Scotland based runs & runners

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Ally-C
I’m up in Aberdeen on Friday & gonnae do the Metro 3k. Is it a big turnout?
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Lip Gloss
I’ve only did it once but yeah fairly big. I will be there on Friday. Have you registered on line as I don’t think they do on the day registration.
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Ally-C
I’ve only did it once but yeah fairly big. I will be there on Friday. Have you registered on line as I don’t think they do on the day registration.


Yeah. Is the start along from the leisure centre?
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2:53pm, 30 Jan 2024
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Lip Gloss
Just opposite the leisure centre on the top prom.
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Ally-C
Just opposite the leisure centre on the top prom.


Ta Lip Gloss
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iaincr
thanks for the advice earlier old croc, just booked my hotel in Elgin for scottish masters XC, I did swither for a long time as it is a long old drive to get on the last page of results :) !

Heard the course is quite mixed, i.e grass and trail? what shoes to wear?
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Ally-C
thanks for the advice earlier old croc, just booked my hotel in Elgin for scottish masters XC, I did swither for a long time as it is a long old drive to get on the last page of results ! Heard the course is quite mixed, i.e grass and trail? what shoes to wear?


You’re a glutton for punishment 😂
30 Jan
3:51pm, 30 Jan 2024
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Old Croc
Not road shoes - it all on playing field then park / woodlands tracks (soft going)
30 Jan
5:19pm, 30 Jan 2024
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iaincr
so not spikes? mudclaws?
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5:27pm, 30 Jan 2024
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57.5 Days of Pain
I would wear mudclaws unless it is dry (unlikely!) or frozen (more likely)! Paths and grass are both pretty smooth.

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