Part of the Montane Scottish Ultra Marathon Series of nine independently organised Scottish Ultra Marathons that form a season-long championship. : Series Website

The Clyde Stride provides the opportunity to race along one of Scotlands most beautiful and accessible new pathways the Clyde Walkway. It runs from Glasgow (near Partick Railway Station) along the Clyde through Strathclyde Regional Park, the Unesco World Heritage Site at New Lanark, and the Falls of Clyde Nature Reserve to finish at Bonnington Linn. The superb track and scenery ensure a rapid rise to Ultra stardom for the Stride. The race has a limit of 100 and quickly oversubscribes so get in quick.

There are maps and information on the Clyde Walkway at the Visit Lanark website: Clyde Walkway - but be warned if you do this on your own - the Walkway signposts are non existent or, where there are signs, very confusing.

I ran the race in it's first year, 2010, and would thoroughly recommend it to first time Ultra Runners and seasoned Ultra Runners. The course is fairly flat for the first 40k but is undulating after that - there are steps at a number of points. The camaraderie between runners was excellent - you just don't get that at most marathons - I had super chats with so many friendly people along the way it made the miles seem just a little bit shorted. The organisation was excellent - with 3 Check Points along the way where you could have food, drink etc taken to -everyone involved was very friendly and helpful. The t-shirt is brilliant - I will wear nothing else (apart from trousers of course) for the next month.

The one problem was, that even though the organisers had placed additional signposts and markers, there were still a number of points where it was unclear which way to go - probably more than half of the runners did additional miles. I am sure this will be fixed out for future events.

So sign up today for the next Clyde Stride - you will love it.

(( WARNING MOAN AHEAD ::: On a personal level I most rather annoyed that the organiser got my time wrong by some 8 minutes and despite promises to correct this they never did. I appreciate that in the big scheme of things this is pretty unimportant - but I had charity money that was dependant on the number of points I got - the 8 minutes put me ahead of two other runners - gave me extra points and thus more money would have been raised.))

You can always stop for a rest at Strathclyde Park . . .

