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Our Manchester Middle Distance Project is geared to complement the likes of the GAA Miler Meets in Scotland (photo by Simon Wooton)<\/strong><\/p>\n Athletes, coaches and parents are advised that we plan to carry on with our\u00a0Middle Distance Project<\/strong>\u00a0again this summer.<\/p>\n scottish<\/strong>athletics firmly views the project as important as we seek to accelerate the development of male and female Scottish athletes over 800m, 1500m and 3000m.<\/p>\n To that end, we plan to send a minibus of athletes\/coaches down to the\u00a0British Miler Club Gold Standard Races (North)<\/strong>\u00a0at Longford Park Stadium,\u00a0Manchester<\/strong>, over the 2026 summer season.<\/p>\n It\u2019s being planned in order to encourage their progression and development by assisting them to participate in a challenging competition environment.<\/p>\n The programme is primarily aimed at senior school pupils, further education students and late developing Seniors \u2013 as well as their coaches.<\/p>\n We are putting the information out now \u2013 in terms of the dates \u2013 to assist athletes\/coaches with the planning process; and we are now looking for expressions of interest for the following dates:<\/p>\n Dates:<\/p>\n Tuesday 9 June<\/strong><\/p>\n Tuesday 7\u00a0July<\/strong><\/p>\n Expressions of interest for the Middle Distance Project should be sent by email to\u00a0robert.hawkins@scottishathletics.org.uk<\/a><\/p>\n The provisional standards for being involved in the project in 2026 are:<\/em><\/p>\n Male 800m: sub 1:56 runners only (of which there were 47<\/strong>\u00a0athletes in Scotland 2025)<\/strong><\/p>\n Male 1500m: sub 3:56 runners only (of which there were 54<\/strong>\u00a0athletes in Scotland 2025)<\/strong><\/p>\n Male 3000m: sub 8:40 runners only (of which there were 62 athletes in Scotland 2025)<\/strong><\/p>\n Female 800m: sub 2:16 runners only (of which there were 45<\/strong>\u00a0athletes in Scotland 2025)<\/strong><\/p>\n Female 1500m: sub 4:40 runners only (of which there were 38 athletes in Scotland 2025)<\/strong><\/p>\n Female 3000m: sub 10:20 runners only (of which there were 46<\/strong>\u00a0athletes in Scotland 2025)<\/strong><\/p>\n +++<\/p>\n Tags:<\/strong>![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.scottishathletics.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Believe-Belong-Achieve-Together.jpg\")
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