Doireann Hughes won the 2023Edinburgh Athletic Club Road Race Grand Prix. “A few words” with Doireann for the local paper turned into a full-blown interview…

Peter R.W. Hoffman was one of the country’s fastest ever 400m/800m runners who had a very short career at the top of the sport in Scotland.

Scotland’s Allister Hutton was a nearly man until he came through thick mist and rain like a Highland warrior from a damp Scottish moor, to win the 10th London marathon. Leading from 14 miles, the 35 year old pushed his body to the limit, to win the world’s greatest city marathon.

Ian Horsburgh was Scottish 200 metres Champion in 2005 having come through the age-groups with an under 17 400m title in 1994 and Indoor titles at U17 400m in the same year and U20 200m in 1996.

By any standards Tom Hanlon was a phenomenal athlete, starting with the Euro Junior Championships in 1985, he became a Scottish and British Internationalist, Olympic athlete, European Championships athlete, World Championship athlete twice, twice a Commonwealth Games representative plus World cross-country runner as a Junior and a GB road runner.

Paul Forbes is a name not well known among the young athletes and their coaches of the twenty first century – but it really should be. Look at the Scottish all-time rankings for his best distance, the 800m:

Kathryn Evans was a 6-times Scottish champion and represented Scotland at the 2010 Commonwealth Games. She was also a winner of the 2009 Gladiators series.

Carey Easton/Pegrum was a 6-time Scottish senior champion at 400 metres between 1997 and 2007 and represented Scotland in the 400 metres at the 2002 Commonwealth Games.

Sinead Dudgeon/Walker was a star of Scottish athletics, competing at World, Olympics and European Championships and representing Scotland at the 2002 Commonwealths, finishing 6th in the 400m hurdles and 4th in the 4x400m relay.

Winner of 5 100m Scottish titles, 2 at 200m and 4 indoor 60m titles and 3 indoor 200 titles, Susan was the outstanding Scottish sprinter at the beginning of this century.

Allison Curbishley specialised in the 400m.
AAA U17 Junior Champion 300mH, AAA U20 Champion 400m and Scottish Champion 400m.

Gillian Cooke has had an astonishing sports career, from athletics to bobsleigh. In athletics, she represented Scotland at two Commonwealth Games, at pole vault then long jump.

Barry Craighead is one of the best known, best liked and most respected figures in Scottish athletics. Known to most of today’s athletes as a starter, he has in his career been a top class cyclist, a runner with Edinburgh AC, an administrator, and an official operating to the highest international standard.

Ian Clifton was one of the most well-known officials in Scotland. He joined Edinburgh Southern Harriers in 1947 and became their Youth champion in season 1949-50. 1949 was a good year for Ian. He won the Edinburgh Battalion of the Boys Brigade Track and Field Championship, the Battalion Cross-Country Championship and second in the East District Under 17 Cross-Country championship.

Sara Whigham/ Jarrett was a 3 times Scottish champion, winning the indoor 60 metres and 200 metres in 2004, the 100m in 2005, and she medalled on 9 other occasions.