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~SIEVE CRl\1" COLLECTION Contents ...... 13 The Playing Mantis Bob Holmes admires the soaring pt ogress ofGeoff Parsons 17 Have chair, will travel Graeme Smtih meets commentabng buff Edwin Reid ao WiD woman catch the men? Joyce Ken examines the narroWl!lg gender gap ( 11 'l'haCJbJ Qm II Doug Gillon reflects on 1970 and looks at our '86 medal prospectS 29 Rumdng- the ln1Jer st-at? Special 111vestigation by Stewart Mcintosh 30 Skye Half-marathon Alan Campbell repons on a cosmopolitan race with a popular winner

On other pages •.. 24 Hash House Harriers 5 Inside Lane 32 Club profile 7 Up-front 33 Yesterdays 9 Reader's letters 36 Linda Young 11 Lynda Bain 41 Running off depression 12 Training schedules 42 Scottish champion.~ 16 The Bridgeman family 43 Results 18 Running sores 45 Events 22 The well-fed runner 48 Jock Strapp 23 Daily Braggart 49 Outside Lane CACIWWW- Lflldit &ea r._ !=If• .., - r ------, () • ~ WQ.> Oy,.-U•..,••·•/

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