The Drop - Edinburgh

Sat 5th April 2025

Banner for "The Drop Edinburgh" race, featuring a stylized runner and text that reads "The Drop 15 or 10 Mile" and "A Different Kind of Race" against a green, geometric background.

The Drop - Edinburgh

From The Drop

  • Date Sat 5th April 2025
  • Location Up and Running, 20 Queensferry Street, Edinburgh, EH2 4QW
  • Price £47.97
  • Races 2 races
  • Distances 10 Mile, Half Marathon

Event summary

Get ready for the ultimate challenge at 'The Drop' event organised by The Drop on Saturday 5th April 2025 in Edinburgh. This unique race will test your navigation skills as you are blindfolded and transported to an unknown location, with no tech or map to guide you back to the event centre. Choose between a 15 or 10 mile option, either solo or as part of a team. Once on the bus, you will be blindfolded and dropped off at your mystery location, where you must rely on your own instincts to make it back. Remember, no GPS, no map, no help - just your two legs to get you to the finish line. Are you up for the challenge?

Organiser's Description

​We put you on a bus...
We blindfold you...
We take you to an unknown location...
You have no tech, no map, no watch, no idea where you are...
Will you make it back to HQ or be lost for ever?

'The Drop'

Using a little bit of military know how we have come up with possibly the most challenging race in the UK! 

The Drop offers a 15 and 10 mile option.

Solo or make up a team of anyway you want. 

At registration you will hand over all electronic devices, phones, watches and money! In return you will be given, a race number and an emergency bag.

You will be placed on our bus, blindfolded* and then driven to your drop location (The distances are as the crow flies) from the event centre. Here you will be released, all you have to do is make your way back to the event centre. 

No Map
No GPS
No Route
No Help
No Compass 

You are fully self sufficient from the moment you leave the coach, make your own way. So run, walk or crawl your way back.
 

 
Be warned now, the distances are as the crow flies
*blindfolded, we will be using blackout safety goggles, we appreciate that some people may have problems but don't worry we have an alternative! 
 
The following will get you disqualified;
Using of a gps device. Recording your progress is acceptable, but the device you use will have to be sealed in the emergency bag. (We will supply this all you have to do is seal!)
Using a map other than any that we choose to give you or not!
Using anything except your own two legs to get you to the finish!
Breaking the seal on the emergency kit bag

Races

  • 15 Miles

    Sat 5th April 2025

    £47.97

    Booking for more than 1?
  • 10 Miles

    Sat 5th April 2025

    £47.97

    Booking for more than 1?

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Location

19a Queensferry St, Edinburgh EH2 4QW, UK

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