looking for nessie

[Bowerm]

i've signed up to run the loch ness marathon in scotland in
october ...and am just wondering if anyone else in this
group has run it. if so, how about a quick review. looking
forward to looking for the monster while running along the
shore. promise to post any pics of nessie if i get them!

[Tim Downie]

"bowerm" <bowerm@earthlink.net> wrote in message
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> i've signed up to run the loch ness marathon in scotland
> in october ...and am just wondering if anyone else in this
> group has run it. if so, how about a quick review. looking
> forward to looking for the monster while running along the
> shore. promise to post any pics of nessie if i get them!

I ran it last year and would be running it again this year
if it wasn't for family commitments. It's a great run. It's
never going to be a *big* race, if only because the
logistics of bussing entrants to the start line but I'd
thoroughly recommend it nonetheless.

First 4 miles are more or less downhill (with the odd short
climb) before you settle down to the level of the loch. From
then on until about 18 miles it's very gently undulating. At
18 miles you discover why it's never going to be a PB course
<g> when you have to climb up and over a hill before the run
into Inverness.

It's all very well organised and you won't regret entering.

For my race report see http://tinyurl.com/2muyu

HTH

Tim

[Bowerm]

Tim- thanks very much for the excellent report. i am
looking forward to making the trip from san francisco to
run loch ness. i should have been through the area last
summer when i attempted to ride end to end...but my hands
went numb on day four (about 200 miles in) and i had to
dump out. this spring i had the carpal tunnel release
surgery so should be finishing the ride july or august
2005...after running the loch this year. again, thanks for
your report. it was quite helpful.

michael

"Tim Downie" <timdownie2003@obvious.yahoo.co.uk> wrote in
message news:<c78698$q0q3$1@ID-81538.news.uni-berlin.de>...
> "bowerm" <bowerm@earthlink.net> wrote in message
> news:be867c89.0405040420.5234ec57@posting.google.com...
> > i've signed up to run the loch ness marathon in scotland
> > in october ...and am just wondering if anyone else in
> > this group has run it. if so, how about a quick review.
> > looking forward to looking for the monster while running
> > along the shore. promise to post any pics of nessie if i
> > get them!
>
> I ran it last year and would be running it again this year
> if it wasn't for family commitments. It's a great run.
> It's never going to be a *big* race, if only because the
> logistics of bussing entrants to the start line but I'd
> thoroughly recommend it nonetheless.
>
> First 4 miles are more or less downhill (with the odd
> short climb) before you settle down to the level of the
> loch. From then on until about 18 miles it's very gently
> undulating. At 18 miles you discover why it's never going
> to be a PB course <g> when you have to climb up and over a
> hill before the run into Inverness.
>
> It's all very well organised and you won't regret
> entering.
>
> For my race report see http://tinyurl.com/2muyu
>
> HTH
>
> Tim

[Tim Downie]

bowerm wrote:
> Tim- thanks very much for the excellent report.

You're welcome.

Tim

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