Saturday 20th July saw the Spelga Skyline race take place over a slightly modified course due to the recent buzzard attacks which many of the runners when out for a recce of the course can testify to. After the checkpoint at Ott carpark instead of going directly to Meelbeg there was a checkpoint at the saddle between Carn and Slieve Loughshannagh. Whilst adding approximately 1.4km to the race most people didn’t mind as it made the climb up Meelbeg slightly easier. Several runners ran over Slieve Loughshannagh, which is the shorter distance, but most were happy to take the path around it which appears to have been the quicker line.