| Post-race Travel Options...
TRAIN : Station is 600yds from Finish area: trains to Edinburgh at 12.20
13.20
14.25 15.27 16.24
BUS (no.124) : Half-hourly from nearby Church Rd; takes 70 minutes to reach Portobello (Kings Rd)
EVENT COACH BACK TO PORTOBELLO: Only for those who have pre-booked a place on it. It will depart from near the Finish area shortly after the end of the prize-giving (starts at 1pm).
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REGISTRATION : At Power League football, 10 Westbank Street, Portobello,
EH15 1DR. Plenty (free) parking adjacent. Doors open 8.30am. Changing-rooms and toilets downstairs; socialising and coffee-bar upstairs.
Self service: Discover your allocated race-number from the pinned-up list at the front door and then collect your package in the changing-rooms (male/female); it will contain (a) your race-number; (b) your numbered kit-bag; and (c) 4 safety-pins.
TEAM EVENT : Teams of 3 or 4 runners can be entered, best 3 places to count. Captains fill in a form in the upstairs bar with the names and numbers. Modest prizes for first two teams and for best all-female team.
KIT-BAGS : These should be placed beside the large white van outside the registration building.
The START : At 9:45:00 precisely. On the Portobello promenade, approx 700 yds west of the registration building.
HEAD-PHONES : Bone-conduction type ok; ear-plug type definitely not.
WATER-STATIONS : Three... at approx 5 / 10 / 15 miles.
PACE : 3 hrs 20 (10 mins/mile pace), is a reasonable target for slower runners, but the event takes an accommodating approach to runners who need a bit more; they will still get a memento and good food when they finish.
The FINISH : On the grassy area beside NB putting-green. Runners' kit-bags will be laid out in blocks for collection. Free food and drink for all competitors. No showers, but the North Sea is only 50 yards away. Public toilets are 400 yards eastwards.
RECYCLING : After finishing, runners are asked to detach their race-number and put it (and pins) in the containers provided, to be used again next year (save the planet).
RESULTS : Results will be pinned up on a board near the finish as runners complete the course.
PRIZE-GIVING : At 1pm.
DROPPING OUT : If you have to drop out, then try to thumb a lift eastwards... to NB, or at least to the next water-station. Failing this, try to contact the nearest water-station (phone-numbers will be on the back of your race-number), and they will send a car to uplift you. Whatever, do try to inform an event official (marshall / cyclist / w-station).
CHARITY : Any surplus funds will go to SportsAid Scotland, which helps our young running stars with their growing travel and equipment expenses.
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WITHDRAWAL OF ENTRY : Entrants who subsequently need to withdraw can email the organiser to request either a deferral to the following year or a refund (approx 90%). [Transfers of entries not allowed.]
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CANCELLATION : In the extremely unlikely event of the race being cancelled or postponed, all entrants will be offered a full refund.
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VIDEOS : 2024 event video by Jim Sheach & Kate Crichton is HERE.
2012 event video by Peter Buchanan (& David Bowie) is HERE.
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