Mason on course for Commonwealth date
dundee athlete runs lifetime best
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DUNDEE'S Steven Mason looks set to represent Scotland in next year's inaugural Commonwealth ultra-distance road running championships after winning the Perth 24 hour race at the weekend, while Carnegie Harriers' Pauline Walker should be joining him after breaking her own national record for the event in the women's contest.
Mason improved his lifetime best performance by 11 miles when completing 148.755 miles in the allotted time.
Walker finished runner-up with 130.345 and set Scottish 100 mile (17hr 12min 22sec) and 200km (22:48:28) records en route.
Orkney's William Sichel was third overall with a distance of 125.326 which is also inside the Com- monwealth selection guidelines, although the team will not be named until next year.
Another two Carnegie athletes, Lyn Kuz and Fiona Rennie, were second and third respectively in the women's race and they too finished well inside the required distance for the Commonwealth championships to be held at Keswick. Rennie is Walker's twin sister.
David Gardiner (Kirkintilloch Olympians) won the Scottish 100km title at the same venue, clocking 7:36:11 to finish more than eight minutes ahead of title-holder Paul Hart (Dumfries). Both men were inside the Commonwealth selection requirements.
