Edinburgh Urban Sports
Live a life away from your office desk.
Explore the riverside trails, waterfront walks and cycle paths of
the Edinburgh City Region.
The BUPA Great Edinburgh Run was voted the
best race in Scotland by readers of RunnersWorld magazine
and attracts 10,000 competitors. The route of the10k race
forms a timeline through Scottish history. It passes
Edinburgh Castle, the Palace of Holyroodhouse and the Scottish
Parliament.
The Edinburgh Marathon also takes in the
city’s defining landmarks. Personal bests are plentiful at
the Edinburgh Half Marathon, which offers one of the fastest
courses in the UK.
Test your physical endurance and ingenuity at
the Rat Race
held in Edinburgh in July. The event involves running,
climbing and biking across Edinburgh City Region’s most tortuous
terrain. If you develop a taste for multi-discipline events,
then make a resolution to enter the New Year Triathlon.
Participants of the Edinburgh
Moonwalk in June tread the moonlit cobbles of Edinburgh in one
of the UK’s most life-affirming, charity events. The
Edinburgh Race
for Life takes place in the same month. Pedal for
Scotland in September is the country’s biggest cycling
event and takes entrants on a 77km route from Glasgow to
Edinburgh.
