Date
Sat, 19 Jun 2027
Venue
Milngavie -> Fort William, Scotland
Countdown
June
Distance
154km
Total climb
4,500m
One of the world's oldest ultramarathons. 96 miles along the West Highland Way from Milngavie to Fort William, run in a single push from a 01:00 start.
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The course
The route
Point-to-point from Milngavie, just north of Glasgow, to Fort William under Ben Nevis: 96 miles (154km) with roughly 4,500m of climbing across trail, technical rocky lochside, open moorland and drove roads.
Weather
Mid-June, Milngavie -> Fort William
16°CTypical high
9°CTypical low
4°CColdest in 20 years
65%Days with rain
Highs around 16°C and lows around 9°C, but it has dropped to 4°C. Rain on 65% of days.
NASA POWER data, 2006-2025, the week either side of race day
Training
Training for the West Highland Way Race
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.
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Typical sessions
96 miles and around 4,500m of climbing in one push, from a 01:00 start straight into the dark
The slow, technical Loch Lomond shore: rocky and rooty, more tiring than the mileage looks
The wild north at 60 to 80 miles, when Rannoch Moor and the Devil's Staircase arrive on wrecked legs
Changeable Highland weather and, for many, a second night on your feet
What your weeks look like
Typical sessions
Long trail runs building from 3h toward 7 to 8h, plus a weekly big-vert day of 1,500 to 2,500m climbing
Back-to-back weekends, a 7h Saturday into a 5h Sunday, for running on pre-fatigued legs
Night runs and a late-start simulation, beginning a long run near 01:00 after a normal day to rehearse the disrupted-sleep start
Technical descent repeats plus a full crew and fuelling rehearsal on your long days
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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