Run Balmoral 2022 Results
Run Balmoral 2022 Photos
Run Balmoral 2022 Programme
Thank you runners! More than 5,000 of you will be taking part in our varied programme of races over the weekend of 23rd-24th April. Entries have now closed and we are putting the final arrangements in place to welcome everyone to what promises to be another fantastic weekend of running. See you all there.
Saturday Events
Stena Drilling 10K
The Stena Drilling 10K takes you through some beautiful Highland scenery on the Balmoral Estate and will be clearly marked and well marshalled.
Harbour Energy 5K
The Harbour Energy 5K all takes place on estate tarmac roads. The race begins heading west from the Castle adjacent the river Dee to a turn point at the Highland Pony Stud. There is a slight incline as the route returns to the castle via the “top road” which has magnificent views of Balmoral Castle and gardens.
MPH Primary Schools Run 1.5k
The race where some of our national and International runners started! The race is completely contained on tarmac roads in the estate and passes right in front of Balmoral Castle! Well marshalled and signed throughout with a lead cyclist and sweep runner. The race starts and finishes at the main finish gantry.
AON Secondary Schools 2.5k
Once past primary School age many of our runners graduate to the 2.5K event. The race is completely contained on tarmac roads in the estate and passes right in front of Balmoral Castle! Well marshalled and signed throughout with a lead cyclist and sweep runner. The race starts and finishes at the main finish gantry.
Sunday Events
Apollo Duathlon
Aberdeen based engineering and project services provider Apollo are our sponsor for the duathlon featuring a 16K mountain biking stage with a 6k run to start and a 5k run to finish.
Bristow 15 Mile Trail Race
An epic 15 miles of Highland scenery. There is something special about this event! You start in view of Balmoral Castle and run out west adjacent the magnificent river Dee before beginning a gradual climb through the Ballochbuie pine forest. Then at mile 8, you leave the river and begin a climb to the base of Lochnagar, an ascent of about 120 meters. The last 3 miles are a rush as you hurtle down towards the Castle once again; but beware..there is a sting in the tail!
Bristow 3 Mile Trail Race
Don’t be fooled into thinking the Bristow 3 Mile trail race is an easy option! This fast little trail race heads off adjacent to the river Dee before turning up hill. In just 2 miles you climb 350 Meters, before a fast descent for the last mile. A mix of tarmac, track and slippy grass, this is a true all terrain event!
Weekend Challenges
Repsol Sinopec Devil of Deeside
Can you handle the Devil O Deeside? To dance with the Devil you have to complete the Stena Drilling 10K, Harbour Energy 5K, Bristow 15 Mile Trail race and the Apollo Duathlon! There will be two categories of winner; male with the fastest overall cumulative time and female with the fastest cumulative time. That’s it!
Stena Drilling / Harbour Energy Corporate Team Challenge
Corporate Challenge Trophy The StenaDrilling – Harbour Energy Corporate Team Challenge is an exciting competition embodied within RunBalmoral. It provides a wonderful opportunity for you to get together with your work / colleagues to compete for the magnificent team trophy to be awarded to the RunBalmoral Corporate Team Challenge Champions.
welcome
reasons to run with us!
Be Healthy
Regular running helps you stay fit and healthy.
Spectacular Scenery
Enjoy the fresh air and the spectacular scenery, from mountains to the castle and its landscaped grounds.
Fun for friends and families
A great day out for runners and spectators, with an event village on site.
Raise money for charity
It is an opportunity to not only get fit and have a great day out, but to make a donation to a nominated charity.
We are so pleased to announce that Run Balmoral is returning in 2022.
It has been a long wait since our last event, in 2019, and we would like to thank everyone for their patience and understanding during what has been a traumatic time for so many people.
The support we have received from runners, sponsors, suppliers and the wider local community has been terrific and, although significant challenges remain, we are excited to be able to confirm that our full programme of races is planned to go ahead over the weekend of April 23-24.
Entries are now open and we would encourage you to sign up as soon as possible as limited places are available as a large number of people have deferred places from 2020 and 2021.
