The West Highland Way race presents a new 38 mile ultramarathon called the Conic Canter. The race will take place on Saturday 11th September. Entries open at 1am on Saturday 19th June and will close at 12pm on Sunday 20th June. There are 300 places. If more than 300 people enter there will be a […]
This year the event will raise funds for ‘Play to Change’, a charity suggested by Katrina, Jo, Emma, Laura and Hollie Kynaston. Play for Change is an International Sport for Development Charity, which has the goal of enhancing life opportunities for under-privileged children by using the powerful values of sport https://www.playforchange.org We believe that raising funds
I wanted to let you know that entries will open soon for this year’s Virtual Altra West Highland Way Race. It will be organised along similar lines to last year, with entrants needing to cover 95 miles between 00.01 on Friday 11 June and 12 noon on Sunday 20 June. We’ll only have one cut-off
A couple of recent updates to the Altra WHW Race website which may be of interest A new GPX of the route is available for download. This is taken from the 2019 Race and includes the new finish at the Nevis Centre. Available here We recently asked the WHW family to submit their favourite pictures
I am very sorry to let you know that we have decided to cancel this year’s Altra West Highland Way Race. After a great deal of discussion, we have reached the conclusion that we believe there are too many significant concerns around the organisation of this year’s race to allow it to go ahead. We
Just a quick follow up to thank everyone for supporting the West Highland Way Inspiration night this week. It was our first zoom event with so many people, and thanks for all you feedback which is appreciated.For those who missed it, or those who want to replay any part of it ,we have now uploaded
Altra West Highland Way, ULTRA Training and Inspiration Evening Monday 8 th March 2021 7.00pm-8.30pm(ish) FREE via Zoom link. Our usual evening in Scotland is going virtual this year. An annual informal evening of Ultra running advice and inspiration for anyone or their support crew tackling this iconic epic challenge for the first or tenth
We have been informed that the field we normally use at Auchtertyre is too wet and therefore we only have the car park before the farm. This means that we may struggle to find room for all support cars if everyone tries to arrive early. We are therefore asking that support teams (remember one car
Dear WHW entrant, As I am sure you know, there are now only a few weeks to go until the 2018 Ronhill West Highland Way Race. I hope your training has gone well and you are in the best possible shape for the race. Please read the instructions below carefully, and return the support
Dear WHW entrant, As I am sure you know, there are now only a few weeks to go until the 2016 Ronhill West Highland Way Race. I hope your training has gone well and you are in the best possible shape for the race. Please read the instructions below carefully, and return the support crew
