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Jun 2019
10:13am, 11 Jun 2019
31,700 posts
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HappyG(rrr)
Lasswade 10 is the only 10 miler I've done. I deliberately did it because it was a 10 mile road race and I stupidly thought I could get a decent time on it. A combination of crazy steep hills (down as well as up) and atrocious weather meant it was a bit of a 'mare. Cumbrae should be lovely in comparison! Don't miss the ferry!
Well done Bazo at a PB equalling parkrun this weekend past!  G
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Jun 2019
10:17am, 11 Jun 2019
14,773 posts
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Bazoaxe
Lasswade is a nightmare containing maybe 200m of flat at the end but that’s on a rutted farm track. That plus two pretty challenging ups.
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Jun 2019
10:42am, 11 Jun 2019
310 posts
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Deinonychus
Lasswade is in our club championship (and was for my previous club), but never got round to entering. Maybe next year.
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Jun 2019
11:01am, 11 Jun 2019
8,615 posts
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Son of a Pronator Man
The 10 miler around Starthclyde Loch is fairly flat, it's in March ( I think) but if the weather is good the paths can be busy with non- runners, kids on bikes and dogs
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Jun 2019
11:08am, 11 Jun 2019
17,644 posts
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Dvorak
Indeed SoaPM, the Tom Scott is the one race which I would like to: start earlier; and be run in marginally unappealing weather.
Lasswade is my 10 mile PB (from four different events) thanks to BigAlW pacing me. Tay Ten is my preferred one.
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Jun 2019
5:29pm, 11 Jun 2019
576 posts
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Ally-C
I’ve done all the 10 mile races mentioned earlier, but, just noticed while checking times, there’s a Ballater 10 mile race too.
If it still exists!
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Jun 2019
5:38pm, 11 Jun 2019
9,808 posts
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mrs shanksi
I've done the Ballater 10 several times and it still exists, even though I've not done it for a few years. Lovely route. I still wear the cotton t shirt I got one year as a jammie top. Another year we got a Ballater 10 branded bar of chocolate from a local cafe 😀
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Jun 2019
6:00pm, 11 Jun 2019
577 posts
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Ally-C
Rather undulating with an off road section, if I recall correctly Mrs S.
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Jun 2019
6:14pm, 11 Jun 2019
3,026 posts
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K5 Gus
Tay 10 is a flat and in theory PB course, but the twice I've ran it I've never had that good a run.
My PB course is Brampton to Carlisle - from Edinburgh it was quicker to get to Carlisle than say Fort William, so don't write it off if you're central Scotland. It's a fast course, and plenty fast people from the north of England clubs and borders to pull you round to a good time. The only possible negative is it's point to point and direction east to west, so could be a head wind. However, you can ( or at least could up to 2 years ago ) enter on the day, so can wait and see what the weather's like before deciding
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Jun 2019
6:14pm, 11 Jun 2019
9,809 posts
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mrs shanksi
Yes Ally, that describes it perfectly. When I did it you had to run on the grass all the way round Monaltrie Park to finish but I think they've changed the finish now.
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