RING OF STEALL SKYRACE
As we jostled to keep warm and swat midges in the start pen, my training efforts flashed before my eyes: early starts, late-at-night runs and generally training in all weathers.
Not to mention injuries, poorly children and sleepless nights. With a 10-month-old baby and a two-year-old at home, I had often wondered if I would ever make it to the start line of the Salomon Ring of Steall Skyrace. Part of the Migu Run Skyrunner World Series, this intimidating race is 29K in length and boasts 2,500m of ascent, with airy ridge running and technical sections involving hands-on scrambling. It follows the Mamores Vertical Kilometre race, which takes place the day before, and is a bite-size version of more extreme Glen Coe Skyline, which kicks off the following day.