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Eilish McColgan enjoyed an historic run at the Sound Running Ten on Saturday evening in San Juan Capistrano, California, as she out-kicked long-time leader Alicia Monson of the United States to win in 30:00.86.<\/p>\n
The time saw her improve Paula Radcliffe\u2019s British 10,000m record of 30:01.09 which was set when winning the European title in Munich in 2002. On that day 21 years ago, Radcliffe famously splashed her way through monsoon conditions and, whereas it wasn\u2019t quite as wet in California on Saturday, McColgan also ran through rain in the closing laps.<\/span><\/p>\n After Josette Andrews took Monson and McColgan through halfway in 15:08, the British record looked a long shot but McColgan was definitely on pace to improve her own Scottish record of 30:19.02.<\/p>\n But the series of 72-73sec laps mid-race crept into 71sec territory in the closing stages and the penultimate lap was 70sec before McColgan unleashed a terrific final lap of 64.87. Making her move past Monson with 300m to go, she ran her final 200m in roughly 30sec to shave 23 hundredths of a second off Radcliffe\u2019s record.<\/p>\n Monson was not far behind in second in 30:03.82.<\/p>\n Amazingly McColgan ran the time after an injury-hit build-up and was racing with a black strapping on her left knee.<\/p>\n She said: \u201cI\u2019m absolutely buzzing. Two years ago I ran a big PB here so it\u2019s nice to be back with the crowds. I knew I was in really good shape but to have it all come together on the day doesn\u2019t always happen.\u201d<\/p>\n BRITISH RECORD <\/p>\n A truly stunning achievement by @EilishMccolgan<\/a> \ud83d\udd25<\/p>\n In clocking 30:00.86 at the @sound_running<\/a> Ten in California, she breaks the previous record of 30:01.09 set by @paulajradcliffe<\/a> back at Munich 2002 \ud83e\udd2f<\/p>\n A historic run \ud83c\uddec\ud83c\udde7 pic.twitter.com\/tXKdczCKKy<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 AW (@AthleticsWeekly) March 5, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n McColgan was a late entry into the event and explained: \u201cI thought \u2018eff it, I\u2019m going to give it a go\u2019. I\u2019m building up for London Marathon and have had a few niggles and missed some prep races in January and a half-marathon in February but I\u2019m really strong right now so I\u2019m glad I did it.<\/p>\n \u201cThe marathon is going to be a big challenge.I think I\u2019ll run a good 20 miles but that last 10km is going to be tough.\u201d<\/p>\n Radcliffe set a world record of 2:15:25 one year after her 10,000m national record so it will be interesting to see how close McColgan can get to that kind of performance on the roads on April 23.<\/p>\n McColgan now holds British records for 5000m, 10,000m, 5km, 10km and half-marathon and memorably won the Commonwealth 10,000m title in Birmingham last year.<\/p>\n \u00bb <\/i><\/b>Subscribe to AW magazine <\/i>here<\/i><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n