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Race Guide
Rigg Race (Balerno)
Date / Time
Length
6.00 miles (9.7 km)
Description
The Rigg Race is traditionally held on the Monday evening of Balerno Children’s Gala week towards the end of May. Entry is online and registration is in Malleny Park (Currie Rugby Club) from 6.15pm to 7.15pm. Online entries close when we get 200 entries or 9pm the day before the race, whichever comes first.
The course starts in Malleny Park and runners head up through the village of Balerno, along the Rigg Road and back down through Cockburnhill. A few final turns and the race finishes back in the Rugby Club grounds.
Details of the route for this race are available below. Please note that the actual route on the day may vary slightly from the route mapped so please use this as a guide only.
Route
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Hills
This route has a total climb of 136 metres.
Taking this into account, this route is equivalent to running approximately 6.3 miles on the flat.
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