All races are over 20km in length and a runner must complete 5 in order to have 'completed' the series. 764 runners completed at least 1 race. 23 completed 5 or more.
From the possibles below, I ran Stuc a'Chroin, Isle of Jura, Ochils 2000s, Two Breweries and the Pentland Skyline.
| Race | Date |
| Stuc a'Chroin | 30 April |
| Slioch | 21 May |
| Isle of Jura | 28 May |
| Trotternish Ridge | 04 June |
| Arrochar Alps | 02 July |
| Ben Rinnes | 30 July |
| Glenshee 9 | 07 August |
| Ochil 2000s | 27 August |
| Two Breweries | 24 September |
| Pentland Skyline | 09 October |
Highlights:
Finishing!
Running back at Stuc with Luis from Lauderdale Limpers
The first post-race Guinness on Jura.
Lowlights:
Running out of steam on the return leg of the Pentland Skyline.
Fatigue and hunger on last quarter of Jura
Falling over the line at Pentland and nearly wiping out a spectating Jon Ascroft.
Some interesting? numbers:
135km/ 84 miles run
8760m/28,700 feet of climb
With an average incline this equals (by oxygen intake theory) on a flat road
348km/216 miles
Energy used is equivalent to that available in 91 cheeseburgers or 184 pints - you can keep the cheeseburgers! Or...that used to go shopping for a constant 7.8 days..or enough to power a 100watt electric lightbulb for 327 hours (My there are some wonderful websites out there!!)
More interesting is -
After running 5 races, I was the 5th M50 - my 5th race being the PENTland Skyline! And my race number...55!
Spooky!
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