Personal Life
In 1987 she married Northern Ireland-born athlete, Peter McColgan and together they have five children. The oldest of their children, Eilish, won the 2004 British cross country championships in her age-group, was ranked top in Scotland over 800 metres and 1500 metres in her age-group and will compete in the 2012 Summer Olympics in the steeplechase. The couple separated in November 2010.
McColgan lives at Panbride House on the outskirts of Carnoustie in Angus.
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