On May 22nd Liam Glen lined up at the start of the Highland Trail 550 on his fully rigid single speed Stooge Cycles Scrambler against the likes of James Hayden, Josh Isbett, and others. He would go on to win with a time of 3d, 10h, 55m which was good enough to get the SS Course Record and almost enough to best the Course Record set by Neil Beltchenko in 2017 (3d, 10h, 20m). Liam is no stranger to this event, he also won it in 2016 with a time of 4d, 2h, 48m. After a 2019 DNF on this route he switched up his bike and his mindset which proved to be the winning receipt.
No doubt about it, this was an impressive run at this course, but when you factor in that he was riding a steel, rigid, ss (34×20) it’s kinda mind blowing.
The Highland Trail 550 is a route created by Alan Goldsmith in the northern region of Scotland, covering 550 miles with 52,500 ft of climbing through Scotland’s rugged terrain and unpredictable weather.
It was great to catch up with Liam for a chat. I wasn’t familiar with him prior to this event, but that’s what’s exciting about being a podcaster in this space right now. It’s so much fun to talk to someone who accomplished something absolutely remarkable, but yet we know so little about them. I hope you’ll enjoy hearing about this amazing accomplishment, but also what it took, and his path to get there.
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