Eilish McColgan sets new British 10,000m record after shattering Paula Radcliffe’s record

Eilish McColgan broke Paula Radcliffe’s 21-year-old British girls’s 10,000 metres record on the Sound Running Ten in California.

McColgan clocked 30:00.86 to win the development, shattering Radcliffe’s mark of 30:01.09 that she set when successful the European identify in Munich in 2002.

Like Radcliffe, McColgan is ready to shift her center of attention to the marathon distance and is making plans to compete in London subsequent month.

McColgan, who received the ten,000 metres identify on the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham ultimate yr, now holds British data from 5,000m as much as half-marathon distance.

‘I’m completely humming,’ stated the 2022 Commonwealth Games gold medallist as according to the BBC.

Eilish McColgan (Pictured eventually yr’s Commonwealth Games) broke the British 10,000m record as she claimed victory on the Sound Running Ten held in California, USA

McColgan now holds British data over 5 other race distances as she now turns to subsequent month’s London Marathon

‘Two years in the past I ran a large PB [personal best] right here so it is great to be again with the crowds. I knew I used to be in in reality just right form however to have all of it come in combination at the day does not all the time occur.’

McColgan were doing altitude coaching in Colorado and simplest made a past due resolution to participate within the tournament. 

She now holds British data over 5,000m, 10,000m, 5km, 10km and half-marathon. 

The record had stood for 21 years in a time set through Paula Radcliffe on the European Championships in 2002