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Name
of Race: Isle of Skye Half Marathon
Location:
Isle of Skye
Distance: 13.1
miles
Month Held:
July
Number of
Participants: 300
Website:
Isle of Skye Half Marathon
Information:
(from the website)
Start &
Finish
The start and finish will be from The Fingal Centre at Portree High School.
This facility will provide registration, late entries, changing, lockers,
showers, free swim, sauna & steam room, café area for runner hospitality,
and venue for prize giving, parking, start/finish and a route of 13.1 miles
as opposed to the original route of 13.8 miles.
If you are able to bring any food donations for the after-race hospitality,
please bring them during the registration times.
COURSE RECORDS
Men’s – 1986 Simon Axon 1:10:55
Ladies’ – 1996 Karen MacLeod 1:22:21
These records are taken from the original route. The records have been
adjusted to take into account the new course and target records set at
1:07:18 for male and 1:18:10 for female. See prizes section below.
The event is a 13.1m single loop road race, very undulating with a steady
climb from the 8-11 mile marks and then dropping back into Portree for the
finish. The route is marked at every mile and marshalled at all road
junctions.
Skye Marathon
Once again we will be organising a Fun Run, which will start at 10.35am.This
will be a 2-4km race with entries on the day. Entry fees are £2 Over-16’s,
£1 Under-16, £1 Adults accompanying a child under 8. The Fun Run
entry/registration will take place at the Portree High School Community
Facility between 8.30 and 10.00am on the Saturday morning.
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