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Blast Running We love putting on events for the running community in Edinburgh! Road and Trail runs throughout the year, come and join in.

Well done to everyone who came along to the second event of this year's Summer Sundowner 5K Series. We had a brilliant e...
26/08/2026

Well done to everyone who came along to the second event of this year's Summer Sundowner 5K Series. We had a brilliant evening at Fettes College / Westwoods Health Club tonight!

We have published the results on our website results page.

We had 125 runners tonight, with a pretty much 50:50 male:female split, 2 under 14s and 3 runners over 70 years old. Kudos to you all for a tough wee 5K on the grassy sports fields of Fettes College.

Kyle Richardson took a superb course record tonight of 17:14. Likewise, for the lassies it was Meg Ellison of Belgrave Harriers who set a new female course record in 19:17.

We’d like to thank everyone that helped us tonight:
Corstorphine First Aid for being on hand to clean and bandage a grazed runner
Our wonderful marshal crew and my 13 year old son who took the photos.
Westwoods Health Club for hosting us, doing the warm up and for giving you all a 2 month pass!

See you at Inverleith Park for final date of this series on the 9th September.

Join us TONIGHT for an evening’s 5K run and social, hosted by Westwoods Health Club as part of this year’s Summer Sundow...
26/08/2026

Join us TONIGHT for an evening’s 5K run and social, hosted by Westwoods Health Club as part of this year’s Summer Sundowner 5K Series.
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Wednesday 26th August - Fettes College, 6.30pm start
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Fundraising for Earth in Common

19/08/2026

Just a girl on a hill asking others to join her!

Happy to all 1230 of our Strava Club members around the world. Let’s celebrate all the miles we ran, walked, climbed a...
17/08/2026

Happy to all 1230 of our Strava Club members around the world. Let’s celebrate all the miles we ran, walked, climbed and trotted last week wherever you are.

For our first Motivation Monday award this week, we say a huge well done to Euan Convery who covered a huge 88.9 miles last week making him our furthest traveller on foot.

We also applaud Lesley Ann Kirkland who clocked the longest run of 66.9 miles in one go!

In the speed department, Gary McKenna set the pace with an average of 6m16 per mile over 5 runs last week. Among our female runners, Shirley Smith ran an average 7min13s per mile over her 4 runs, making her fastest lady and 17th overall. *Note: To qualify in this category, you must complete at least two runs.

Remember: Your race, your pace – let’s draw inspiration from one another, without comparison.

If you’re in the Edinburgh area and fancy joining us for a run this year we have the following events coming up:

September 2026
Sun 13th Sept - Breaking the Laws 30K Run (solo and relay team options)
Sat 26th Sept - Water of Leith Half

October 2026
Tues 6th - Blast 5K @ The Meadows
Sat 31st October - The Halloween Trail Half

November 2026
Sun 22nd November - Hot Chocolate 5K & 10K, Silverknowes

December 2026
Tues 22nd - Blast 5K @ The Meadows, The Mulled Wine One
Sun 20th Dec - The Santa and Elf Dash, Cammo

Ready to join us? Enter via the blastrunning website (link in bio)

Calling Old Fettesians! Would you like to take a trip down memory lane? Come join us for a 5K run around your sports fie...
12/08/2026

Calling Old Fettesians! Would you like to take a trip down memory lane? Come join us for a 5K run around your sports fields and see if you’ve still got it! Looking at you Jake Wightman 😂

Wed 26th August, 6.30pm start

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Are you an injured runner who’s missing the event vibes? Or perhaps you’ve read about our 30K event but aren’t quite rea...
12/08/2026

Are you an injured runner who’s missing the event vibes? Or perhaps you’ve read about our 30K event but aren’t quite ready for that distance yet? Sign up for the 10K WALK option and don’t miss out on the event day social connections, sense of achievement and of course, the medal!

Raising funds and awareness for North Berwick Youth Project and Scottish Veterans Residences the 10K / 6 Mile walk allows walkers and runners of all abilities to get involved in the day.

A beautiful circular 10K walk from North Berwick Law car park at 11am on Sun 13th September along the John Muir Way and Balgone Estate, on the outskirts of North Berwick.

Oh, and did we mention that the lovely folks at Herd are going to give all walkers a refreshing drink and cake at the half way point?? Surely that’s all the temptation you need to get signed up.

Sign up https://blastrunning.co.uk/events/breaking-the-law for just £10 (includes medal, refreshments, sign posted route, first aiders, support and cheers!)

Join us on the 1st May 2027 to take on the Fife Pilgrim Way Ultra 90K along the trails, riverside parks, wee towns and f...
02/08/2026

Join us on the 1st May 2027 to take on the Fife Pilgrim Way Ultra 90K along the trails, riverside parks, wee towns and farmlands of Fife with an early bird option until the 1st September 2026!

Follow in the footsteps of the pilgrims who trod this route during the reign of Queen Margaret and soak up the history and spirit of the magical Kingdom of Fife.

With aid stations, way marking, first aiders and GPS tracking through you will be looked after every step of the way.

Whether this is your first ultra or one of many, you’ll not be disappointed. The route is challenging yet achievable. The paths are well maintained and runnable. The access for your supporters is easy and enjoyable.

We love this event and can’t wait to share it with you!

ENTER https://blastrunning.co.uk/events/fife-pilgrim-way-ultra by Sept 1st to get the early bird price of £120

Sold out in an hour - let’s go! There is a waiting list and if you get yourself added quickly then you’ll likely be offe...
30/07/2026

Sold out in an hour - let’s go!

There is a waiting list and if you get yourself added quickly then you’ll likely be offered a place.

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