This October, hundreds of people will gather in the exposed, often rain-battered car park of Glenfarclas Distillery high on the hill. Huddled against the elements, staring out at the bleak, beautiful landscape. Some may be whisky fans, but this is not why they are there. Today, they run. This is the Dramathon.
Cooked up by two friends, one more the whisky lover, the other more the runner, this unique event takes the 1,500 who participate in one of the four races (marathon, half marathon, 10km, or relay) deep into the Speyside countryside, past — and occasionally through — its most famous distilleries.
“We designed this as a crossover between two things that don’t normally go together: whisky and trail running. One of fitness, sports clubs, the outdoors; the other of tradition, comfortable leather chairs, and long, slow process,” explains Ian King, who along with
