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Experts: Jim lllack MChS John Hawthorn South West Special Greg McLatchie MB ChB FRCS Alastair Warren and Carolyn Brown explain Lena Wigt\ton MCSP 31 "'i.--.1 why running is gripping old and young in Dumfries and Galloway. Contributom: LyndaBam David Garter Alastair Wood At Fifty Fraser C!yne Mel Edwards interviews his old (and older) Graham Crawford running mate, who is 50 in January. Connie Henderson Bob Holmes Graeme Smith Edinburgh to Glasgow Ronnie Summers Sandy Sutherland Doug Gillon profiles a race made from Jim Wilkie girders. Events and rasulla compiler: Colin Shields Half Marathon Results Colin Shields pulls together results from all Advertising: the Scottish halves. June Lockhart Derek Ross F'iona Stewart On otherpages ... Administration: Sandra Whittaker 5 Inside Lane 24 Ewan Mee 7 Up Front 29 Strathclyde Runners Art editor. 13 Letters Rus..w ll Aitken 38 Obituary 14 Running Sores 39 Yesterdays Front cover: 15 Women on the Run 42 The veteran scene SCOT/AN/JS 16 Scott's Comer The Edinburgh RUNNER 43 Results -Glasgow Road Relay 17 Well-Fed Runner Race. Photograph by 18 Cross-<:ountry 47 Events Scott Reid. Schedules 49 Outside Lane Inside cover: 19 Running Styles 50 A New Year Tale Liz Lynch wiMing the r-- --- -- - - -- ---- - -- -------- , McVlliea. SUBSCRIP'nONS Intemalional at ....J wi.sh to beoocoo a 61.1004;nbet lo Scodind's RllMl'f ros ooo: f Olll". 1Wt11'9 wllh 1be nexl Gateshead. I enc.ma JI dloque/posul ortlt:r b I 14 ;t). mad$ payabkl ;o Soodhln P\AbG<:Mlon$. Photograph by Ian 1:.::....., ·=-- Weightman. =·=~~FT"' . ""'~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ """'... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ No suwp requlrnd wubitl ihe Um1ed ~ I Se1ld to: SooiR\ul Publica!KIM Lid. f1t£EPOST, Qaagow C3 16R. I L---------------------- - ------l 3 ne of the areas this advantages and pitfalls ofan athletics magazine has been scholarship in Nevada - clubmate negligent in covering to Adrian Callan also soem six weeks date is junior athletics, so H there - while Pete and Chris O Menhennet recall theu experience of IS with some pleasure that we now spotlight four young ladies from Nitll the Moscow Peace Marathon in Valley Athletic Club Augus1 As Carolyn Brown repons on Pages On Pages 20 and 21, Connie 32 and 33, the development of Henderson follows up last month's Kathleen Lithgow. Hayley Haining, article on running styles with a visit to foiward Dave Valentine and Gordon Hazel Edgar and Ruth Girvin is a the treadmill of Dr. James Watkins, Campbell. tribute to their parents, coaches and lecturer in bio-mechanics at ]ordanhill We switch to the North East of fellow club members in Dumfries and College, Glasgow Scotland 10 tune into an interview by Galloway ll is these people, not the Mel Edwards with Alastair Wood on "It was a rather gruelling system, who nurture !he girls' natural Pages 34 and 35. Edwards makes no experience and I defy anyone to say talent, and Brown concludes secret of his admiration for Wood, they wouldn1 feel self.conscious as usual. so much is left to ·As a who in January will celebrate - If that they pounded away on a lreadmill determined few that one IS forced to is the correc1 word - his 50th under 1he watchful eye of a video ask how many other talented birthday camera,' pants Henderson. Sul!, she youngsters are missing out because Wood wryly recalls how he retired claims she passed the test. they lack suppon' It is a sorry for all or ten days In l 966. after failing The new-wave running clubs are indictment of this country that so hule represented by Strathclyde Runners is down to encourage our gifted on Page 29. Strathclyde Region young athletes." employee Euan Wilkinson points the Staying in South Wes! Scotland, we way forward for others to form feature another talented youngster, 64 running clubs at work, and he year old Alastair Warren. A former suggests "ft is oflen only when the editor of the Glasgow Herald, Warren employees decide lo do something reports from the roads of rural for 1hemselves that anything is ever Galloway, where, he says, •joggers done." and harriers remain a rare species" A full Scottish half marathon results Not for long, we suspect service is provided by Colin Shields COBRA GORETEX ONLY £99.99 Now available in all our shops Our main story this month, though, on Pages 40 and 41. Aside from the is the two day professional meel at statistics, the most revealing evidence We flrst introduced our Goretex suit in 1984, having IR.TH LETE'SI DftftV DAt'I'( Meadowbank over New Year As is the sheer geographical spread of designed It specifically for running in the intemperate British Fiona Macaulay informs us on Pages this relatively new event in Scotland. climate. 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