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Brainstrust | Scottish 10K

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  • Sun 17 Aug 2025
Musselburgh Racecourse, Musselburgh

Scottish 10K

09:00

Age 15 & over

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  • 10 km road running

Overview

If you're aiming for a new 10K PB or want to stride out along a pancake-flat course, this is the event for you.

Views along the East Lothian coast and a raucous grandstand finale make this event popular year on year. Starting conveniently close to Edinburgh, you can make the most of the Scottish capital too.

runner

Highlights

  • Seriously flat and fast

    Ideal for setting a 10K personal best time.

  • Scenic route with sea views

    Along the invigorating East Lothian coast.

  • Grandstand finish

    At the final furlong of Musselburgh Racecourse.

  • Great event organisation

    With top reviews year on year and uplifting crowd support.

Event video

  • All fitness levels
  • Event village
  • Fancy dress
  • Spectators
  • Wheelchair users

Wheelchair users

Entries from wheelchair and handbike users are welcome.

There are no separate wheelchair or handbike races; anyone entering the events will be included within the mass field. Anyone taking part in a wheelchair or handbike must be self propelled for the entire race, therefore, participants in electric wheelchairs and individuals being pushed by a friend/colleague are not permitted.

  • Bag storage
  • Cafe
  • Changing facilities
  • Coast
  • Free parking
  • Showers
  • Toilets
  • Urban

Event HQ

Musselburgh Racecourse
Linkfield Road
Musselburgh
East Lothian
EH21 7RE
UK

  • Cut off time
  • Distance markers
  • First aid
  • Flat
  • Food stations
  • Marshals
  • Out and back
  • PB
  • Sweeper
  • Traffic free
  • Water stations
  • Way markers

Overview

The route starts and finishes just outside Edinburgh at Musselburgh Racecourse. The Scottish 10K route is seriously fast and flat! You'll run out and back along the magnificent Golf Coast before finishing in the final furlong at Musselburgh Racecourse; Scotland's oldest racecourse. Come and be part of it!

Highlights

  • Start at Musselburgh Racecourse; Scotland's oldest racecourse
  • Pass the historic Royal Musselburgh Golf Course
  • Run along the magnificent East Lothian Coast
  • Finish at the final furlong at Musselburgh Racecourse to a grandstand finale

Map

Scottish 10K route map
SCOTTISH 10K ROUTE MAP
Out and back along the coast with a rare grandstand finish.

Cut off time

1 hour 30 mintues

This event has a strict maximum cut off time of 1 hour 30 minutes (from when the back of the race crosses the start line) for all participants. The 10K is a serious athletics endurance race which requires a large amount of appropriate training and preparation in order to complete it safely. Therefore participants who do not intend to complete the course within this time limit are discouraged from entering.

Any runner who does not complete the course in 1 hour 30 minutes will not be permitted to complete the race and will not receive a result.

A sweeper bus follows the race at 1 hour 45 minute pace and if you are passed by the sweep bus at any point and for any reason, you will be asked to get onto the bus which will transport you back to the Finish area at the earliest possible opportunity. If you decide to not get onto the sweep bus, your running number is recorded and you are removed from the race, from this point onwards you will be continuing independently of the event and at your own risk. You will be recorded as a DNF within the results of the event.

  • Public transport links
  • Recycling
  • Sustainability policy

Sustainability overview

This event is committed to minimising the impact on the local environment, implemented in the following ways:

  • Entries, marketing and runners' information online rather than paper
  • Encourage public transport
  • Communication with residents and businesses regarding road closures to reduce traffic congestion on the event weekend
  • Reduce noise pollution
  • Collect, recycle or re-purpose waste wherever possible
  • Donate unused food to food bank

  • Chip timing
  • Goody bag
  • Medal
  • Technical t-shirt

Included

  • Wicking finisher's t-shirt
  • Finisher's medal
  • Finisher's pack
  • Personalised event number with accurate timing chip
  • Event baggage facilities
  • Hydration on route
  • Hydration and nutrition at the finish
  • Results posted in your account within 48 hours
  • Fantastic running experience

  • Age 15 & over
  • Entries open
  • Charity entries open
  • Enter online
  • Event merch available
  • Race pack by post

Entry fees

Entry fee (Unaffiliated)

£36.50

Valid to 28/07/2025

Entry fee (Affiliated)

£34.00

Valid to 28/07/2025

I enjoyed the course which is predominantly downhill, making this a scenic PB event. Other than the turn around a traffic cone it was highly enjoyable to run along the Scottish coast with good spectator support. Jason R

Excellent course for PB. Good atmosphere. Colin B

Very flat as they advertise and a nice route with plenty of local support all the way along, locals also had a great supply of Haribos if you needed them. Finish area very well organised and nice t shirt, water bottle in a nice box along with a medal. Plenty for supporters to eat and drink at the finish and baggage trucks easy to find and retrieve your stuff. Really enjoyed this one and timing result comes in a few minutes by text once you’ve crossed the line. Neill P

The finish is in front of the grandstand at the racecourse which was really nice. At the end you were presented with your medal plus t-shirt, foil blanket, yoghurt bar, energy drink sachet and a bottle of water. Your bib number included what size of t-shirt you had requested so this should guarantee everyone got the right size. The medal detaches so can be used as a key ring. At the start there was no formal warm up so the atmosphere was a little flat, but pretty good overall. I would happily do this race again. Craig W

Reviews thanks to RaceCheck

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