SCOTTISH DISTANCE RUNNING HISTORY

Willie Sichel, Fiona Rennie, Aileen Scott and Ian Beattie at the 24 hour ultra in Perth, 2010

Some of us only find our best event by chance, some by trial and error, some have an event (eg the marathon) that they are building towards over several years. Aileen Scott had started running before it was suggested to her that ultra distance might just be her best event. She ran in the 24 hour race at Tooting Bec in 2009, and she won the Ladies race! Read her profile at this link .

Joe Small sent a link to the Youtube video about Jim Alder which has several clips from the coverage of the 1970 SAAA marathon where apart from the big stars like Jim, Alastair Wood, Alistair Johnstone, Fergus Murray and others, we can spot runners like Ian Leggett, Jack McLean, Jim Sloss, Ian McKenna and many others. Well worth a look: it’s at –

More news about Peter Macgregor. Remember the photograph below when he was made an honorary life member of Victoria Park? Well he’s back home again, despite the forecasts. The Big Man Fights ON!!!

The picture above is from the Victoria Park AAC website announcing the award of honorary life membership of the club to Peter McGregor. You really need to follow this link – https://www.facebook.com/share/p/15TuQ2yefY/ – and read about his remarkable story from his early health difficulties to his career as a very good endurance runner and loyal club servant from 1968 to the present. The good news is that Peter is now back home and being well looked after by a combination of the NHS, the care service and of course mainly by his friend Ian Whyte.

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