Highland Fling Ultramarathon

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. We are also hosting the Scottish Ultra Trail Championships this year (see below for more details) EVENT DETAILS ENTRY DETAILS 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. SCOTTISH ULTRA TRAIL CHAMPIONSHIPS Championship medals are available for the following: Senior woman, men and non-binary; masters woman, men and non-binary in age cats V40, V50, V60, V70 & V80.  There are also Club Team awards. To be eligible to compete in the championships participants must have an active Scottish Athletics membership. If you would like to be entered into the Championships please make sure you have included your SA number in your Race Entry via Si Entries. If you entered the race before the hosting of the championships was announced please update your SA number in your Race Entry via Si Entries. IMPORTANT EVENT RULES AGE RESTRICTIONS Minimum age for entrants is 20 years old (on race day). There is no upper age limit. REFUND POLICY 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: 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: 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 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 .