Scotland based runs & runners 2020

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Dvorak Mar 2020 6:45pm, 8 Mar 2020 19,151 posts	0 Dvorak Some year I might enter that, when I think I might not be last. This year is not the year. Since the men's and women's races are to be separated, five minutes does not seem enough. The leading women would still run into a fair number of men: ten minutes would be better? Point of detail: it's not along the banks of the River Forth, as per the description; it's beside the Firth of Forth.
K5 Gus Mar 2020 7:03pm, 8 Mar 2020 3,413 posts	0 K5 Gus Yeah, I thought the 5 minutes was a strange amount, if they want it to be a separate race then 15 mins would be better
markgallmac Mar 2020 1:28pm, 9 Mar 2020 35 posts	0 markgallmac Yeah I feel the 5 minutes will have the leading runners in the women's race running into banks of the male runners. 10 or 15 minutes would work but 5 is just asking for bottlenecks.
Ally-C Mar 2020 3:58pm, 9 Mar 2020 940 posts	0 Ally-C My pal who has done the Brathay 10 in 10 described Faskally Forest as hard😀
Son of a Pronator Man Mar 2020 7:13pm, 9 Mar 2020 8,767 posts	0 Son of a Pronator Man As one of the slower men I don’t want to get in the way of the faster women. Would it not be better to segregate by expected finish time and not gender ? Maybe sub 18 and then another start for the rest ?
Metro_Nome Mar 2020 9:13pm, 11 Mar 2020 5,252 posts	0 Metro_Nome I see they’ve cancelled the highland fling
JRitchie Mar 2020 10:20pm, 11 Mar 2020 1,702 posts	0 JRitchie Very sensible and well thought explanation on their FB. Some specific aspects that may be viewed as unique to their event. Run Garioch still going I think.
Metro_Nome Mar 2020 10:24pm, 11 Mar 2020 5,257 posts	0 Metro_Nome One of the best pieces of communication I’ve seen about the whole thing
HappyG(rrr) Mar 2020 7:28am, 12 Mar 2020 34,423 posts	0 HappyG(rrr) Yeah tough decision but so well considered and communicated by Johnny Fling and team.
JRitchie Mar 2020 4:55pm, 12 Mar 2020 1,704 posts	0 JRitchie Scottish government announcement to ban gathering >500 people from next week will, I assume, hit a number of local upcoming events.