On Wednesday 26th February 2020 around 100 people attended our annual ‘Inspiration Evening’ organised by Adrian Stott at Stirling. Here are the videos of the 5 sessions Session One – 33mins 19sec Adrian Stott and John Kynaston interviewed Female course record holder Lucy Colquhoun Session Two – 10mins 21sec Matt Bond gave an introduction to […]
Here is a breakdown of the 300 entries for the 2020 West Highland Way Race. In summary we have 80 female and 220 male runners. 117 runners (24 female and 93 male) have finished the race at least once before. 183 runners (56 female and 183 male) have not finished a West Highland way Race
Training Inspiration Night – Wednesday 26th February 2020 STIRLING Wednesday 26th February 2020 7:00pm – 9:00pm Tollbooth Arts Centre, Jail Wynd, Stirling FK8 1DE £5 An annual informal evening of advice and inspiration. This evening is for anyone – or their support crew – tackling this iconic 95-mile challenge, for the first or tenth time. Also
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We had over 70 runners for our Training Run on Saturday 25th January 2020. A good number of runners ran the full 30 miles from Balmaha to Inversnaid and back while others opted to turn earlier. Race Director, Ian Beattie, whose birthday was on the Friday wrote A big thank you to everyone for all
Just a reminder that this Saturday (25th January 2020) sees the Altra West Highland Way training weekend run. The plan is to meet outside the Oak Tree Inn in Balmaha at around 9.45am, for a 10.00am (prompt) start. The full run is an out and back along the West Highland Way to Inversnaid, which is
I have been putting the whwrace podcast out for the last 7 years and we are now up to episode 157. The podcasts are available on the website to download or you can subscribe on iTunes (Apple) or Google Podcast (Android) – search for whwrace. For the 2020 race I will be following 6 runners
Message from Ian Beattie, Race Director…. We have now carried out the ballot for the 2020 Altra West Highland Way Race. I have sent an email to everyone who entered to let them know if they have been successful or not. The 300 people who have been offered a place are shown below. Those who
Entries for the 2020 ALTRA West Highland Way Race open on 1st November 2019 with two major changes taking place. The event has a new title sponsor in ALTRA, the footwear company, very popular with many ultra distance runners. Previous title sponsor RON HILL will still be involved as a supporting partner. A further development
The entries for the 2020 WHW Race will be open throughout November 2019 on SI Entries. We have decided to make some changes to the rules around support for the 2020 race. A summary of the new support rules is outlined below: Having motorised support for the full race remains a condition of race entry.
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My preparation in the weeks leading up to the West Highland Way Race is never the same. This year, the wedding of my stepson Stephen and his fiancée Gillian in the Dominican Republic at the end of May meant that things had to be done a bit earlier than usual. Final race instructions were sent
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