharme equalled Crowe’s previous time.
Jamie McKinnon led Cambuslang to the team title, backed up by Callum Tharme in 4th and Ryan Thomson in 6th. Central were second, and Fife AC were third.
There were some impressive Masters performances, with Corstorphine’s Stuart Livingstone setting a new MV40 Course record of 14:57, ahead of Edinburgh AC’s John Lenehan,15:10.
Brent Brodie, Bellahouston, set another course record in the MV50 category with 16:17, two seconds inside Scott McDonald’s 16:19 from 2019.
Ed Norton took the MV70 title with 20:47 in a close battle, edging out Jim Scott of Edinburgh AC.
There was a similar story in the younger age groups.
Angus Wright, (Edin Uni Hares and Hounds ) claimed the Scottish under 20 championships in 14:29. Central Ac took the Junior team title.
Under 17 winner James Alexander of Garscube was given the same time, a new age group course record.
New Mens All-Tme lists for the Sri Chinmoy 5km race
In a very competitive race with 35 runners dipping under 15 minutes, it was no surprise,the all time list for this race was rewritten.
Women’s race
In the women’s race, Shettleston’s Lynn McKenna led at 3km from Central’s, Morag Millar and Edinburgh’s Nancy Scott. It was Millar who powered home in the last kilometre to take the Scottish title for the third time, just two seconds outside her course record from 2019 in 15:57. Scott also dipped under the 16-minute mark with 15:59 while McKenna took third in 16:02.
Millie McClelland-Brooks, of Inverclyde, in 4th place, took the women’s under 20 title in 16:06, inside the best previous U20 time on the course of Natasha Phillips, 16:14 from 2023. Rotherham’s Alice Fearn, although not eligible in the Scottish Championship, was second U/20 in 16:52, just ahead of Layla Todd,16:54. Todd was rewarded for her long trip from Shetland with a silver championship medal. Caitlyn Heggie,(Edinburgh Uni Hares and Hounds)took the bronze U/20 medal. Central AC took theU/20 team medals.
Laura Haggarty took the WMV40 in 17:50, Pam Baillie the MW50 win in 18:58, and Fiona Mathieson (Falkirk) the MW60 medal in 19:00.
New women’s All -Time lists for the Sri Chinmoy 5km race
Big Thankyou to all the local club Volunteers from Edinburgh AC, Corstorphine AC, Hunters Bog Trotters, Blast Running, and others, as well as the Scottish Athletics officials.
Also to Eddie and Sarah Tait at the Boardwalk Beach Club, for once again allowing us to invade their space for a few hours.
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Adrian Tarit Stott.
The author is a former GB 24-hour ultra international with over 100 ultra race completions. He has also been involved in organising ultra-distance races for over 30 years. Still an active recreational runner, he is currently a member of UKA’s Ultra Running Advisory Group (URAG) and the Mountain and Trail Advisory Group. He also contributes as part of the selection and team management for both Scottish and GB ultra teams. A freelance writer in his spare time, he contributes articles and reports to several websites and magazines including Athletics Weekly and Irunfar.
