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Course Name | Holyrood 5k |
Race Name | Edinburgh Marathon Festival 5k |
Distance | 5000m |
Measured By | Paul Hodgson, Grade: 1 |
Measured On | 14 Feb 2015 |
Race Type | road |
Terrain | Both Courses are Hilly, they have a common Finish Line, and whilst both races start on Queens Drive they are separated by some 480m. The 5k is almost a complete circuit around the rocky promontory of Arthurs Seat and contains a challenging ascent. |
Surface | The race surfaces are of generally good quality Tarmaced roads and footpaths. |
Configuration | The 5k is almost a complete single lap the 10k is an elongated figure of 8. |
Section of Road | The measurement assumed that the whole of the road was available to the runners up to the point where the two routes split 4.6k. Thereafter the 10k measurement did not cross the central white line until the end of Old Church Lane where the shortest line w |
Right Turns | Shortest line taken at right turns. |
Comments | 5k event in conjunction with a 10k route. Courses concurrent to 4.6k point.This measurement was a of a previously measured but uncertified course a very good result was achieved with only 0.5m variance. |
Grid Ref of Start |
OS GRID REF:
NT View in Streetmap: 300000600000 |
File Reference |
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Race (with web |
County | Organiser (race director) |
Organisation | Certificate Issued on |
Date of race |
Edinburgh Marathon Festival 5k | EastSCO | Freya Ross | GSi Events | 10 Mar 2015 | 30 May 2015 |
Edinburgh Marathon Festival 5k | EastSCO | Freya Ross | GSi Events Ltd | 11 Mar 2018 | 26 May 2018 |
Edinburgh Marathon Festival 5K | EastSCO | Neil Kilgour | GSi Events Ltd | 7 May 2019 | 25 May 2019 |
Edinburgh Marathon Festival 5K | EastSCO | Freya Ross | GSi Events Ltd | 28 Mar 2020 | 5 Sep 2020 |
Edinburgh Marathon Festival 5K | EastSCO | Sandra Scott | GSi Events Ltd | 16 Mar 2022 | 28 May 2022 |
Edinburgh Marathon Festival 5K | EastSCO | Freya Ross | GSi Events | 18 Jan 2023 | 27 May 2023 |
Edinburgh Marathon Festival 5K | EastSCO | Freya Ross | GSi Events Ltd | 26 Oct 2023 | 25 May 2024 |
A report of this course measurement will have been sent by the measurer to the first race director shortly after the measurement date. This should be consulted to check the exact details of the certified course whenever the course is used . It is suggested that runners and officials requiring these details approach the race director in the first instance. A copy of this report has also been filed by the Course Measurement Secretary, and can be scanned and sent to runners, officials, or race directors on request .
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