Scottish Runners 2019
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Jan 2019
11:20pm, 12 Jan 2019
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Son of a Pronator Man
I'm sure the course at Cramond can cope with 800 + as long as the funnel and scanning is well organised. However I think the path at Porty would be very congested with 500+. The faster runners will be into the back of the slower runners and not much room for overtaking
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Jan 2019
11:48pm, 12 Jan 2019
4,300 posts
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57.5 Degrees of Pain
There has been a desperate need for more Edinburgh events for a while. And good reasons why there isn't.
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Jan 2019
11:07am, 13 Jan 2019
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Dvorak
There was a murmur of a Saughton parkrun? Heard naught more though. Here is my route for Hailes Quarry parkrun fetcheveryone.com/routes-view.php?id=1759360 But might the runners of Edinburgh venture to there? I suspect there other issues eg parking that might put the kybosh on it anyway. Ion, spectated at the xc yesterday. Not that thrilling a spectacle. I'll need to watch the recording to see what happened. Not sure about that Castle run either - multiple starts of only 200 each over four hours gave it a real lack of buzz. |
Jan 2019
11:44am, 13 Jan 2019
13,911 posts
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Bazoaxe
Funny Dvorak, those were two locations I thought of as I ran past them today. Hailes Quarry I think would be a possible. I think there is sufficient parking. Might need to pay the locals 50p to watch the motor though 
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Jan 2019
3:45pm, 13 Jan 2019
8,544 posts
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Son of a Pronator Man
50p ?
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Jan 2019
2:09pm, 14 Jan 2019
419 posts
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Ally-C
Haven’t spoke to anyone since Saturday or before the race(earlier wave finishers) that didn’t enjoy the Stirling Castle event. Most of the folk concerned just did it to support a local event, but would now do it again.
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Jan 2019
4:24pm, 14 Jan 2019
4,814 posts
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Metro_Nome
some negative comments on FB.. people aren't happy there was no t-shirt given the cost, the paths were too narrow, it was not a "trail" event as advertised, the marshalling was a little unclear at times (and one of my friends was nearly taken out by a marshal cutting right in front of him). does seem to be positive feedback as well though so hopefully it will continue to be a successful event.
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Jan 2019
4:42pm, 14 Jan 2019
420 posts
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Ally-C
Tbh, if folk complain about narrow paths and not a trail event you can't win, bit difficult to have both. There was as much off road as on, if not more iirc. |
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Jan 2019
5:18pm, 14 Jan 2019
4,817 posts
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Metro_Nome
ha fair point it does seem to have been a bit mis-sold though, from what I've heard it was mostly roads with just a few muddy sections |
Jan 2019
7:24pm, 14 Jan 2019
550 posts
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andydgg
stirling castle the underfoot wasn't good when I did it at half 1, I went over on my ankle going up one of the hills, very slippy, very rough ground, not much room either. the bbc ignored us, which is good because I hate the bloody bbc anyway. Parking was good but I didn't have any change so had to find a car park. If the route wasn't as hilly I'd do it again no probs. Be better without the cross country I think though.
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