Anyone have any experience at organising a race?

[Tim]

Hi Andy, thanks for your thoughts.

Hopefully, if the route avoids too many road crossings marshalling shouldn't be too much of a problem and navigation for the runners should be pretty easy (just follow the river).

As to numbers, well, if I get just 5 runners it'll still be worth doing. I think it will appeal to Scottish ultra runners as there is a real dearth of ultra distance events here, particularly early in the year. I'm thinking about early May when we tend to get reasonably decent weather here and it would be a useful training run for those nutters who want to go on and do the full West HIghland Way race. ;-)

I've got a contact who works for the relevant council and it seems that they're already tentatively considering an inaugural race so it seems I could be pushing at an open door. It would certainly be a good way of giving a new long distance footpath some publicity.

I reckon it could be an ideal first ultra for you Andy. No big hills, nice scenery and good company. ;-)