Highland icon hits capacity 3 months earlier than 2025 as global demand for the monster race reaches new heights. Charity places still remain for the bucket list event.
The UK's biggest sportive returns to the Highlands with their largest edition yet on Sunday 26 April 2026
Demand for Scotland's most spectacular cycling event has once again proven unstoppable, with Etape Loch Ness 2026 officially selling out months ahead of the start line. The 12th edition of the iconic closed-road sportive, taking place on Sunday 26 April 2026, will see thousands of cyclists descend on the Highlands to take on the stunning 66-mile route around the world renowned Loch Ness.
Community groups and organisations in the Highlands and Glasgow have secured more than £270,000 to boost sport and physical activity opportunities through the Get Active Scotland fund.
Launched in September 2025 with Olympian Megan Keith, Get Active Scotland is a £1.1 million collaboration between the London Marathon Foundation, sportscotland, Glasgow Life and High Life Highland – it’s one of the largest funds focused on increasing participation in physical activity in Scotland.
The agreement ensures Enthuse is the official platform until 2034
The donations, fundraising and event registration platform, Enthuse has been named as the Official Fundraising Partner of the Baxters Loch Ness Marathon & Festival of Running. The eight-year partnership begins immediately, ahead of the 2026 event on Sunday 27 September, and runs until 2034.
A major new £1.1 million fund aimed at getting more people active – especially those in underserved urban and rural communities – was launched today at Bught Park in Inverness.
London Marathon Events (LME) has acquired Caledonian Concepts and Loch Ness Marathon Ltd, the organisers of the Loch Ness Marathon, Etape Loch Ness, Inverness Half Marathon and other events in Inverness and the Loch Ness area, adding its first major mass participation events in Scotland to the company’s portfolio.
