by Stuart WeirWahhh! What a way to finish my season! 🤯
Course Record, British Record & European Record (we think!!) I could not have asked for a better way to end 2021.
10miles in 50.43. 💪
Thank you to everyone for the cheers around the course & for the support this season!🥰 pic.twitter.com/yPjEt4EXHn
— Eilish McColgan (@EilishMccolgan) October 17, 2021
Eilish McColgan ended her 2021 season with some amazing running over 10 miles! Eilish set a course record, British record and European record, with her ten miles in 50:43 at the Great South Run!
Top 3 Elite Women #GreatSouthRun
🥇 Eilish McColgan 00:50:43 (Course Record)
🥈 Jess Piasecki 00:51:50
🥉 Verity Ockendon 00:54:07Well done! 🙌 pic.twitter.com/hfczGExwTd
— Great Run (@Great_Run) October 17, 2021
The Great South Run is one of the mega races produced by the Great Run Company across Great Britian and Northern Ireland. This one has some serious history!
Gun time #GreatSouthRun pic.twitter.com/HsKRO1aTGK
— Matthew Turnbull (@matty5573) October 17, 2021
THREE WINS IN A ROW FOR @EilishMccolgan at #GreatSouthRun with a new course record! 🥇🥇🥇
She also equals Chris Thompson as one of the event’s biggest winners 👑 Well done, Eilish! 👠pic.twitter.com/0OT2x82GCj
— Great Run (@Great_Run) October 17, 2021
Eilish McColgan won the Great South Run (10 miles) in 50:43.
Eilish McColgan wins the Great South Run! photo by Great South Run
She also took nearly a minute off her 51:38 PB as she won the event for the third time on Sunday (Oct 17). She also beat Sonia O’Sullivan’s 2008 course record and Paula Radcliffe’s GB record!
Eilish McColgan wins the Great Scot Run, photo by the Great South Run
Liz Nuttall-McColgan won the Great South Run twice in the mid-1990s with a best of 52:00.
Eilish McColgan and Chris Thompson, photo by Great South Run
Jack Rowe won the men’s race in 47:20 as Emile Cairess finished runner-up in 47:38 and Daniel Jarvis third in 48:48.
Congratulations to #greatsouthrun winners 1st Jack Rowe 2nd Emile Cairess 3rd Daniel Jarvis â¦@Great_Runâ© pic.twitter.com/RMQ2B2AjbF
— Matthew Turnbull (@matty5573) October 17, 2021
