Scotland based runs & runners

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57.5 Days of Pain 16 Apr 9:11pm, 16 Apr 2024 17,830 posts	0 57.5 Days of Pain Weather at Loch Rannoch was 'character building' the year K5 Gus and I both did it!
Bazoaxe 16 Apr 9:14pm, 16 Apr 2024 26,594 posts	0 Bazoaxe You might need to narrow that down as there are few years there isn’t character building weather
K5 Gus 16 Apr 9:22pm, 16 Apr 2024 6,123 posts	0 K5 Gus 57.5 - I remember it lashing down and really windy whilst sitting in the car before the race, but did it not miraculously clear up ( relatively speaking ) during the race ?
Lesley C 16 Apr 9:45pm, 16 Apr 2024 3,781 posts	0 Lesley C Thanks for the info K5 Gus and 57.5.
jda 16 Apr 10:19pm, 16 Apr 2024 16,881 posts	0 jda Going round the loch is a pleasant bike ride I’ve done a few times when staying locally, I’m sure it would be a lovely marathon to run too, weather aside.
57.5 Days of Pain 16 Apr 11:38pm, 16 Apr 2024 17,832 posts	0 57.5 Days of Pain 57.5 - I remember it lashing down and really windy whilst sitting in the car before the race, but did it not miraculously clear up ( relatively speaking ) during the race ? Spoken like a true Scotsman. Race weather was moderately unpleasant but far better than the dramatic storms earlier! They did a half at the same time on the return leg, which made for a slightly less thinned out field.
Ally-C 17 Apr 7:47am, 17 Apr 2024 5,448 posts	0 Ally-C Last time I did the half, there was a marathon & a 10k too.
Ally-C 24 Apr 4:37pm, 24 Apr 2024 5,495 posts	0 Ally-C Anyone done the Lochalsh Dirty Dozen?
HappyG(rrr) 24 Apr 4:51pm, 24 Apr 2024 49,888 posts	0 HappyG(rrr) Good luck for anyone and everyone doing the Highland Fling this coming weekend. Looks like weather might stay dry and will be cool, so be a cracking day for it. G
K5 Gus 24 Apr 6:21pm, 24 Apr 2024 6,129 posts	0 K5 Gus Ally-C wrote:Anyone done the Lochalsh Dirty Dozen? I've done the Dirty Thirty, but not the Dozen. Think the first few miles are the same, before the Dozen branches off back to Glenelg. Lovely part of Scotland