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Format

GlenDURO is an 160km mixed on and off road loop hopping between the glens surrounding Loch Ness.  It is held on the last Saturday of May each year. 

The route is made up of sections of the South Loch Ness Trail and lesser known drover roads kindly brought into the 21st century by local estates and windfarm giants. Expect some varied surfaces from smooth asphalt (~60km in total), some techy singletrack and some fast and furious gravel descents…and ascents... We will reach a height of 560m so be prepared for any type of weather. Pack sensibly. This is Scotland after all. 

#GlenDURO19 will run on Saturday 25th May 2019:
  • Start: 10am from Velocity Cafe, Inverness, IV2 3NF (riders we'll be in there from at 9am for coffee)
  • End: early evening at the Black Isle Bar, Inverness, IV1 1EN for drinks/food​
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Potential café stops at Foyers, Fort Augustus and Beauly to keep you fuelled as required.
The ride will be run in XDURO format - 5 timed segments comprised of gravel and road. Lots of time for socialising in the non-timed bits. 

​Rider with the lowest aggregate time over the segments 'wins'*.​​  ​
*There are no entry fees, no prizes, and there is no support. You are entirely responsible for your own actions, only turn up to ride if you are comfortable with this (see Rules for more details).
What bike shall I ride?
You'd ideally ride this on a gravel/adventure/cyclocross bike with ~min 35mm tyres or a XC MTB if you're opting for comfort over speed. As a guide, our man on the ground ran Schwalbe 38mm G-One Allround tyres during the recce ride they were spot on. ​

Route

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160km and 2500m of climbing of mixed on and off road loop hopping between the glens surrounding Loch Ness.  The 5 segments are as follows (please favourite them in Strava now).

GD-1 - Crofter rouleur. Rolling (up) gravel leg opener.

GD-2 - Stinging singletrack and gravel ascent. Rewarded with stunning views at the top.

GD-3 - Hairy gravel/road descent. Take care!

GD-4 - The biggie! Gravel climb followed by a rolling fast gravel descent.

GD-5 - An anti-clockwise full loop of Ord hill before peeling off towards the bridge and a well deserved pint. 
​Download to your GPS device.  If you experience problems loading this annotated GPX file (ie with segments included as routes), please use this unannotated version

Update 15/5/2019: they're doing some work to the cycle path at the end of the ride coming back over the bridge back into Inverness - please use this diversion should we need it
Navigate to this page on your mobile, then download KMZ file and open in Maps.me app to use as backup navigation

Entry

  1. ​Join The Racing Collective club on Strava
  2. Click "I'm in" on the ​Strava event - here
  3. Star each segment so they appear in Strava
  4. Download the route to your GPS device
  5. Post some photos of you and your rig before/during/after using #GlenDURO19

Results

Rider GD-1 GD-2 GD-3 GD-4 GD-5 Total
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