Strathclyde Park Clyde Walkway

Clyde Stride Results - 2010

Position	Name		Time	Gender	Points		Club
1	Grant	Jeans	05:08:05	M	500	1st male	unattached
2	Lucy	Colquhoun	05:27:20	F	494	1st female	Carnethy
3	Richard	Galbraith	05:32:55	M	488	2nd male
4	Gavin	Harvie	05:33:40	M	482	3rd male	Kirkintilloch Olympians
5	John	McLaughlin	05:38:04	M	476		Springburn
6	Robert	Souter	05:41:48	M	470		Shettleston Harriers
7	Richie	Cunningham	05:45:40	M	464		Carnegie harriers
8	Gail	Murdoch	05:53:02	F	458	2nd female	Carnegie harriers
9	Les	Hill	05:53:02	M	452		Dumfries RC
10	Emilio	Cosimo	05:56:50	M	447		Springburn Harriers
11	Phil	Smith	05:57:00	M	441		Northumberland Fell Runners
12	Claire	Shelley	05:57:10	F	435	3rd female	Serpentine
13	Richard	Dennis	05:58:25	M	429		Portobello
14	Sharon	Law	06:00:16	F	423		Garscube
14	Jamie	Aarons	06:00:16	F	423
16	David	McLaren	06:01:15	M	411
17	Bill	Hutchison	06:02:00	M	405		Anster Haddies
18	Elaine	Calder	06:02:20	F	399		Strathaven Striders
19	Stephen	Gildea	06:02:50	M	393
20	John	Kennedy	06:14:10	M	387		Clydesdale harriers
21	James	Quigley	06:16:06	M	381		Jog Scotland
22	John	Donnelly	06:18:00	M	375		WESTERLANDS
23	Marian	McPhail	06:18:37	F	369		Dumfries Running Club
24	Alistair	Drummond	06:20:35	M	363
25	Colin	Montgomery	06:24:41	M	357
26	Stuart	McDade	06:28:25	M	351
27	Ian	Donnelly	06:30:59	M	346		SVHC
28	Ross	Moreland	06:31:00	M	340		Anster Haddies
29	Alan	Robertson	06:34:54	M	334		Lothian
30	Ian	Rae	06:35:16	M	328		CALDERGLEN HARRIERS
31	Theresa	Majeed	06:42:00	F	322		Boulder Running Club
32	Aileen	Scott	06:43:58	F	316		Clydesdale Harriers
32	Richard	Williams	06:49:58	M	316		Galloway Harriers
34	Cameron	Scott	06:52:18	M	304		Carnethy
35	Steven	McFarlane	06:52:21	M	298		Carnethy HRC
36	Gregor	Heron	06:52:23	M	292		Carnethy HRC
37	Malcolm	Hughes	07:03:55	M	286
38	Luke	Rodwell	07:06:38	M	280
39	James	Terry	07:08:12	M	274		2 RTR
40	Graeme	Reid	07:08:29	M	268		N/A
41	Stephen	Boyce	07:10:24	M	262		Scottish Hill Runners
42	Sandra	McDougall	07:13:58	F	256		Harmeny Ac
43	Andy	Millard	07:14:07	M	251		Carnethy HRC
44	Brian	MacFarlane	07:17:44	M	245
45	Steven	Yule	07:30:00	M	239
46	Matthew	Wells	07:30:04	M	233
47	Finlay	Moffat	07:30:06	M	227
48	Karen	Robertson	07:33:58	F	221		Troon Tortoises
49	Stuart	McBeath	07:38:03	M	215		Giffnock North
50	Graham	Alderdice	07:44:28	M	209		Springburn harriers
51	Bobby	Miller	07:47:17	M	203		Troon
52	Jordi	Pitarch-Marquino	07:48:49	M	197		Stevenson College
53	Ian	Grant	07:49:19	M	191		Garscube
54	Yulia	Uzunova	07:49:40	F	185		Glasgow University Hares and Hounds
55	Jamie	Kerr	07:50:50	M	179
56	Douglas	Murray	07:50:51	M	173
57	David	Watson	07:51:45	M	167
58	Ellen	McVey	07:57:37	F	161		Helensburgh
59	Lesley	Halstead	07:58:41	F	155		Carnegie harriers
60	Peter	Halpin	07:58:52	M	150		Clydesdale harriers
61	Neil	MacRitchie	08:00:43	M	144		Peterhead Running Club
62	Alyson	McPherson	08:02:22	F	138
63	Lawrie	McKean	08:02:53	M	132
64	Victoria	O'Reilly	08:04:14	F	126
65	Chris	Park	08:07:52	M	120
66	Tim	Downie	08:09:35	M	114		Troon Tortoises AC
67	Kelly	Hensler	08:11:02	F	108		Springburn Harriers
68	Bridget	Halewood	08:11:29	F	102
69	Andrew	McHendry	08:12:09	M	96
70	Charles	Gordon	08:12:45	M	90
71	Paul	Kennedy	08:13:00	M	84
72	Stan	Bland	08:19:07	M	78		Troon
72	Craig	McKay	08:19:07	M	78
74	Isobel	Wilson	08:22:03	F	66
75	Fletcher	Murdoch	08:23:41	M	60		Maryhill Harriers
76	Stuart	MacFarlane	08:27:17	M	54
77	David	Hetherington	08:29:55	M	49
78	Nick	Dunk	08:33:49	M	43		Uk Netrunner
79	Graham	Burrows	08:41:23	M	37		Lithgae harriers
80	Margaret	Bryant	08:55:02	F	31
81	David	Ross	08:56:20	M	25		Strathaven Striders
82	Adele	Page	09:00:39	F	19		Vatersay Raiders
83	Mark	Keddie	09:01:11	M	13
84	Audrey	McIntosh	09:17:00	F	7
85	Colin	Smith	09:34:33	M	1

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