Back in 2016 I wrote a comprehensive report on the Nigel Barge 10k covering both its history and the course. This year, the weather was decent for January, and I had a chance to run it again without rain. That meant I could look up and around, without keeping my head down to avoid horizontal showers, and I could see the delights of… the Dawsholm Recycling Facility/rubbish tip.

Despite falling between two of Glasgow’s nicest suburbs, this is not a pretty race. It’s two laps of Glasgow University’s vet school and a spot to dump used sofas. It’s also very lumpy with an undulating route, run twice over to two circular laps.

Saying that, its a good race to start the year as it’s very well orgainised, has a good post race buffet and a strong (usually) sell out group of 400 runners.