Sprintelopes
Overview
Sprintelopes are very informal Wednesday evening events, run as a league between April and August every year in and around Edinburgh, East Lothian and Fife. Events are run by ELO, ESOC, INT, KFO and AROS.
2025 Events
Interlopers are organising Sprintelopes on 4 Wednesdays this year as shown below. The full schedule can be seen on the ESOA Sprintelope page.
- Sprintelope #5, 14th May
- Sprintelope #7, 28th May
- Sprintelope #14, 16th July
- Sprintelope #16, 6th August
Interlopers Sprintelope Locations
The following locations have been used for Interlopers-run Sprintelopes in the past. If you are aware of any others (or can fill in details of organisers, or can correct errors) let us know.
| Location | Example Map | Previous Events and Comments |
| Alnwickhill | Maprun 2020 | 2020 (Graeme Ackland) |
| Astley Ainslie and The Grange | Routegadget 2019 |
2019 (Max Carcas) 2023 (Graeme Ackland) |
| Buckstone / Caiystane / Fairmilehead | Routegadget 2022 |
2019 (Paul Caban) 2023 (Robin Galloway) 2024 (Lucy Ward) |
| Colinton Dell | Maprun 2020 | 2020 Bridges may be a problem - at least 2 currently closed |
| Craiglockhart / Meggetland | ||
| Craigmillar | Routegadget 2022 | 2022 (Graeme Ackland) |
| Dalkeith | Routegadget 2019 | 2019 (Mairi Eades) 2017? (Andrew Dalgleish) |
| East Craigs | Routegadget | |
| Ellen's Glen | Routegadget 2019 | 2019 (Graham McIntyre) |
| Gracemount | Map | 2024 (Mairi Eades) |
| Hunter's Tryst / Dreghorn | Maprun 2020 | 2020 |
| Inch | Maprun 2020 | 2020 |
| Kirkliston | Routegadget 2019 | 2019 (Rachel Kirkland) |
| Liberton | Routegadget 2019 | 2019 |
| Little France / Bioquarter | Routegadget 2023 |
2024 (Graeme Ackland) 2023 (Graeme Ackland) |
| Lochrin Basin and Exchange District | Maprun 2020 | 2020 |
| Moredun | Routegadget 2021 |
2021 (Angus Ivory) 2023 (Katherine Ivory) |
| Morningside | Map | |
| Mortonhall | Routegadget 2023 | 2023 (Ann and Stephen Haley) |
| Niddrie | Maprun 2020 | 2020 (Graeme Ackland) |
| Oxgangs & The Steils | Maprun 2020 | 2023 Big Weekend 2022 Sprintelope and Local Event |
| Pathhead | Maprun 2020 |
2024 (Oleg Chepelin) 2022 (Laurence Ward) |
| Prestonfield (aka South Edinburgh) | Maprun 2020 | 2022 (Laurence Ward) 2020 |
| Redford | Map | |
| South Gyle | Map | |
| St Leonards | Maprun 2020 |
2024 (Trish Alston / Ann Haley) 2022 (Laurence Ward) |
