
Tarit Stott (left) explains this year's route through Scotland to Alison Johnstone, the Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament, and Brian Whittle who is an MSP for South Scotland. Both Alison and Brian are former runners. Alison carried the torch up Arthur's Seat on a previous visit of the Peace Run to Parliament. Brian won a Gold Medal at the European Championships in 1986 in Stuttgart in the 4 x 400m relay.