Date
Wed, 31 May 2028
Venue
Atholl Arms Hotel, Pitlochry to Forces Manor, Kingussie
Kingussie, Highland
Countdown
May
A point-to-point trail ultra that carries you from Pitlochry to Kingussie on foot. Only about 900 m of climbing over 43 miles, so the clock is the challenge, not the hills.
Key facts
01Minimum pace of 4 mph, with checkpoint cut-offs along the route
02Minimum age is 20 on race day
03Point to point: you start and finish in different towns
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The course
The route
Kingussie
Distance69km
Total climb897m
StartElevation
0 kmDrag map to rotate69.1 km
Weather
Late-May, Kingussie
12°CTypical high
5°CTypical low
0°CColdest in 20 years
62%Days with rain
Highs around 12°C and lows around 5°C, but it has dropped to 0°C. Rain on 62% of days. Pack for the cold end, not the average.
NASA POWER data, 2006-2025, the week either side of race day
Organiser
OrganiserUltra Running Limited
Websiteultrarunningltd.co.uk
Instagram@ultrarunninglimited
Running since2028
Training
Training for the MTC Bertram de Shotts
We don't do generic plans. We combine deep knowledge of this race's demands with your recent training, then build a plan with you that progresses as you do.
Beina integrates directly with your existing tools to understand your current fitness, and synchronise your planned sessions.
Intervals.icuWhat a MTC Bertram de Shotts plan targets
Typical sessions
69 km with 897 m of climbing
Time on feet and fatigue resistance
Fuelling and pacing for the whole event
What your weeks look like
Typical sessions
Long runs that build time on your feet
Tempo and threshold sessions to hold race pace
Back-to-back weekend runs for fatigue resistance
Not a generic schedule
Typical sessions
Built from your current fitness and the time you actually have
Adapts every week as Beina learns how you respond
Syncs your sessions straight to Garmin and Wahoo
One clear next session, never a wall of spreadsheet
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