Bupa Great Edinburgh Run

We are contacting you to let you know that entries for the Bupa Great Edinburgh Run 2010 are now open!

The event will take place on Sunday 2nd May 2010 in and around the City Centre.

The course is still to be finalised but will follow a city centre route that will take in Edinburgh’s best landmarks and provide the best p...ossible race experience for runners in 2010.

The event is suitable for people of all abilities and a great way to stay in shape in 2010 by training for the popular 10km event.

As always you will get everything that you would expect from a Bupa Great Run including quality event t-shirt, chip timing, souvenir finisher's medal, drink and finisher's pack, Powerade sports drink but best of all a great sense of personal achievement!

We can also help you train and prepare for your Bupa Great Run in the Great Run Training Room which provides you with a personalised plan that interacts with you in the build up to your event! All this provided at www.greatrun.org

To enter the 2010 Bupa Great Edinburgh Run visit www.greatrun.org

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Yea, it was busy at the start and finish because of the change from the Meadows. I thought it gave a real City centre feel to the event though, so guess it's swings and roundabouts really! Was still a great event - even though, as other people say, not one to go for a PB in! There's a report on my blog at http://2009mi...les.org.uk/2009/05/great-day-out-in-edinburgh.html if anyone fancies a read ... well done to everyone who took part!Read more

It's a real shame there were so many problems this year. I've done this race a few times before and agree that it was definately better starting/finishing in the meadows. Perhaps they changed it just for the benefit of tv? As well as the bottleneck at the finish line, it was also a bit of a squeeze getting from the fin...ish area back up to the baggage buses. Didn't seem to be any problem with the timing recorded by my chip, but did anyone else find it a bit of a hassle to get the thing off?! I think that might have added to the bottleneck. The velcro strap ones they used to have which go round your ankle were much easier!Read more

I heard that there were real problems with bottlenecks from some friends who started further back. I was lucky in that I started at the front of the orange wave and wasn't held up at all. I always make sure to arrive early and get close to the front with races fielding so many runners. Agree that mass participation eve...nts on tough courses are not the place to get PBs (I was over 2 minutes outside a PB I set a few weeks ago in Grangemouth, but it is still outrageous in any racing event to have people forced to walk early on. At least the organisation wasn't as shambolic as the Edinburgh half marathon this year!Read more

To all those moaning about not setting their PB... what were you expecting? Edinburgh's well-known for its hilly, narrow, cobbly streets, it's a mass participation event in a city centre... it's not PB material in the slightest. Do a local 10K on a flat course if you're wanting to set a PB. Having said that, thought th...ey should have had the start and finish in The Meadows again. Bottlenecks at the start were rubbish and meant it took a minute or two to get into my swing. The people sitting on the benches in Princes Street Gardens with their legs stretched out were a nightmare.Read more

Completely agree with all the criticisms made of this years run. I too have just checked my time again and it has gone up by a full minute since I checked it yesterday! Neither time logged by the chip corroborated with my Nike Plus by 2 full minutes!!!! The bottlenecks at the start were a real disappointment and mad...e it difficult to get in to the the first 1-2km smoothly. The latter half of the run was great (between 6-8km), but again have to agree with comments already made about the APPAULING CHAOS at the finish line. A real shame will be sticking to the Manchester & Sheffield runs from now on.....Read more