Hillside Outside, the award-winning Tweed Valley-based events team, is delighted to announce The Tweed Valley Trail Run, a new off-road running event with 5k, 10k, and 20k routes through the stunning autumnal Tweed Valley, a unique 100-metre arboreal avenue of light and sound effects, and both morning and night starts, all staged on Saturday 1 October 2022.

In addition, The Tweed Valley Trail Run will offer the Nightfall 10k, a trail running challenge in the dark; with an opportunity to take on both the 5k, 10k, or 20k distance during the day and the Nightfall 10k at night. 

The 5k, 10k, and 20k runs will start from approximately 11:00 and the Nightfall 10k head torch-wearing adventurers will set off at about 18:30, and there won’t be any mass starts, making it easier to run on your own, run with a group of pals, start early or stick at the back. 

The Tweed Valley Trail Run, based at Hay Lodge Park on the banks of the River Tweed in the heart of Peebles, is born from the same DNA as Hillside Outside’s former running event, the hugely popular Tweed Valley Tunnel Trail Run.  It promises a beautiful and accessible running experience with a friendly, community atmosphere, typical of many Tweed Valley outdoor adventure events, local food and drink, and a grand afterparty with beers, banter, and dancing!

The fully waymarked and marshalled routes will alter between dirt tracks, footpaths, and gravel and stone surfaces.  They have been specially designed to offer nature-filled woodland, riverside, and hill-top trails featuring the Neidpath Castle, the Neidpath viaduct, and the Cademuir Forest, unrelenting autumn scenery, stunning views of the Tweed Valley to the Border hills, and Tweed Valley Forest Park, with wildlife a-plenty – Red Squirrels, Woodpeckers, Kingfishers, Goosanders, Owls, Buzzards, and Herons.

Neil Dalgleish Event Director from Hillside Outside said: “The Tweed Valley area is now rightly recognised as one of Scotland’s premier outdoor adventure destinations. We’re best known for cycling but the landscape and trails here make it an off-road running paradise too. Outdoor tourism is hugely important for the local economy throughout the Scottish Borders.

“We’re keen to show just how good the running is here and provide a fantastic, inclusive event which new runners will love as much as the experienced off-road athletes. Putting some beautiful lighting in the forest will be a lot of fun too!”

Hillside Outside is keen to acknowledge the huge support and cooperation from Cullen Kilshaw, the official Tweed Valley Crew Partners in 2022, Forestry and Land Scotland, Scottish Borders Council, and March & Wemyss Estate in the organisation of the Tweed Valley Trail Run.

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Images attached:

Runners taking part in the Tweed Valley Tunnel Trail Run, Hillside Outside’s former running event.  Please credit Ian Linton.

For more downloadable images go to https://www.dropbox.com/sh/iyatkdbd8r9y55d/AAAFvcSB9OaH8F84lCkf661la?dl=0.  Please credit Ian Linton

Notes to Editors:

The Tweed Valley Trail Run, a new running event born from the same DNA as the Tunnel Trail Run, to be staged on Saturday 1 October 2022, with start and finish in the Hay Lodge Park, Peebles EH45 8JQ.

Website: https://tweedvalleytrailrun.com/

Social media channels:

https://www.instagram.com/tweedvalleytrailrun/

The Tweed Valley Trail Run – Route options:

20k (over 16s) – start approx. 11am.

10k (over 16s) – start approx. 11am.

5k (11yrs and over) – perfect for a first trail run – start approx. 11am.

Nightfall 10k (head torches mandatory, over 16s) – start approx 6:30pm.

Option to run both day and night – 5k,10km or 20k during day and 10km at night!

Not a mass start. Run on your own, run with your pals, start early, go at the back.

Water/refreshment stop on route

The Afterparty (over 18s only).

The Tweed Valley Trail Run – Entries:

5k (11-16yrs) – £15

5k (over 16s) – £20

10k (over 16s) – £32

20k (over 16s) – £37

Nightfall 10k only (over 16s) – £32

5k and Nightfall 10k (over 16s) – £36

10k and Nightfall 10k (over 16s) – £48

20k and Nightfall 10k (over 16s) – £53

Event organisers:

Hillside Outside Ltd is an award-winning event management company located in Peebles in the Scottish Borders. The team organises many different events throughout the year, but specialise in cycling and outdoors events, based on what they believe is one of the UK’s best areas for outdoor fun; the Tweed Valley.

Hillside Outside is proud to have created award-winning events like the TweedLove Bike Festival, Tour O The Borders, and the Tweed Valley Tunnel Trail Run and is always looking for great new events which will provide amazing, safe, and hugely enjoyable experiences for the people who take part.

The team also produces commissioned events for other organisations such as the Enduro World Series and the Bosch eMTB Challenge supported by Trek. They have won prestigious awards from within the events industry and through some of the country’s biggest publicly voted accolades.