The president of Eilish McColgan ’s old athletics club claims Scotland has its own Lionesses - with golden girl Eilish and Laura Muir at the head of the pack. Nigel Reynolds said he and wife Catriona, also a coach at Dundee Hawkshill Harriers, virtually ran the last battling lap of Eilish’s golden win in the 10,000m, before punching the air in joy as they shared the taste of success.
Both fully expected the gritty athlete to come up trumps in Birmingham, digging out the last ounce of speed with the same courage shown by mum Liz when winning Commonwealth gold in Edinburgh 36 years earlier.
And Peter believes the latest success on the track will lead to another big rush towards athletics by local youngsters, all inspired to become the next Eilish. Peter, 61, joined the Hawks 15 years ago and has watched Eilish’s trajectory go up and up.
