Ultra Running Ltd MTC Glaistig
Innerleithen to Travelodge Edinburgh Airport, 31.3 miles.
31.3 Mile
50 km
432 m ascent
9 m per km
7h 50m cut-off
9:20/km to make it
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The course
VERY HARD
TRP grade · E4·T1
7h 50m cut-off, which needs 9:20/km
6 checkpoints
Start time not confirmed yet — check with the organiser.
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What you’re in for
The short day of the Scotland series: 31 miles from Innerleithen in the Tweed valley over the hills into Midlothian and across to the airport on the west of Edinburgh. Innerleithen to Edinburgh Airport: 50.3km and 432m of climb, with six checkpoints on the way. It is day 2 of the Scotland end to end, and you can run it on its own or as part of the whole. The shortest stage in the whole Mount to Coast programme, which is the point of it — a recovery day between the Borders and the Forth. 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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Train for it: routes near the start
Routes starting within 20 km of The Traquair Arms Hotel, Traquair Road, Innerleithen, EH44 6PD, nearest first. Each one has a free GPX file and a TRP grade, so you can rehearse the ground before race day.
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Common questions
- The MTC Glaistig is one distance: 31.3 Mile (50.4 km).