Every adult festival ticket includes a trail race, jog or hike of a 5km, 10km, 16km or 27km distance, which must be pre-booked in advance, before the deadline of 31st May 2025. All routes are fully marked and supported with aid stations and a lovingly made wooden medal provided at the end. You'll start & finish in the main festival site, with high energy music and the crowds to match. The best finish line to a race, ever!

How do I book a trail race?

When do the Trail Races take place?

For more details of each trail race including routes, please check out our dedicated Trail Race page here.

5km: Approx. 5km with 112m elevation

10km: Approx. 10km with 206m elevation

27km: Approx. 25km with 804m elevation

16km: Approx. 16km with 320m elevation

*Ultra-Trail Gower Peninsula®: Approx. 52km with 1173m elevation

*Multi-day Ultra Marathon 79km (Day 1: Approx. 52km with 1173m elevation, Day 2: Approx. 25km with 804m elevation)

*You can pay a supplement to take part in these longer distances - click here to book these.

​This is the mandatory kit list which should be used as a guide if you are taking part in a Trail Race at Love Trails Festival. It is the sole responsibility of the participant to wear or carry the items with them at all times from start to finish. Whilst we will not be doing kit checks at race registration, the event team reserves the right to ask participants to withdraw from the event if they are not carrying the correct kit.

The deadline for changing trail races will be in Spring 2025, and you'll be sent email reminders when to do so. We set a deadline so that we know how many medals to make, how many ribbons to order, and make final arrangements for the correct number of entries. This helps us plan better, and leaves us with less waste! If you're injured and can no longer run your distance, there's a tonne of other incredible things on the programme to get stuck in to. Please don't email us about changing your trail races as we won't be able to reply or amend it for you. Thank you for your understanding.
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Anyone can take part in a trail race and we encourage you to do so at your own pace. You can choose to race, run, jog, or hike the trail races. All the trail races include a mixture of rough bridleways and footpaths, so you should be comfortable moving across this type of terrain. As with all running challenges of this nature, you’ll need to be sure you have the appropriate level of fitness to complete the distance you have chosen.
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There will be several aid stations on the 10km, 27km, Ultra-Marathon & Multi-Day routes offering a variety of hydration and food. For details on aid stations, including locations & distances, check out the Trail Race pages here.
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There are no cut off times on the trail races at Love Trails Festival, as we want to allow people to be able to run or walk the trail races at their own pace. The aid stations will be open for as long as it takes for the slowest participant to run/walk each route, and we will have a member of crew walking behind the slowest participant. Please note, that if you leave or deviate off the route (i.e to go to the beach or pub!) then you won’t be accounted for along the route and we will start dismantling route marking signage and closing any aid stations.

We cannot allow any entries on the day for trail races. The deadline for entering a trail races is Spring 2025. As with all trail races, we set a deadline so that we know how many medals to make (they're made locally in the Gower!), how many ribbons to order, and make final arrangements for the correct number of entries. This helps us plan better, and leaves us with less waste! There are a tonne of other incredible things on the programme to get stuck in to, including loads of Running Experiences which don't require pre-booking, you can just show up! https://www.lovetrailsfestival.co.uk/explore-running