Strathearn Harriers - New Year's Day Run 2014

Simon Wake Comrie Hills Relay

THIS YEAR'S RACE IS ON SUNDAY 1ST SEPTEMBER

The Simon Wake Comrie Hills Relay is a 43k relay race with 1,733m of ascent, run in 4 stages starting and finishing in Comrie village. The race follows a route up and around the hills on either side of beautiful Glen Lednock. There are Legs to suit everyone: Legs 2 and 3 cover rough mountain terrain, while Legs 1 and 4, although challenging, are closer to trail races. Leg 1 is fully marked and leg 4 is partially marked. We will also be marking a small section of Leg 3 (across the featureless moor prior to CP6) to reduce risk of lost runners.

IMPORTANT UPDATE FOR LEG 1 AND LEG 4 RUNNERS

Owing to over-running work on the repair/replacement of Shaky Bridge (Grid Ref 774243), there will be no bridge to cross on race-day for leg 1 and leg 4 runners. Instead, we will be routing runners approx 30m upstream to a point where the river is shallower (usually, it's ankle/calf deep but we will be checking to ensure it hasn't changed dramatically by race-day). The stones underfoot are a bit slippery, so care will need to be taken and you will, of course, get wet feet! Marshals will be on hand to guide runners across the river at that point. On the other side, there's a rough path back to where the bridge was and a wee scramble up the bank to regain the normal route. The crossing is just a bit wider than the burn crossing we already have on Leg 4 (Grid ref 768257) but similar depth so Leg 4 runners will already have wet feet anyway! 

New for 2024:

  • electronic timing and checkpoint control via SportsIdent

  • capacity increased to 50 teams

  • no limit on teams per club

  • shuttle bus between handover points in Glen Lednock to reduce use of cars

  • Post-race curry, soups and home-baking

Big thanks to our sponsors and the local landowners for their support and cooperation without which the race wouldn't work.

 


Simon Wake completing Leg 3 in the 2006 race

The race is dedicated to the memory of our friend and fellow Harrier Simon Wake who died aged 47 in October 2008 after a short battle with pancreatic cancer. All proceeds from the race are donated to NHS Tayside Health Fund and ring-fenced to help the fight against this terrible disease.  

Prizes

- Winning teams (open, women's)

- First mixed team (teams must include 2 or 3 women)

- First FV40, MV40

- Individual leg winners, open and female

- Course records (open/women's team and individual).

Raffle

This year we will be holding a raffle to help raise even more funds for this great cause. There will be some great prizes to be won including a weekend in a Kata at Comrie Croft kindly donated by our sponsors.

Tickets are just £1 each and will be on sale on race day so please remember to bring some cash! 

 

Thank you to our sponsors and landowners

The race organisers are hugely grateful to our sponsors, The Meadow Garage, Crieff and Comrie Croft, for their support of this year's race.

     

     

We are also indebted to the landowners in Glenlednock who permit us to run this event on their land.