Event overview
An awe-inspiring festival of running with the iconic Scottish loch and Highlands providing the setting. With possibly one of the most stunning marathon routes anywhere in the world as the main event of the day plus shorter distances for all the family, it is renowned for its welcoming atmosphere and unforgettable camaraderie.
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Charity places
This charity has places in the event. To secure your place, select a charity and provide your details.
Cancer
Macmillan Cancer Support
No one should have to face cancer alone.
- Personalised running vest
- Fundraising support
- Fundraising materials
- Online training zone
- Cheer squad on the day
Sign up
£40
Fundraise
£400
- All fitness levels
- Event expo
- Event village
- Families
- Fancy dress
- Newcomers
- Spectators
- Teams
- Traders at event
- Wheelchair users
Saturday
Runners' Cafe - Saturday
The Runners’ Café will be open during registration on Saturday, 10.00-18.00, and is hosted by BBC’s Bryan Burnett.
Grab a coffee, cake, Baxters soup or whatever takes your fancy from our street food stalls, visit the Expo, listen to guest speakers throughout the afternoon, chat with other runners from around the world or just chill out with some traditional Scottish music. Free entry for all.
Sunday
Sports Expo
Come along to Scotland’s leading running Expo, open Saturday 10.00-18.00 and Sunday 08:30-16:00 at the Event Village. Free entry for all.
Hosted by Run4It, this is a great opportunity to chat with leading brands such as Hoka, Ronhill, Aftershokz, Brooks and Garmin, sample and try out products and pick up some great offers on all your running essentials.
Street Food
A delicious selection of ready-to-eat food and drink from around the Highlands will be on offer from local producers and the title sponsor, Baxters, over the weekend. Expect to find everything from soup, burgers, hog roasts to pancakes, home-baking and ice cream. You can also sample locally crafted beers and gin at the pop-up bars.
Live music
An event in the Highlands of Scotland is complete with the stirring sounds of a pipe band! There will be live music on both days, and pipes and drums will on Sunday.
Kids' activites
There will be a range of kids’ activities on offer over the event weekend.
10K Corporate Challenge
The Corporate Challenge is a fun team-building opportunity:
- Open to all sectors of business and industry in the public and private sector.
- Teams must contain a minimum of four runners and a maximum of six runners; incomplete teams cannot be accepted.
- Times of the fastest four combine to make the team’s final score.
- Prizes are awarded according to the accumulated results of the fastest four runners in each team.
- Companies are welcome to enter more than one team.
- All entries must be from bona fide employees of the company. An employee cannot be entered into more than one team.
- Each team must nominate a team captain who will be responsible for entering their team online.
- Bag storage
- Bar
- Cafe
- Changing facilities
- Entertainment
- Music
- Paid parking
- Park
- Rural
- Showers
- Toilets
- Urban
- Cut off time
- Distance markers
- First aid
- Food stations
- Marshals
- No headphones
- Point to point
- Return transport
- Toilets
- Traffic free
- Undulating
- Water stations
The Loch Ness Marathon follows a spectacular point-to-point route alongside world famous Loch Ness, starting in an atmospheric moorland setting and continues through stunning Highland scenery, taking you along the south-eastern shores of Loch Ness, across the River Ness, to finish in Inverness, capital city of the Highlands.
Route highlights
- Start on General Wade's Military Road
- Stride through pine scented forests before passing the village of Foyers
- Hit the shoreline road as you press north-east along Loch Ness
- Bid farewell to the Loch as you pass Dores Beach
- Complete a small loop in the city as you arrive in Inverness, on the banks of the River Ness
Point to point alongside the most famous loch in the world.
The marathon cut-off time is 7 hours.
- Certificate
- Chip timing
- Goody bag
- Massage
- Medal
- Post-race meal
- Technical t-shirt
Included
- Commemorative finisher’s medal
- Finisher’s technical t-shirt
- Goody bag
- Electronic timing
- Water stations
- High5 energy gel stations
- Complimentary post-race food
- Baggage transfer from start to finish
- Coach transport to the marathon start
- Fantastic festival at the finish
Massage
Massage is available during registration on Saturday and after the race on Sunday at the Event Village. A 10-minute massage costs £10 (please bring cash).