As the days have gone on the Cape Wrath Ultra, it’s clear that a slower and steadier pace is paying off for many of the Cape Wrath Ultra participants. This is not to say they are all slow, rather they are staying within their personal comfort zones and especially on the shorter days.
Read MoreAnother shorter day, although still a mile longer than a marathon, the runners headed into another great Scottish wilderness area, the Fisherfield Forest.
Read MoreToday’s runners enjoyed the second shortest day of the Cape Wrath Ultra 2018, although the accumulative effect of 160km (100 miles) – and 4,700m of ascent – over the past three days was felt by everyone.
Read MoreGlenn Tait’s journey to the start-line of the Cape Wrath Ultra 2018 started with a Weight Watchers’ diet. Now he is an ultra running addict.
Read MoreWaking up to sunshine and mostly clear mountain tops in Kinloch Hourn provided a much needed boost to today’s runners in the Cape Wrath Ultra 2018. An amazingly cheerful bunch, even at 6am as they ate breakfast with sleepy eyes, the atmosphere of the race remains impressively high-spirited.
Read MoreHaving spoken to many runners in the first stages of day 3, we caught up with them again as they headed towards the finish point at Achnashellach.
Read MoreAs we published the Day 2 overview blog last night, there were still a few runners on the course. Many people were taken by surprise by the terrain, hills and cold on a very wet day in the remote wilderness area of Knoydart.
Read MoreA day of wet, bog and wind at higher levels made for a tale of two very different races for the 175 participants that took on Day 2 of the Cape Wrath Ultra 2018.
Read MoreAs chief blogger, I took the time to run with some of the participants on the course. As they finished the final 10k of day one, I caught up with a variety of runners.
Read MoreNervous anticipation turned to smiles and enthusiasm for almost all of the runners as they set out – and completed – day one of the Cape Wrath Ultra 2018.
Read MoreFirst came the team of race staff and volunteers – and then some 178 participants – as final preparations were put into place for Cape Wrath Ultra 2018 today.
Many of the event team, totalling around 70 and from as far afield as Germany and south-west England, had gathered in Fort William the night before. An evening meal of shared pizza at the Snowgoose Hostel gave them the chance to meet each other and find out more about their roles for the following eight days.
Read MoreThe first of 178 participants, arriving from 26 different countries, formed an orderly queue as registration opened at the Nevis Centre in Fort William at 2pm today. Carrying large bags of kit (many using brightly coloured super-sized ORTLIEB dry bags) and with a general look of anticipation mixed with anxiety, they checked in and picked up race numbers, maps, safety briefings and t-shirts. Marshals ensured their race rucksacks contained all the mandatory kit.
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