Ultra Running Ltd MTC Bertram de Shotts
Pitlochry to Kingussie, 42.6 miles.
42.6 Mile
69 km
444 m ascent
7 m per km
8h 10m cut-off
7:09/km to make it
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The course
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TRP grade · E5·T1
8h 10m cut-off, which needs 7:09/km
8 checkpoints
Start time not confirmed yet — check with the organiser.
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What you’re in for
Pitlochry to Kingussie through the Pass of Drumochter: 42 miles up the Garry and over the highest ground of the Scotland end to end, then down into Badenoch. Pitlochry to Kingussie: 69.2km and 444m of climb, with eight checkpoints on the way. It is day 5 of the Scotland end to end, and you can run it on its own or as part of the whole. There is only one way north on foot here and it goes over Drumochter, above 450m and exposed to whatever is coming down the A9 corridor. The climb is long rather than steep. Mount to Coast rules apply on the single day as on the series: preset cut-offs based on a minimum 4 mph average, a warning the first time you fall below it, and no one on the course after ten at night. Checkpoints roughly every eight miles, a tracker with an SOS button, and maps and GPX for entrants only — bring a map case.
Terrain and trail
The organiser supplies road shoes for the series, which tells you most of what you need to know about the ground: quiet road, cycle path and the odd stretch of towpath or track, almost all of it hard-surfaced. The difficulty is the distance and the day after, not the terrain.
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Common questions
- The MTC Bertram de Shotts is one distance: 42.6 Mile (68.6 km).