 In November he won the Scottish Short Course Cross County Championships.Butchart became a full-time athlete at the beginning of 2016, leaving a fitness coaching job based at Gleneagles Hotel.In February 2016, Butchart won the Scottish Cross Country Championships, and in May, Butchart broke Nat Muir's Scottish record in the 5000 metres event at the Fanny Blankers-Koen Games.