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Eilish McColgan set Scottish record at the London Marathon but here is why she achieved that fate.
Eilish McColgan achieved her targets at the 2025 edition of the London Marathon on Sunday April 27.
There was a mixture of relief, disappointment, pain and excitement for McColgan after she won the British women’s marathon title and broke the Scottish record in the streets of London.
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However, the overriding emotion was the satisfaction that, finally, she had been able to race over the 26.2-mile distance. Having been due to compete in London in 2023, injury forced the Commonwealth 10,000m champion to abort that plan and it had taken until now for her to be able to step on to the start line.
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Race day didn’t entirely go as planned and McColgan admitted to paying the price for setting off too fast, while there was quad pain to battle as well. However, she used the encouragement of the huge crowds to make it to the finish line in eighth place overall, clocking 2:24:25.
That meant the 34-year-old had achieved two of her pre-race targets – breaking Steph Twell’s Scottish record of 2:26:40 from 2019 and the 2:26:52 marathon best of her mother and coach, 1996 London winner Liz McColgan.
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“That was a very, very tough run. I set off a little bit hot and I paid the price for that. There’s lots to learn but I can call myself a marathon runner now so I’m really proud," McColgan told Athletics Weekly.
“It’s two years later than planned – we were meant to be here in 2023 and I didn’t make the start line. I was imagining coming down that final mile and when I passed the 25-mile marker, even when I was absolutely dying, I was telling myself: ‘You can see the finish line now’.
“I was coming into this a little bit undercooked but I was just desperate to be on the start line and I didn’t want to make the same mistake again – doing too much mileage and then not making it.”
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McColgan hopes this will represent the first of many marathons, with her focus now firmly on the roads rather than the track, and this debut has given her a very clear idea of what needs to be improved.
“I know there’s a lot more work to be done and my quads seized up very early. I think there’s a lot more conditioning, a lot more mileage and longer reps in my future but it’s a good stepping stone."
Eilish McColgan's records
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McColgan is a four-time European Championships medallist, winning silver medals for the 5000m in 2018 and 10,000m in 2022, bronze in the 5000m in 2022, and a bronze for the indoor 3000m in 2017.
She is the European record holder for the 10 km road race, and the British record holder for the 5000m, 10,000 m, 5km and half marathon. She also holds the European best in the 10 miles on the roads.
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