A 53 mile multi-terrain ultra run along the
West Highland Way
from Milngavie to Tyndrum
28th April 2012
Congratulations to everyone who took part in the race.
A fantastic effort by you all.
The results are now all available on the "Results" page.
If you find yourself looking at last year's results, refresh or reload your
page.
All the results can also be downloaded in Excel format from
that page.
Scott Bradley and Emma Roca, winners of the 2012 HOKA Highland Fling
Hopefully we'll get some more pictures up shortly.
News!
SCOTTISH ULTRA TRAIL
CHAMPIONSHIP
SCOTTISH ATHLETICS ULTRA TRAIL
CHAMPIONSHIPS: UPDATE (25/4/12)
Latest news from Scottish Athletics:
The winners of the Scottish championship medals will be based solely on the
time the runner takes to run the 53 miles on Saturday. It does not matter
which time runners they start, it is the runner's time that matters.
Therefore the winners of the Scottish Athletics Male medal could come from
any of the 3 male starts times on Saturday.
An athlete can win more than one Championship Medal.
A new IFF rule change (which came into affect as of 1st April 2012)
dictates that the Scottish Championship VET age category for both male and
female is now V35+ (on day of race).
The SAL medals up for grabs on Saturday with be:
Male: 1st, 2nd 3rd
Male Vet (Vet 35): 1st, 2nd 3rd
Female: 1st, 2nd 3rd
Female (Vet 35): 1st, 2nd 3rd
Team Medal: 1st three eligible athletes in a club (cumulative times)
ELIGIBILITY:
Runners can be of any nationality, but have to be paid up
members of Scottish Athletics.
The Fling Prize Age Groups are not changing this year and VET categories
will 40-49, 50-59 & 60+ (age on race day).
Many thanks and sincere apologies for any
confusion.
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Race briefing
Hopefully everyone who has
entered will have received their race day briefing by email. If not, you may
download it here.
Race briefing 2012 (doc)
Race briefing 2012 (pdf)
New
sponsor
We are happy to announce that Williams Bros. Brewery are supporting the
"Fling" and runners will be able to quench their thirst at the end of the
race with their award winning Ceiligh Lager
Scottish Ultra Trail
Championship 2012
If any Male Vet runners want to be considered for start time change to join
the Male Start time of 8 am, please get in touch by
Saturday, 21st April.
Contact: john@highlandflingrace.org
This list will be put to
Scottish Athletics for approval. Many thanks
(*please note, it is you age on 28/4/2012
that determines your category)
A big thanks to Zumo Juice
Bars for supporting the Fling
Zumo on Facebook
RUN & BECOME (Edinburgh) ARE NOW STOCKING HOKA ONE ONE ROAD AND TRAIL SHOES.
Adrian and the team are the FIRST STOCKISTS of the shoes in Scotland, so
go along and try them on!!!!
20 Queensferry Street
Edinburgh, EH2 4QW
Tel: 0131 313 5300
3
runners from HOKA's Pro Team are coming to over to run the Fling:
Emma Rocca www.emmaroca.com
Ludo Pommeret
http://www.hokaoneone.com/en/pro-team/ludovic-pommeret_222.html
Scottish Athletics have confirmed 2012 Fling
as the 2012 Scottish Ultra Trail Championships
Many thanks to Scotgold Resources Limited for
supporting the event
We are excited to reveal the “Fling” has a new
Main Sponsor,
Welcome to the Hoka Highland Fling
About our new Sponsor
is the brainchild of two gravity sports enthusiast Jean-Luc Diard and
Nicolas Mermoud. Both men are extremely experienced trail runners, who
quickly came to the conclusion that fatigue, impact and muscle strain were
challenges that all runners have to deal with, and so set about to design a
shoe that would help alleviate these problems. Hoka One one was born!
Their unique running shoes have been used by winners of marathons, 50 mile,
100 mile and even 2000+ mile ultra-runners.
The Hoka Highland Fling race also has a new Race Director,
John Duncan. He is taking over the running of the event from Murdo
MacDonald, who created and organised the race from the start in 2006.
John at the finish of the “Fling” in 2009
Any queries or question, please contact him
THE 2012 Hoka Highland Fling Facebook Page is now up and
running.
2012
Fling has been confirmed as a qualifier for UTMB (Ultra-Trail du
Mont-Blanc®) 2012 (2 points)
The Hoka Highland Fling is part of the
Scottish Ultra Marathon Series. Please visit the
website for more
details.
http://www.sumseries.org
Our Sponsors
We would ask all those involved in the "Fling"
to recognise our sponsors, who add so much to the race, and where possible,
to choose them as their first choice supplier.
