Dougie Selman, from Corstorphine Athletics Club, is off to India on Tuesday to spearhead the GB men’s team in the IAU World 100 kilometre championships.
Dougie is the only Scot selected but the team will have Scotland’s Adrian Stott, former GB 24 hour internationalist, as part of back up in the southern city of Bengalaruru when the event takes place on Saturday (December 7).
The GB team is based on athletes who excelled in the Sri Chimnoy 100k race at Perth in March which Dougie won by just 10 seconds in a time of 6:34:28.
A total of 221 athletes have been entered from 31 nations.
Conditions in Bengaluru will be hot and humid with the start time set for 6am.
The course is around the University of Agricultural Sciences campus in Bengaluru, on an approximate 5km loop. Runners will run 20 laps.
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