If you have already deferred from a previous year,and have confirmation of this, then you don’t need to take any further action at this point. If your original entry was part of a company block booking you should contact your company regarding a new entry.
We will be continuing with our series of special medals depicting notable landmarks within and around the Balmoral Estate. The 2022 medal will feature Balmoral Castle.So, don’t miss out on the chance to secure one of these limited edition mementos.
James Knowles
Chairman, Balmoral Road Races Ltd
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So, here's a few more photos from the Apollo duathlon and the Bristow trail races on day two of Run Balmoral
Lovely memories, thank you
We were delighted to support the recent 2022 Run Balmoral weekend last weekend which featured a hefty dose of sunshine and a return of the family sporting weekend after an absence of two years due to the pandemic!
Click below to read more and see a highlight video of the day!
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Here's our winners of the Stena Dilling-Harbour Energy Corporate Team Challenge:
It's the Harbour Harriers who secured the prestigious title for the first time under this name but, perhaps better known previously as Cops and Joggers, they have five previous victories to their credit. So, the magnificent trophy, made from red deer antler and sycamore wood, will remain in the possession of the squad whose company is one of Run Balmoral’s key sponsors. A team from another of our major sponsors,Stena Drilling, finished third. Great to see a team representing our gold charity VSA, taking part and finishing fourth behind Harbour Energy.
Here's the winning team: left to right Neil Emslie, Ross Forbes, Jonathan Murray (Team Captain), Russell Willox, Ross Aird and Matthew Thompson. Missing from the team photo was Joe Hippey.The youngster is Ross Aird's daughter Lola.
Results
1 The Harbour Harriers
4hr 7min 15sec
2 Stena Drilling
4:36:30
3 Harbour Energy
4:42:44
4 Voluntary Service Aberdeen
5:02:15
Here's some more photos from Sunday's Apollo duathlon and the Bristow trail races.
Two absolutely amazing ladies right there!! Well done ladies, total machines xx
Laura Murray u re amazing❤️🤟💪
Rachael Junor
Now we have some great photos from the Bristow 15 mile trail race.
Absolutely cracking photos, love the way the route is captured, thank you
Brilliant Tracey Weston🙌🏻
Mark Radford Angela Walker
Here's our first batch of photos from out on the Apollo duathlon course.
Graham Dawson next year…..😉
We want to thank everyone who came along to this weekend's Run Balmoral races. It was an amazing occasion enjoyed by thousands of runners of all ages.
A special thanks to our sponsors, volunteers and suppliers without whom the event could not have happened.
And it was fantastic to see so many people supporting our official race charities.
The support from the huge number of spectators who cheered home every runner contributed hugely to the occasion.
We hope to see you all again in 2023.
In the meantime you can check out the hundreds of photos we are posting on our Facebook pages over the next few days.
Just wanted to say a massive thank you to everyone & all the volunteers. Unfortunately we were the ones that started late, but everyone was so supportive & we never felt pressured by anyone along our way & had such a warm welcome over the finish line 🥰
Well Done to all! A brilliant day in Balmoral
Was amazing to be back. Huge thank you to all the volunteers
Congratulations! A very well organised event, as always!
Thanks to everyone involved in the organisation and smooth running of this event. You guys are the hero’s!! Fantastic that this top event is back on the running calendar. Well done to all!
Really enjoyed the day, well organised & bonus sunshine, see you next year 😀👏
Thanks to everyone involved, organisers, helpers, marshals, cow bells supporters... Was superb!
Superb day, great it was back this year ❤️
A great event as usual. Hope Jackie, Peter and all those responsible for putting this on are enjoying a well earned rest.
Photos from the Stena Drilling 10k presentations
Well done everyone it was a magnificent event 🏃♀️ x
Chloe Gray
Photos from the MPH primary schools and AON secondary schools presentations.
Well done all! A great event!
A photo for the album!
Full results from this weekend's Run Balmoral races can be found here:
resultsbase.net/event/5411/results
Great event thanks for a brilliant day! You weren’t kidding about the “sting in the tail” on the 15 mile trail!
Is there results for the Devil of Deeside?
Brian Morrison
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