Race Details

The annual Helensburgh 10km Road Race organised by Helensburgh AAC will take place on Thursday 16th May 2013 at 7.30pm.

Close to 1,000 runners enter what has been called “one of the most popular midweek 10Km races in Scotland“.  The race is sponsored by Polaroid Eyewear and forms part of the Polaroid Eyewear 10km Road Race Series.  The series takes place over a 4 week period and 10km races are held in Helensburgh, Clydebank, Dumbarton and the Vale of Leven.   

Race Entry

The race is pre-entry only and chip-timed.  The cost of entry is £16 for the Helensburgh 10k as a one-off race or great value at £48 if you would like to enter all our of the Polaroid Eyewear 10k Race Series (Helensburgh, Clydebank, Dumbarton, Vale of Leven).   

The race is open to all runners aged 15 years and older on 16 May 2013.   

To enter online: Click here

Why we do it

“Every morning in Africa, an antelope wakes up. It knows it must outrun the fastest lion, or it will be killed. Every morning in Africa, a lion wakes up. It knows it must run faster than the slowest antelope, or it will starve. It doesn’t matter whether you’re the lion or an antelope – when the sun comes up, you’d better be running.” – African Proverb.   

The Course

The race starts just outside and finishes within the ‘new’ Helensburgh Academy grounds and the route takes the runners on a loop through the town.   

The course is relatively flat and fast – sub 30mins is possible.  The course is well marshaled and has Police assistance at a number of points around the course but please be aware of other pedestrian and road users at all times. SAF road race approved, permit number:2392   

The course map can be viewed at this link: http://www.fetcheveryone.com/routes-view.php?id=63454   

To see the official course measurement report : click here   

Getting there and Parking   

Our attendant supervised parking - Have a nice day

Parking is available at the ‘new’ Hermitage Academy, on the ‘old’ Hermitage Academy school grounds and surrounding streets.  If you are arriving by car please arrive in good time.  Marshals will direct you to suitable parking locations but with the high level of entries spaces will soon fill up.  Please be considerate and avoid on-street parking near the start of the course route.   

Let the train take the strain – The ‘new’ Hermitage Academy is less than 1/2 a mile from Craigendoran train station which has half hourly links from Glasgow Queen Street Station, Lower Level direct or Glasgow Central, changing at Partick.  For service details please see the Scotrail website.   

Facilities

Changing facilities and toilets are available at the ‘new’ Hermitage Academy and refreshments will be on sale in the main school hall.   

A free bag drop service will be availalble inside the main hall!   

A pre and post race massage service will also be on offer from Cat Morton of Amethyst.   

Go on you know you want to!

 

After race scrumptious home baking, lashings of hot tea and steaming coffee will be available to help aid your recovery as you swap tales with fellow runners and supporters about how brilliant you were and await the prize giving.   

Results

Full results for the 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012 races can be found at http://www.winningtimeuk.com/index.php?page=dbsearch or view the results from 2000 onwards on the Polaroid 10km website.   

URTV coverage of 2012 10k: Click here  

Previous winners and course records can be viewed: here.   

Article on Peter Fleming: here