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Welcome to Acorn Trails

Acorn Trails will be bringing you all the best in trail running around Glasgow, South West Scotland and beyond.

 

Events

From the Race Director who brought the acclaimed South By Five series to Glasgow, Acorn Trails brings you Scottish classics such as the Clydestride Ultra Marathon, and Mull of Galloway Trail events. Adding to the growing forest of events, keep your eye on fresh seedlings in the Rouken Glen Trail Race, and the return of the Duncan Macfarlane Race.

 

Guided Trails Runs

Alex and other experienced trail runners will lead regular runs in the dirt for all levels from newbie to the trails, to the experienced mud-hoggers.

 

Blogs

Hosting several blogs including old favourites Auntie Anne, Jim the Dog and Running with Romy.

 

We also have a space for guest bloggers, so if you fancy getting your latest thoughts and musings published on a site with plenty of through traffic, please drop us a line

 

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Latest from the Blog

PPTR 2025 draft results

PPTR 2025 draft results

Results (draft) 5k 10k

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Castlemilk Trail Race 2025 brief

Castlemilk Trail Race 2025 brief

What is it? Castlemilk Trail Race is an approximate 10k trail race. There’s a bit of guess work with trail distances, trees interfere with the GPS etc, hence a rough distance. It’s pretty close! It’s our trailiest trail race! A little bit more technical in places than our other events, it will keep you on your toes. Plenty of mud, plenty of elevation, plenty of fun. Obviously an Acorn Trails event. Where? The start and […]

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The Battle of Langside – Sx5 – Queens Park

The Battle of Langside – Sx5 – Queens Park

The Battle of Langside Queens Park, the finale. South By Five once again comes to a close. But not before another new route and exploration of the heart of Glasgow’s south side, Queens Park. Named for Mary, Queen of Scots, her opponent at the Battle of Langside, Earl Moray, lined up on Langside Hill, while her forces aligned opposite on what is now Mount Florida train station/Langside College. Langside Hill now forms the central point […]

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True Grit

True Grit

South By Five – Bellahouston Park falls in early January. Always going to be a cold one in Scotland. In the 23/24 series, the race was postponed due to a severe freeze, despite Michelle and I gritting parts of the course the night before. Fast forward 12 months and we were back in a similar position. With planned Saturday parkruns and other events in the city over the weekend falling by the wayside as early […]

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