Sunday 5th September 2010
Location: Starts at George Square.
Entry: £20 for 10k, and £25 for half-marathon (£2 discount applicable online for limited period).
On Sunday the 5th of September 2009, thousands of runners will once again take to the streets of Glasgow for Scotland’s largest mass participation sporting event: the annual 10k and half-marathon road races.
Last year saw almost 21,000 runners take to the streets of Glasgow for the 10k and half-marathon races. In an event that drew competitors from as far afield as Ethiopia, Eritrea, Japan and Austria, the first Scottish runner to finish was Ross Houston, who recorded a time of 1:09:04. But the race was won by the 30 year old Kenyan athlete, Jason Mbote, who came in 61 minutes and 19 seconds for the half-marathon, just 9 seconds after the 2008 winner, Emmanuel Mutai.
Race route
Maps for this years races will be released nearer the time, with changes to the course this year making the run faster and keeping it interesting.
Generally though, the races start at George Square and normally heads down to the SECC, then over the Kingston Bridge. After the Kingston Bridge, the courses separate, and the half marathon heads over to Bellahouston Park, then to Pollok Country Park and then back towards Glasgow Green, where both runs end.
How to enter
If you would like to take part, please visit the Great Scottish Run website where you can download the entry form.
| Race | Online Early-bird | Online Standard |
| Half-marathon | £23 | £25 |
| 10K | £18 | £20 |
Scottish Athletics members will receive a £2 discount on all entry rates, and there are also discounts available for combined entry to the Great Scottish Run and Womens 10k.
Entry fees include all race administration costs, souvenir race t-shirt, finishers medal, personalised race certificate, ChampionChip timing unit, race number and finishers goody bag!
Running for a charity?
If you would like to run for charity and don’t already have acharity in mind, there are more than 50 charities listed on the Great Scottish Run website for you to choose from. As I did last year, I will again be running the 10k for Alzheimer Scotland.
Junior run
The junior run will take place the day before the Great Scottish Run, on Saturday the 4th of September. There are 2 events for juniors: either a 1.5k or 3k run through Glasgow Green. The junior events are for children aged between 9-17 years. Entry to either race costs just £6, and for holders of a YoungScot or Glasgow Kidz Club card entry is a bargain at just £3! For more information including training advice, visit the Junior Great Scottish Run website.
Road closures
Because of the run, there will definitely be quite a few road closures and diversions on race day. For full information about these, visit the Great Scottish Run website as all road closures etc. will be listed nearer the time.
Well organised as always – however STILL confusion re actual finish times with the SLOW group (have drawn your attention to this before). When slow group got underwat START clock registering 16 minutes plus (for first 2 groups). At end many runners – particulary first-timers – thought their time was that showing on FINISH clock, not realising they should be DEDUCTING what was on START clock when they crossed THAT line. This is a weakness that should have been addressed ages ago! All very well saying anklets record TRUE time. You should make that CRYSTAL CLEAR when sending out packs.
Well may i just say it was a brilliant day for the great scottish 10k run as a runner myself it was brilliant ( weather poorly) the scence the other runners the crowds and of course the clyde 1 team made it all the better i certanily cant wait till the next great scottish run and hopefully ill gear myself up for the half marathon
Thought that GSR 2009 was well organised and really enjoyed my first half marathon. Looking forward to next year.
Great event, just as last year
Here two suggestions for improvement:
Some race stewarts seemed uncertain which way to guide runners. As a consequence I heard one guy crashing into a barrier behind me.
How about a free ticket for public transport as part of your race pack?
Please, please can the organisers do what some of the other large runs do and completely ban the wearing of i-pods and headphones. Racing wheelchairs are simply impossible to stop or even to slow down on downhill sections (especially in the wet). Runners need to be able to hear us shouting so that they know we are coming past them. Collisions are dangerous and can result in people being badly hurt. Nobody wants that to happen.
Simply Fantastic half marathon! expertly organised,i have done 5 now and this was my 1st time in the Great Scottish Run and i will be back next year…travelled up from Liverpool and well worth the effort! As for the time…its very obvious that they cant have personal stopwatches on display and that is why we have chips!
I did my personal best despite it being soooooo busy with runners and a big well done to all who organised and helped on the day etc.The bag-pipe players throughout the run was a nice touch,even for an englishman! Well Done Glasgow!
Great Day and good atmosphere.
Only complaint some more room on bothwell street and the bridge is needed hard to pick up pace in such a tight space, but will be back next year.
An absolute giggle, response from spectators was what got me through it, especially the girl handing out jaffa cakes(cheers)
See you all next year
It was a great day! One suggestion would be to try and get the trains to put on normal services as opposed to sunday services on the day. Would save people having to drive.
i had a brilliant time participating in the race my only small gripe would be the lack of distance markers, i only saw a 2k, 5k and 7k marker where i wished there had been a 9k marker so i could sprint in the final km, it was not untill i came round the last corner that i realised the race was nearly over! but over all what a brilliant day and will be signing up again for next year!!
Enjoyed a fine comeback via the 10K after a numder of years absence. Great to see so many younger people taking up the sport…stars of the future. Only gripe was that parts of course were too tight i.e Kingston Bridge which hampered run times. Its freedom of the city for only a few hours so as wide as possible next year. Overall great day outeven with that weather !!!
the run was amazing was very well organised and a great turn out
personal i struggled running it but found i got great support from the guides round about 
thanks to everyone who ran and helped me
Thanks for all your comments, and well done to everyone who took part in the 2009 race.
We have passed any suggestions etc. from above onto the Great Scottish Run team, as we at Glasgowvant have nothing to do with the organisation of the event – we just tell people that it’s happening!
Thanks again,
The Glasgowvant admin team.