Ultra Running Ltd MTC Redcap
Gretna Green to Innerleithen, 55.1 miles.
55.1 Mile
89 km
934 m ascent
11 m per km
10h 50m cut-off
7:20/km to make it
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The course
EXPERT
TRP grade · E5·T1
10h 50m cut-off, which needs 7:20/km
8 checkpoints
Start time not confirmed yet — check with the organiser.
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What you’re in for
The first and longest day of the Scotland end to end: 55 miles from the border at Gretna Green into the Tweed valley at Innerleithen, through the Border hills. Gretna Green to Innerleithen: 88.5km and 934m of climb, with eight checkpoints on the way. It is day 1 of the Scotland end to end, and you can run it on its own or as part of the whole. The 934m of climb is the most of any Scottish stage — this is the hilly Borders, not the flat approach to a city — and it is the day that decides whether the rest of the week happens. 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 Redcap is one distance: 55.1 Mile (88.7 km).