A 10K 'wineathlon' has been closed to entries after 1300 people applied to take part.

Organisers have capped entires at 600 with 700 more people on the waiting list to take part in the race.

Today, organisers vowed the run, on September 24, would go ahead, despite opposition from health bosses, at an undisclosed location on the outskirts of Glasgow.

Wane Law, of TeamOA, insisted that the local authority involved had not raised concerns about the event.

The organising team is coming to Scotland on Tuesday to run the route and continue local authority negotiations.

The event proposes a stop-off every two miles offering runners wine samples from different world regions, with bottles available to buy at the end of the race.

The company has held similar events south of the border, but could, potentially, run into hurdles because of more robust licensing laws.

Street drinking is banned in both Glasgow and neighbouring East Renfrewshire, meaning even handing out wine samples would require a licence.

NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde has said it will contest an application for the event.

The charity Alcohol Focus Scotland has claimed the event could put people's health at risk rather than helping them improve it.

However, some members of the public accused critics of "over-reacting."

James Young posted: "This is a a classic overreaction by organisations trying to grab a bit of free publicity on a trending topic.

"It's not a pub crawl, its a fun run with a couple of samples of wine along the way."

Eleanor Eastlake posted: "We can't have nice things.There's a wine Marathon in Medoc France."

Wane Law of Team OA said they were "fully aware" of licensing issues.

He said:" We haven't had any issues with the local authority because they have taken the time to read the terms and conditions.

"We are talking about the equivalent of a sniff of a bottle of wine. It's just got ridiculous."