Strathearn Harriers - New Year's Day Run 2014

Simon Wake Comrie Hills Relay

THIS YEAR'S RACE IS ON SATURDAY 30TH AUGUST, 2025

The Simon Wake Comrie Hills Relay is a 43k relay race with 1,733m of ascent, run in 4 stages starting and finishing in Comrie village. The race follows a route up and around the hills on either side of beautiful Glen Lednock. There are Legs to suit everyone: Legs 2 and 3 cover rough mountain terrain, while Legs 1 and 4, although challenging, are closer to trail races. Leg 1 is fully marked and leg 4 is partially marked. We will also be marking a small section of Leg 3 (across the featureless moor prior to CP6) to reduce risk of lost runners.

In 2025, we will be holding the race on a Saturday for the first time. We hope that this will encourage clubs from further afield to join the fun and maybe even stay over in Comrie. (Our friends at Comrie Croft have a range of accommodation options to consider!).

 


Simon Wake completing Leg 3 in the 2006 race

The race is dedicated to the memory of our friend and fellow Harrier Simon Wake who died aged 47 in October 2008 after a short battle with pancreatic cancer. Simon was a keen hill runner and passionate about youth sport. From 2025, any surplus proceeds from the race will support and promote Junior Hill Running in Scotland. This will be split equally between the Scottish Athletics Junior Hill Running initiatives (e.g. the Junior Hill Running League, taster session and training days etc) and supporting the costs of Strathearn Harriers' own active and growing junior section.  

 

Prizes

- Winning teams (open, women's)

- First mixed team (teams must include 2 or 3 women)

- First FV40, MV40

- Individual leg winners, open and female

- Course records (open/women's team and individual).

Raffle

This year we will be holding a raffle to help raise even more funds for this great cause. There will be some great prizes to be won including a weekend in a Kata at Comrie Croft kindly donated by our sponsors.

Tickets are just £1 each and will be on sale on race day so please remember to bring some cash! 

 

Thank you to our sponsors and landowners

The race organisers are hugely grateful to our sponsors, The Meadow Garage, Crieff and Comrie Croft, for their support of this year's race.

     

     

We are also indebted to the landowners in Glenlednock who permit us to run this event on their land.