Within Braemar and nearby are a number of running events throughout the year which will appeal to hill runners, trail runners and those wanting a fun experience:-
Crossing the River Dee in the Heart of the Park Challenge
- Run Balmoral (late April) A host of races and distances for all ages in the iconic surroundings of Balmoral Castle and grounds including 5km, 10km, 15 mile trail race and children’s distances. www.runbalmoral.com
- Deeside Duathlon (early May). Starting in Braemar and finishing in Aberdeen. A bike/run/bike taking in the scenery of Royal Deeside www.entrycentral.com/Royal_Deeside_Duathlon_Triathlon
- Lairig Ghru (late June) Classic 28 mile run on road, tracks and trails through the Lairig Ghru to Aviemore. www.deesiderunners.com
- Mike Grant Memorial Races (mid July) Children’s races organised as part of the Braemar Junior Games www.braemarjuniorgames.com/
- Creag Choinnich Hill Race (21st June 2017) A short hill race, but packed with history. This is the oldest recorded hill race dating back to 1068 when King Canmore would use the race to select messengers! www.entrycentral.com/creag-choinnich
- Heart of the Park Trail Run. (9th July 2017) A popular 12km trail run around Braemar which takes in a variety of natural obstacles including river crossings, marsh, forest and the infamous Coire Feragie bogs……. www.entrycentral.com/braemar-trail-run Results from 2015 are available here
- Ballater 10 (late July) 10 mile road race on roads around Ballater.
Competitor Heart of the Park Challenge
- Glenshee9 Hill race (early August every even year) Is this Scotland’s hardest hill race? Covering 21miles, 6000feet of ascent and 9 Munro’s around the Glenshee Ski Centre. www.entrycentral.com/Glenshee-9-Race
- Morrone Hill race (early Sept) A race to the cairns on Morrone during the Braemar Gathering. The highlight is the return into the Games arena in front of a cheering crowd of more than 10,000
- Braemarathon (mid September) Half marathon from the village to the Linn o’ Dee and back on road. www.eventfull.biz
- Morvern Hill race (late Sept) Hill race near Ballater www.deesiderunners.com
- Grampian Mountain Challenge (mid Nov) Run GMC Hardcore two day mountain marathon held every other year in Upper Deeside
