whwrace Goblet Relay
As a fun challenge John Kynaston asked West Highland Way Runners to send in a video of them running across the frame with their goblet. John then put them all together to make a virtual relay. Here is the result ….
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Live Interviews
As we can’t meet up to run at the moment John Kynaston has been doing some Live Interviews on our West Highland Way Race Facebook page. A good number of people have watched them live but if you missed them or would like to watch again then her they are. Saturday 28th March 2020 –
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Altra West Highland Way Race – Coronavirus – update
Ian Beattie, Race Director, issued the following statement regarding the Coronvirus on Thursday 12th March 2020 It was announced last night that the Highland Fling Race, due to take place at the end of April, has been cancelled. There is a bit more time until the WHW Race and we are continuing to monitor and
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Videos from whwrace Inspiration Night 2020
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
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2020 Entry Stats
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
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Training Inspiration Night – Wednesday 26th February 2020
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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Training Weekend details
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
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2020 Race Entry List
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
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Exciting news of new sponsor
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
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Changes to the Rules regarding Support Crews for 2020
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.