Hundreds get muddy and raise cash at biggest ever Beast Race at Loch Ness

Chest Heart & Stroke Scotland to benefit from 1,800 people getting dirty in the name of charity

SCOTLAND’S most brutal obstacle course race, the Prime Four Beast Race, saw hundreds of participants get down, dirty, wet and muddy at Loch Ness at the weekend, raising over £128,000 for charity.

Nearly 1,800 participants took to the stunning course at Aldourie Castle and faced an epic challenge, with obstacles taking advantage of the site’s awesome natural features.

Now in its fifth year, Prime Four Beast Race was bigger and bolder than ever before with a savage new 10km long route across the Castle Estate.

The new-look course also included more merciless obstacles for participants to overcome such as the icy cold Looney Dook and the perilous Black Hole.

Prime Four Beast Race’s official charity partner is Chest Heart & Stroke Scotland, for which over £128,000 has been raised so far by participants. That number will significantly rise after all funds are totalled for this year’s race.

Prime Four, an international business park on the outskirts of Aberdeen, is the event’s title sponsor. Developed by Drum Property Group, Prime Four is home to 12 major energy and service companies, with that number due to expand.

Jono Buckland, director at organisers Firetrail Events, said: “Our participants told us they wanted it to be tougher than ever before, so we ramped it up, and challenged them to try and break the beast. In the face of a course of this magnitude our participants rose to the challenge, with endurance, a sense of community and no shortage of humour. It was indeed a spectacular, muddy, fun-filled party. There’s a few thousand people that might need a rest.”

Fife Hyland, communications director at Drum Property Group, developers of Prime Four added: “What a Prime Four Beast Race that was at Loch Ness. With a significant rise in numbers it was brilliant to see so many new participants, facing up to what was – by some distance – the most brutal beast yet. Prime Four is really proud to support this event, and now we can’t wait for the second race at Banchory in two weeks.”

The second, and final, Prime Four Beast Race of the series takes place in Banchory outside Aberdeen on 23 September.

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