Loch Ness Marathon Running Festival | Loch Ness Marathon | Macmillan Cancer Support

Saturday

• 10.00–18.00 | Registration
• 10.00–18.00 | Sports Expo (free entry)

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

• 09.00–16.00 | Sports Expo open
• 09.30 | Start of Baxters River Ness 5K, Bught Park
• 09.45 | 5K winner expected
• 10.00 | Start of Baxters Loch Ness Marathon
• 10.30 | Start of Baxters River Ness 10K / Corporate Challenge
• 10.55 | 10K winner expected
• 12.15 | Marathon winner expected

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.

Event HQ

Bught Park
Bught Road
Inverness
Highland
IV3 5SQ
UK

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

The marathon cut-off time is 7 hours.

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).