the route
Following Registration (0900-1000 hrs) at the Johnny Kelly Pavilion, the race starts within a short walking distance, next door in Cowan Park at 1030 hrs. Runners complete a circuit around the park’s historic bandstand before exiting on to Aurs Rd. The route then travels SE up Aurs Rd then R into Springfield Rd. Opposite St Luke’s School, take a L into Balgraystone Road and follow this south to a T-juction with Glanderston Road. Turn R into Glanderston Road. This section takes you past the famous Craigie hill, our water station and our lone piper. At the next T-junction, turn R into Springhill Rd. Travel north on this road, straight through the Fiveways junction, then take a R into Gerry Park, where a footpath skirts the parkland and brings the runner out beside St Luke’s. Left into Springfield Rd again, past St Luke’s then after the wide curve at the top of Aurs Rd, a fantastic, long, straight and fast downhill section, leading back to Cowan park and the finish line.
Updated: December 2009