2017 Stirling Marathon

Thousands of runners took to the streets of Stirling and surrounding area for the historic inaugural Stirling Scottish Marathon on Sunday 21st May 2017.

At the same time, 500 runners took part in the Great Stirling 5K, taking in a city centre loop which started and finished in City Park while, on Saturday 20th May 2017, hundreds of children and their parents tackled the Thistles Great Stirling Family Run on the picturesque campus at the University of Stirling.

Meanwhile, members of Starlight Synchro' teams along with their friends and families manned the drinks stations, marshalled the festival events and welcomed the finishers home with medals and finishing packs.

The winner of the marathon (Andrew Lemoncello) was greeted at the finishing line by two Starlight Storm skaters, Mhairi O'Holloran and Emily Scales (pictured), holding the ribbon.

Holding the winners ribbon at the 5K event was Starlight Storm skater Melissa Goldie (pictured).

On the Saturday, hundreds of children and their parents took on the 1 mile Thistles Great Stirling Family Run on the University of Stirling campus. Through the drizzle and keeping everyone's spirit up by cheering on the kids and marshalling the course route were Linda O'Holloran, Carol Dick, Paige Wilkie, Gillian Wilkie, David Wilkie (pictured).

An amazing and inspiring weekend for our skaters!