BAXTERS LOCH NESS MARATHON

The Marathon starts on the high ground between Fort Augustus and Foyers and drops down to the banks of Loch Ness at Foyers. From there, the route follows the loch’s south eastern shore, heading north east towards Dores on the northern tip of the loch. From Dores, the race heads directly into the centre of Inverness, turning left over the main road bridge and left again for the last half mile along the River Ness to the finish at Bught Park in the centre of Inverness.

The drop in the course route makes it a downhill course, ineligible for rankings.

Race winners since the first race in 2002 are:

Year	Men	Club	Time	Women	Club	Time
2002	Eric Kiplagat (KEN)		2:33:36	Addy Gerrard	FIF	2:57:06
2003	Tomas Abyu (ETH)		2:20:59	Trudi Thomson	PIT	2:50:42
2004	Simon Pride	MET	2:27:58	Jan Roxburgh	IRV	2:59:57
2005	Simon Pride	MET	2:30:15	Julia Myatt (ENG)		2:51:52
2006	Zachary Kihara Njoroge (KEN)		2:22:17	Helen Cherono (KEN)		2:46:54
2007	Zachary Kihara Njoroge (KEN)		2:23:17	Banuela Katesigwa (TAN)		2:55:04
2008	Ezekiel Cherop (KEN)		2:28:03	Banuela Katesigwa (TAN)		2:51:23
2009	Simon Tanui (KEN)		2:20:13	Joyce Kirui (TAN)		2:48:25
2010	Tomas Abyu (ENG)		2:20:50	Dinknesh Tefera Mekash (ETH)		2:46:39
2011	Tomas Abyu (ENG)		2:20:50	Lisa Finlay (NIR)	DMF	2:59:14
2012	Ross Houston	CEN	2:20:24	Avril Mason	SHT	2:54:54
2013	Elly Tarus (KEN)		2:27:21	Megan Crawford	FIF	2:46:37
2014	Tomas Abyu (ENG)		2:22:41	Jennifer Emsley	CEN	2:46:10
2015	Elly Tarus (KEN)		2:25:19	Megan Crawford	FIF	2:44:50
2016	Mohammad Abu-Rezeq (JOR)		2:20:52	Jennifer Wetton [Emsley]	CEN	2:47:03
2017	Mohammad Abu-Rezeq (JOR)		2:22:02	Lesley Pirie	VPG	2:48:10
2018	Mohammad Abu-Rezeq (JOR)		2:22:56	Sheena Logan	FIF	2:51:11
2019	Isaiah Kosgei (KEN)		2:29:31	Katie White	GAR	2:42:04
2021	Stuart Livingstone	COR	2:32:21	Megan Crawford	FIF	2:48:11
2022	Dougie Selman	COR	2:23:53	Jemima Farley	UNA	2:42:40
2023	Moray Pryde	LOT	2:22:04	Melissah Gibson (ENG)		2:43:45
2024	Moray Pryde	LOT	2:19:26	Melissah Gibson (ENG)		2:54:39
2025	Alex Milne (ENG)		2:15:46	Melissah Gibson (ENG)		2:43.08

RIVER NESS 10K

The River Ness 10K was added to the programme in 2004. The route starts from Culduthel in the south of Inverness and finishes at Bught Park in the centre. It has a drop of 3.6m/km.

Year	Men	Club	Time	Women	Club	Time
2004	Eric Kiplagat (KEN)		30:22	Cathy Mutwa (KEN)		34:57
2005	Zac Kihara (KEN)		30:45	Cathy Mutwa (KEN)		33:47
2006	Patrick Makau Musyoki (KEN)		29:44	Cathy Mutwa (KEN)	CRN	33:46
2007	Jean Ndayisenga (BDI)		30:36	Bridget Coomber (ENG)		37:43
2008	Amanuel Hagos (ERI)	SHT	29:36	Joyce Kandia (KEN)		34:04
2009	Lukas Wambua (KEN)		30:32	Genet Measso (ETH)		34:51
2010	Artur Kern (POL)		29:42	Cathy Mutwa (KEN)		34:46
2011	Kyle Greig	FOR	32:55	Melissa Whyte	INV	35:45
2012	Andrew Douglas	ICL	30:27	Rhona Auckland	BAN	34:45
2013	John Newsom	INV	30:35	Rhona Auckland	BAN	34:34
2014	Andrew Douglas	NHH	30:10	Jenny Bannerman	INV	35:52
2015	Neil Renault	EDI	30:33	Shona McIntosh	HBT	35:17
2016	Neil Renault	EDI	30:37	Fanni Gyurko (HUN)	CEN	35:03
2017	Kristian Jones (WAL)		29:51	Jenny Bannerman	INV	35:15
2018	Euan Gillham	KLB	30:22	Jenny Bannerman	INV	34:53
2019	Cameron Strachan	MET	30:31	Megan Keith	INV	34:42
2021	Sean Chalmers	INV	30:16	Megan Keith	INV	34:22
2022	Lachlan Oates	SHT	30:26	Mhairi Maclennan	INV	33:00
2023	Max Abernethy	FRA	30:10	Claire Bruce	MET	34:46
2024	Logan Rees	FIF	28:52	Caitlyn Heggie	INV	35:50
2025	Sean Chalmers	ABN	28:59	Caitlyn Heggie	INV	36:04