Essential Information

Race Packs

Your race pack will be posted to you at the address you provided when you entered online. You will receive a bib (which incorporates your timing chip), your luggage tags and four safety pins.

Please complete the emergency details on the back of your race number with a ballpoint pen.

On race day, fasten your number securely to the front of your top using the four pins provided – one at each corner, as per the instructions in the Event Programme. It is a race requirement that your number be visible at all times.

Race numbers are non-transferrable. Anyone found to be running with someone else's bib will be removed from the results. If your race pack does not arrive before race day, please check in at Race HQ well before your race is due to start. Please also bring a copy of your registration confirmation email and/or ID.

Headphones and Personal Music

The safety of all our runners, volunteers and spectators is Run Garioch’s top priority, and being able to hear marshalling instructions, emergency vehicles and traffic noise is a huge part of staying safe on the course. As such, we follow UK Athletics policy prohibiting the use of ‘in-ear’ headphones in events without fully closed roads; in addition, we also prohibit the use of ‘over-ear’ headphones (‘cans’) that similarly prohibit runners from hearing the sounds around them.

In accordance with UK Athletics policy, we do permit the use of headphones using bone-conduction technology (‘AfterShokz’, ‘Shokz’ and similar products) that allow runners to listen to their personal music while still being aware of their surroundings.

T-shirts

T-shirts can be collected from the GSC before race day, on race day and after race day. They will NOT be posted out. Collection timetables and locations will be confirmed on social media in May.

Lost Property and Information

Enquiries regarding lost property and other general queries will be handled at GSC Reception.

Baggage

Volunteers will be will be operating a secure baggage-storage facility in the GSC Games Hall.

The cost will be a donation to our partner charities.

Please use the luggage tag included in your race packs to check your baggage.

Toilets and Changing Rooms

Toilets and urinals will be located in the lower car park. Accessible toilets, space for nursing mothers and baby change facilities will be available in the GSC. Male and female changing spaces will also be available in the GSC.

Event Village

We have a totally new experience for you in the 2025 Run Garioch Event Village! With a new vision and a new layout, our revamped Event Village will include activities for all the family as well as local vendors, food and drinks, and stands from our local community and sports groups. See our dedicated Event Village page for more information.

Event Catering

There will be plenty of options for the whole family in our new Event Village food fair, including drinks for the kids ... and the adults!

The Start

All adult races will start on Burghmuir Drive, outside the Garioch Sports Centre. All children's races will start in the fields behind Strathburn Park and to the west of the GSC's 3G pitch.

Water Stations

As part of our commitment to the environment, Run Garioch has removed all single use plastics from the three water stations on the McWilliam Lippe Half Marathon, the one water station on the NFU Mutual 10K and the finish lines of the main races and the CP&Co. Junior Run. Water will be supplied in recyclable paper cups on the race routes and there will also be water for those who wish to fill their own bottles/hydration packs. There will also be several hydration stations at the start/finish area for runners to fill their own bottles before and after the event.

Course Marshals

Volunteers from a variety of charities and service groups as well as private individuals will be acting as marshals on race day.

Please follow their instructions as well as any posted signs.

If you have the opportunity, please thank the marshals for their efforts – there would be no Run Garioch without them.

If you don't plan on running this year, but would still like to be part of Run Garioch 2025, please consider becoming a marshal. Drop us a line at info@rungarioch.co.uk.

Spectators

You don’t need to have a number pinned to your chest to take part in Run Garioch! If you’re not running this year, please come out to cheer on your friends, family and neighbours.

The Finish

All adult races will finish under the gantry on Burghmuir Drive.

All children's races finish under the gantry in the fields next to the Garioch Sports Centre.

Please ensure you run under the finish line gantry and through the funnel to record your final time.

The end of the race is under the gantry, not at the 'spotter' mats placed 20m in front.

Exit the funnel to receive your water, banana and medal. You can then exit the finish area, rejoin your family and friends and celebrate your achievement!

If you've signed up for a free result SMS from Sinclairs of Inverurie, you'll receive it within a short time of finishing.

Results will be available on the FRS website after the event.

Medical Support

First aiders will be available opposite the finish line and able to respond to any incidents during the event.

First Aid will also be available in the Garoch Sports Centre.

If you are not feeling fully fit on the day of the race, please do not run. There'll always be next year!

If you feel unwell during the race, please inform the closest available marshal. He or she will inform our medical support team so that they can assist appropriately.

Extremes of Weather

Please ensure you are properly hydrated and come prepared for the extremes of weather. Our climate can be unpredictable It may be very warm and sunny, requiring sun cream or conversely very cold and wet requiring warm and dry clothing.

If the race needs to be cancelled on the day for any reason, the Race Director's decision will be announced on this website and social media by 0800 on Race Day.