All runners MUST carry the following items with them at all times 1. An emergency foil blanket 2. A charged and switched on mobile phone 3. A waterproof jacket or smock, with taped seams 4. Waterproof trousers with taped seams 5. We think these rules are very clear.
Hopefully you do too, because we will be enforcing them very strictly. If you forget about your earphones, and a marshal signals you to remove them, you must do so immediately. If you try to argue the point about your music being turned off, your earphones may be confiscated from you until the race finish, and you also risk being removed from the race for your own safety, i. Also, please do not use speakers that play music out loud, as they tend to really annoy other people..
No, not at all. Support crews are not allowed. You must run the race completely unsupported. No external support of any kind is allowed.
Yes, however please be very mindful of other runners around you, especially on narrow sections of trail. We recommend you pack your poles away before entering checkpoints. Also, please do lots of practice using running poles in advance of the event. Dogs are not allowed to accompany runners at all. This is a condition of our Scottish Athletics race permit and also our race insurance.
Much as we love dogs, we have to be strict on this. Anyone seen running with a dog will be stopped by race officials and withdrawn from the event, i. If you wear your race number on your back, you will be stopped by race officials and told to move it to your front. This rule has been brought in at the insistence of our medical team. NSAIDs are known to put stress on the kidneys and occasionally this can cause life-threatening problems for ultrarunners.
