The Simon Wake Comrie Hills Relay

The Comrie Hills Relay was first run in 2006. In October 2008, our friend and fellow Strathearn Harrier, Simon Wake, died aged 47 after a short battle with Pancreatic Cancer. Simon was a very active member of the club whose enthusiasm and love of running touched the lives of all who ran with him. In particular, Simon loved running in the hills above Crieff and Comrie and taking part in the Comrie Hills Relay, including being a member of the winning Strathearn teams in 2006 and 2007.

In memory of Simon we have renamed the race, provided new trophies and agreed to donate all proceeds from the race to the fight against this terrible disease.

The Simon Wake Comrie Hills Relay is a 42k relay race with 2,110m of ascent, run in 4 stages for teams of 5 runners. The highly scenic course starts and finishes in Comrie village, and follows a route up and around the hills surrounding Glen Lednock.

Legs 2 and 3 cover rough mountain terrain, while Legs 1 and 4,
although challenging, are closer to trail races and are fully marked.

The club is very pleased that the race is supported by The Famous Grouse Experience, one of Scotland's best and most popular visitor attractions.

• In 2009 the race is on Sunday September 13th.
• Start time 10 am, with registration from 9 am
• Entry form and rules here
• Open to teams of 5 runners from running clubs anywhere
• 2008 results
• 2007 results
• 2006 results

Race legs

1. 11k, 527m ascent, 1 runner
2. 7k, 484m, 2 runners
3. 12.6k, 712m, 1 runner
4. 11k, 388m, 1 runner

Prizes

- 1st men's, women's, male vet, female vet, mixed teams
- Individual leg winners

Where to go

• Registration and parking
• Overview map(780 Kb)
• Checkpoints
• Leg maps and notes: Leg 1, Leg 2, Leg 3, Leg 4
• Leg profiles

For more information, please contact info@ strathearnharriers.org.uk (but remove the space after @ which is there to help reduce spam)

Thanks also to Highland Spring who will
kindly be providing mineral water for the race.