Highland Fling Ultramarathon
| Entry Fee | £125.00 |
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Welcome to the 18th Highland Fling Race.
The 2026 race takes place on Saturday 29th August and is a point-to-point trail ultramarathon along the southern 53 miles (85 km) of Scotland’s iconic West Highland Way trail through the Loch Lomond & the Trossachs National Park from Milngavie (close to Glasgow) to the Highland village of Tyndrum.
EVENT DETAILS
- Distance: 53 miles (85 km)
- Ascent 2300m / Descent 2100m
- Terrain: 90% trail / 10% road
- Point to point way-marked route (no navigation required)
- Live chip timing
- There is a drop bag system in operation - 3 food drop bags available
- Free home-made food & drinks at event finish
- Heated marquees to relax in at event finish
- Free showers at race finish
- Free post-race massage
- Event Afterparty in marquee at race finish (BYOB & Donation Bar)
- Free official event photos
- Free Luggage transport from start to race finish
- Sponsor stalls at race finish
- Event Buses available pre-race to the start from Tyndrum and Glasgow West End, and post-race back to the start in Milngavie from the finish (extra cost)
ENTRY DETAILS
- The event accepts entries from women, men, and non-binary runners
- Entry Fee: £125
- All runners must be at least 20 years old (on race day)
- Deferrals are ONLY available in the case of pregnancy/adoption
Active Gender Entry System
When entries open, we will initially be allocating race places by gender. There will be 500 places for women and 500 places for men, as well as the option to enter as nonbinary. If a particular gender sells out, a waiting list will then be opened for that gender.
We will be continually monitoring entries and may open up any remaining places to all genders at a later date. The aim of this is to balance and equalise the final male/female gender split and also encourage nonbinary participation.
ENTRY CRITERIA
To qualify for the 2026 event, you MUST have completed an ultramarathon, a road marathon or trail marathon AFTER 1ST JANUARY 2024. If your longest race is a road marathon, your finish time must be under 5 hours. If you have completed a trail marathon, any finish time is acceptable. If you have completed an ultramarathon (on road or trail) any finish time is acceptable. If you have completed a road marathon in over 5 hours BUT it was at the end of an Ironman, that's acceptable.
If you haven't already completed such an event, you have until 1st June 2026 to do so.
If you have completed some sort of a long distance off-road event that doesn't quite meet our entry criteria, please email [email protected] before submitting your entry.
Long fell/hill races and very long distance trail walking events may be accepted at our discretion. Please note that Half Ironman events are not sufficient and GPS data from training runs will not be accepted.
IMPORTANT EVENT RULES
- Runners are not allowed external support at any time. No support runners/pacers. Spectators are welcome at specific locations.
- All runners must carry an emergency foil blanket, a waterproof jacket with hood and taped seams, waterproof trousers with taped seams, a head torch/lamp and charged/switched on mobile phone.
- It is strictly FORBIDDEN for any participant to run in place of another runner. No one is allowed to run using another runner's race number.
- Limited earphone use allowed.
- No dogs accompanying runners.
- Running poles are allowed from 7.5 miles onwards (CP1 Beechtree)
- If you decide to withdraw during the race, you MUST let us know about it before going home.
- The use of ibuprofen, diclofenac, or any other NSAID as a race-day painkiller is forbidden.
- Do what the marshals tell you. At all times. And especially at road crossings.
- Race numbers must be worn on your FRONT, and must be visible to marshals at all times.
- Absolutely NO LITTERING - carry your rubbish with you and dispose of it at the recycling tables at checkpoints.
AGE RESTRICTIONS
Minimum age for entrants is 20 years old (on race day). There is no upper age limit.
REFUND POLICY
- A 14 day cooling off period will apply. Withdrawal within 14 days will result in a full refund, minus a £5 administration fee.
- After 14 days a 50% refund is available up until 1st July 2026.
- After 1st July 2026 no refunds will be given.
- Deferrals are ONLY available in the case of pregnancy/adoption.
- No transfers of places to other runners are available
- Any charity donations made at the point of entry are NOT refundable at any time.
We strongly advise taking out the optional XCover insurance, which will protect your entry fee in the event of a range of issues, such as:
- Injury or illness happening to you, or a member of your immediate family.
- Adverse weather conditions where the Police or Government have issued travel warnings.
- The mechanical breakdown, accident, fire or theft en route of a private vehicle taking you to the booked event.
Please check XCover's terms and conditions to see exactly what is covered.
2026 EVENT CHARITY PARTNER
INCLUSIVITY, EQUALITY & DISCRIMINATION
We are continuing our efforts to make our events more inclusive. We want everyone to feel welcome, comfortable and safe at our events. The steps we are taking to achieve this include:
- Active gender entry
- Early start option for slower runners
- Free women-focused training runs
- Partnership with Black Trail Runners
- Event team is over 60% women
- Pregnancy/adoption deferral available
- Support for breast/chest feeding runners
- Period products provided in event portaloos
- Sweeper team is over 50% women
- Women's and men's fit t-shirt options
- Medical/first aid team is around 50% women
- Anonymity available on start list/results
- Disabled parking available at race finish
- Low income support available
- LGBTIQ+ inclusive
We believe that trans people belong in sport. Our gender categories are women, men, and nonbinary. If you are trans, you are welcome to run in the gender category with which you identify. If you would like more information on this, please email us or give John or Noanie a call on 07941 670623.
We are fully committed to upholding all principles of the Scottish LGBT Sports Charter. We have also signed up to the Scottish LGBTI+ Rainbow Mark, and have a firm zero tolerance policy towards all forms of discriminatory language and behaviour.
Many thanks
John & Noanie
Highland Fling Race
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This event offers the option to purchase XCover, so that participants may be able to get a refund if they are unable to attend due to unforeseen circumstances.
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