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Sep 2017
3:34pm, 26 Sep 2017
2,321 posts
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K5 Gus
If we're talking road marathons and not trail marathons, what do we think is the hardest ?
Not run it myself, but my immediate thought ( and without going and checking what all the road marathons are ) would probably be Loch Katrine ?
May well have overlooked something harder though..............
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Sep 2017
3:41pm, 26 Sep 2017
27,454 posts
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HappyG(rrr)
Borders? 23 and bit laps of 1.1 miles. Soul destroying. 
Strathearn is hilly as heck.
Trail ones - ooh, Skyline, Ben Nevis etc. G
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Sep 2017
3:42pm, 26 Sep 2017
2,322 posts
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K5 Gus
Found it in someone's log ( the new link to people's log from the race listing is ace for this sort of thing ! ) and it calculates as 560m of climbing.
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Sep 2017
3:45pm, 26 Sep 2017
2,323 posts
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K5 Gus
Strathearn 520m of climbing - close !!
Borders - yes, more a mental thing with so many laps
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Sep 2017
3:59pm, 26 Sep 2017
25,025 posts
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Lip Gloss
*keeping notes of hard marathon so as not to enter any* best just enter a marathon full stop:-)
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Sep 2017
4:00pm, 26 Sep 2017
25,026 posts
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Lip Gloss
NOT... .slip of the fingers there
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Sep 2017
4:08pm, 26 Sep 2017
27,455 posts
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HappyG(rrr)
Freudian slip LG?! "... best just enter a marathon..." Yip, sounds right. Let us know which one you go for?! (Edinburgh 2018 still has places, gives 9 months to train and it's net downhill!) G
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Sep 2017
4:09pm, 26 Sep 2017
8,863 posts
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Maz Heeps
If I do another one, it'll be a city marathon
I know Loch Ness marathon isn't a country marathon per se, but I fancy some pavements and crowds all the way round!
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Sep 2017
4:16pm, 26 Sep 2017
254 posts
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Nessie
Stirling looks as if it will be good next year, Maz. It will be starting in Stirling then going out past Blair Drummond, then back via Doune, Dunblane, Bridge of Allen again. That should remove the two biggest complaints from this year - the buses to the start and the 2.5 x 3.5 mile laps round the city centre at the end.
Just the price to fix now..... £58 next year!
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Sep 2017
4:23pm, 26 Sep 2017
2,324 posts
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K5 Gus
Maz, don't think there's anything in Scotland that meets that criteria - I'd recommend Manchester. It's very flat, great support for about 23 or 24 miles ( there's a bit out by Carrington that's quiet ), easy to get into, and easy for accomodation, travel, etc
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