The Scottish marathon record-holder will make his half-marathon return on dwelling turf in Glasgow
Callum Hawkins is ready to make his first half-marathon look of the 12 months this Sunday (October 6) on the AJ Bell Nice Scottish Run in Glasgow.
The 32-year-old hasn’t competed in any half-marathons this season, however he did race within the London Marathon again in April, ending in sixteenth place with a time of two:17:34.
Callum Hawkins on his long-awaited return to marathon racing
In 2019, the Kilbarchan athlete set the Scottish marathon file on the London Marathon with a time of two:08:14, securing a tenth-place end. That very same 12 months, he was fourth on the 2019 World Championships over 26.2 miles.
Callum Hawkins (Mark Shearman)
Nevertheless, his journey took a difficult flip when the pandemic hit in 2020, resulting in a collection of accidents that pressured him to take a step again, together with surgical procedure on a bone fragment in his foot and therapy for a damaged collarbone earlier this 12 months.
This weekend, he might be desirous to defend his Nice Scottish Run title, having received it twice earlier than in 2016 and 2022.
Hawkins might be joined by the likes of Andrew Heyes and John Bell, the latter being the reigning Scottish Half Marathon and Nice North 10km champion.
Within the girls’s race, rising star Natasha Phillips – the U20 European and British Half Marathon record-holder – will hope to make her mark on dwelling turf. The 19-year-old additionally claimed the Scottish U20 cross-country title earlier this 12 months in Falkirk.
Natasha Phillips (Bobby Gavin)
The Nice Scottish Run can even characteristic a 10km race, the place double Olympian Chris Thompson, who just lately introduced his retirement, will make his last skilled look in Scotland.
The 43-year-old, who represented Nice Britain at two Olympic Video games and earned a European 10,000m silver medal, beforehand received the Nice Scottish Run half-marathon in each 2017 and 2018.
Thompson’s last meet earlier than formally retiring might be on the Nice South Run on October 20.
The Nice Scottish Run is ready to be the most important ever, with over 30,000 individuals taking to the streets of Glasgow.
The 10km race will start at 8.30am with the half marathon starting at 10am.
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