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Slow Marathon 2017 will take place on Saturday 15 April. It is part of a project by artist Andrea Geile looking at Energised Landscape. The route, which starts int the Coreen Hills, will take in places of energy from ancient stone circles to modern electricity pylons and wind turbines. An open discussion on sustainable energy will be held the following day. |
Slow Marathon 2017 will take place on Saturday 15 April. It is part of a project by artist Andrea Geile looking at Energised Landscape. The route, which starts int the Coreen Hills, will take in places of energy from ancient stone circles to modern electricity pylons and wind turbines. An open discussion on sustainable energy will be held the following day. |
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Revision as of 18:17, 17 March 2017
Introduction
Slow Marathon is an annual event that takes place in the North East of Scotland with all routes ending in the Aberdeenshire town of Huntly. It is organised by Deveron Projects and happens between March and May. The idea of Slow Marathon is that participants walk at a pace that means they can take time to look at the landscape and consider a topic which is the focus of an associated discussion on the following day. The last person to finish the walk is deemed to be the winner.
History
The idea of Slow Marathon was thought up by the Ethiopian artist Mihret Kebede as part of a residency with Deveron Arts (now Deveron Projects). The artist had wanted to walk the 5850 miles from Ethiopia to Scotland but this was not possible because of physical difficulties such as crossing deserts as well as closed borders and visa restrictions. Kebede calculated that if 225 people each walked 26 miles together they would have travelled the distance between Ethiopia and Scotland, so she organised a 26 mile walk in the landscape around the town of Huntly. Inaugural Slow Marathon took place on Saturday 17 March 2012. Patron for the event was the multiple Marathon World Record holder Haile Gebrselassie who sent a set of his shoelaces to Scotland as part of an exchange with one of the participants in the event. A discussion, Walk Sans Frontiers, was held on the day after the walk.
2013 - 2017
Slow Marathon 2013: Cabrach to Huntly[1]
Slow Marathon 2013 took place on Saturday 20 April as part of John Muir Day weekend. Walkers followed part of an original Hielan' Way crossing unexplored and remote countryside. Starting at the Upper Cabrach area the route went alongside the River Deveron and over the Clashmach hill to Huntly. Winning time for Slow Marathon 2013 was 12 hours and 45 minutes. A symposium entitled "Nature as Home", which commemorated John Muir, was held on the day after the walk. Speakers included Mike Daniels from the John Muir Trust, artists Penny Weir and Gill Russell and ornithologist, Roy Dennis.
Slow Marathon 2014: Glenkindie to Huntly[2]
Slow Marathon 2014 took place on Saturday 10 May. The route went from Glenkindie past Kildrummy, Lumsden and Rhynie, through the Clashindarroch forrest and over the Clashmach hill back to Huntly. It was inspired by the work of Scottish novelist and poet Nan Shepherd. Winning time for Slow Marathon 2013 was again 12 hours and 45 minutes. The walk was followed on 11 May by a Slow Day with the musician Jake Williams.
Slow Maraton 2015: Portsoy to Huntly [3]
Slow Marathon 2015 took place on Saturday 25 April. It was led by artist Stuart McAdam as part of a project looking at the railway lines cut in north east Scotland following the Beeching Report. The walk took participants along the route of the former railway line from the coastal town of Portsoy to Cairnie junction before following the River Deveron back into Huntly. The winning team took just over 12 hours to complete the walk. The next day a Pathmakers Gathering discussed long distance walks and other pilgrimages with speakers including John Sparshatt, Christos Galanis, Marylin Lennon and Maureen Ross.
Slow Marathon 2016: Along the River Deveron [4]
Slow Marathon 2016 took place on Saturday 16 April. The route followed the course of the River Deveron and was inspired by a project led by artist Anne Murray and musician Jake Williams called With and Against the Flow. In 2013 craft artist Anne Murray had walked along the side of the river Deveron from the sea via Turriff and Rothiemay to Huntly. Musician, Jake Williams, had walked in the other direction from the river's source at the watershed between Glenbuchat and the Cabrach to Huntly. The winner of Slow Marathon 2016 took just over 12 hours to complete the walk. On 17 April a Pathmakers Gathering led by broadcaster and film maker, Jasper Winn, discussed the significance of rivers. Other speakers included Richie Miller, George Rutton and Frank Henderson.
Slow Marathon 2017: Correen Hills to Huntly
Slow Marathon 2017 will take place on Saturday 15 April. It is part of a project by artist Andrea Geile looking at Energised Landscape. The route, which starts int the Coreen Hills, will take in places of energy from ancient stone circles to modern electricity pylons and wind turbines. An open discussion on sustainable energy will be held the following day.