![]() On the roads over the winter season he ran superbly well and maybe his best were reserved for the Edinburgh to Glasgow in 19 when the Clyde Valley team won and Jim had the fastest times on the sixth stage in 1979 (starting in first place and running a faster time than Allister Hutton, Jim Dingwall and Lawrie Spence among others) and the fifth stage (1980). Junior International Championship: Third in 1971, second in 1972 and first in 1973.Scottish Junior Championship: Winner in 19.Midland District Senior Championship: Winner in 1971, 19.Midland District Junior Championship: Winner in 1971, 19. ![]() He won the District titles (Junior and Senior simultaneously) in three consecutive years and then won the senior title. He ran seven times for Scotland in the Senior International team and three times for the Junior squad where he was third, then second and then, in 1973, first. That being said, his cross country running was masterly and in the early 70’s in particular he was quite outstanding. We can inspect his cross country performances, look at his track running and then review his marathon running before reproducing his reply to the Scottish Marathon Club magazine questionnaire. However we are focusing narrowly on the marathon here. Were we dealing with cross country or all round endurance talent he would have to be well up in the list. There was a lot more to Jim than that – track running and road racing were equally good and when he turned to the marathon then there were good times there as well. If you say “Jim Brown” to any distance running aficionado in Scotland they will immediately say “Cross Country” in response.
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