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Race Entrants 2022

The list of entrants for the 2022 Altra West Highland Way Race has now been finalised with 300 places allocated. No further entries will be accepted. Experience tells us that 50 runners will not make the start line in June leaving us with our optimal race size of 250 runners. You can view the full […]

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John Kynaston Memorial Bridge

Our friend and West Highland Way Race committee member John Kynaston passed away in January 2021.  John was dearly loved throughout the Scottish and UK ultra running community, and the West Highland Way Race would like to remember John by funding the replacement of a bridge on the West Highland Way trail in his memory. 

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The 2022 Ballot has closed

Thats the entries closed! We have 435 entries. We have 299 people who have yet to get a goblet and 21 people who have more than 5 . There are 404 people from the UK, 11 from the US, 8 from Europe, 1 Kiwi, 1 Sth African, 1 from Reunion, 1 Canadian and yes 1

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2022 West Highland Way Race Entry

2022 Ballot 300 Places will be available for the 2022 edition of the Altra West Highland Way Race. Registration for the balllot will open on November. 1st and will remain open until the end of November. The results of the west highland way race ballot will be announced at the start of December. For more

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WHW Race Newsletter

You can now sign up to the Altra West Highland Way Race newsletter to have the latest news about the race delivered directly to your inbox. The sign up form can be found here

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#virtualWHWrace Update Two – Wed 17th June 2020

We are now over half way through our Virtual West Highland Way Race and it has been so good to see so many involved. Last night Ian Beattie, Keith Hughes and John Kynaston hosted a live update on Facebook. It has now been uploaded to YouTube so if you would like to watch it and

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#virtualWHWrace Update ONE – Friday 12th June 2020

Many thanks to the 1200 solos and teams who have signed up so far for this Virtual Event.  The numbers are amazing!  We hope you are all looking forward to starting your first leg at any time from midnight Thursday 11th June! It’s great to see photos on Facebook, twitter and Instagram already of runners who

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Virtual WHWrace – An Evening Celebration

Saturday 20th June 2020 7.00-8.30pm John Kynaston and Ian Beattie will be hosting an evening celebration live on our West Highland Way Facebook page. No need to book or sign up – just put the date and time in your diary then tune in and join us. We hope to make it interactive so you

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Virtual whwrace 2020

Virtual West Highland Way Race Midnight Thursday 11th June –12:00 Noon Sunday 21st June 2020 This is an opportunity to virtually run, walk or crawl the 95 miles (155km) distance of the West Highland Way, Scotland’s iconic long distance trail, following current government guidelines on exercise routines, for the period of the race. Like all virtual events, it relies

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