Hundreds descend on Kinghorn for iconic Black Rock 5 race

Almost 1200 runners will descend on Kinghorn tonight for the annual Black Rock 5 race.
By The Newsroom
Published 3rd Jun 2016, 16:11 BST
Updated 3rd Jun 2016, 17:17 BST
Runners head out across the beach in a previous Black Rock 5.Runners head out across the beach in a previous Black Rock 5.
Runners head out across the beach in a previous Black Rock 5.

Most of the places for the unique event sold out within 100 minutes online with the reserve places held back for postal entry gone within a fortnight.

The iconic race - one of the biggest in Scotland - starts at the bottom of Harbour Road at 7.45 p.m with the route taking runners across the beach, around the Black Rock, and back to the Ship Tavern in Kinghorn.

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Three previous winners are included in tonight’s field - last year’s champion Murray Strain, Neil Renault and Ross Houston.

Race organiser John McKay has vowed to double the prize for the winner if the long-standing course record of 22.03 is beaten.

There is also a prize for first to the rock in memoriam of Bill Tulloch who marshalled at the the rock for most of the event’s 23-year history.

Report and full results from tonight’s race will appear in next week’s Fife Free Press.

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