Josh Kerr and Jake Wightman left the Scotstoun track on Wednesday morning to the sound of The Proclaimers singing about walking 500 miles. The meeting of the two Scots over that mile distance at the Commonwealth Games - just before 21:00 BST - feels like the moment Glasgow 2026 has been building to. Childhood pals from Edinburgh who've been racing in this bit of Glasgow's west end since they were juniors. Both determined to win gold for Scotland in the historic, reinstated, Blue Riband event of these Games. He edged Wightman in their heat on Wednesday in a time almost five seconds fastest than Kerr's.