This page is designed to share – between Club members, with other Perth(shire)-based runners and with visitors – the favourite runs of Perth Road Runners.
It’s only recently come into being, and will see a few routes added each month until it’s a decent and detailed resource. Watch this space!
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#1: TRAIL – 10km – from Almondbank. Quite technical in places, but lovely trail running. A couple of steep ramps, but nowhere too hilly. May get quite overgrown in the odd place towards the end of the summer, but even then, very runnable by the not-easily-deterred. Featured as a Club Social Run in May 2024, as pictured below…
Starts and finishes from Almondbank Post Office (although Pitcairngreen would work as an alternative).
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#2: TRAIL (verging into HILL) – 9km – from Birnam. A run of two distinct halves: 1) a flat and scenic first 4km along the Tay between Birnam and Dunkeld followed by 2) a stiff climb up the road from Inver, through the Ladywell Plantation and down the Inchewan Burn (brilliant!) back to Birnam. This version starts out of Birnam at the eastern end of the village, but the run can be made fully circular at a cost of an additional 1.5m add to the route. Used for the 2022 Mob Match vs KRR. Features the excellent Bridge or Splash hazard …
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#3: TRAIL – 9km – from Waulkmill (north of Perth Racecourse, on the E bank of the Tay, on the Stormontfield back road). Lovely, scenic and largely flat trail running upstream from Waulkmill to turn round opposite Stanley Mills, and come back the same way. The first half of the outward leg follows the riverside path; the second steps slightly inland to follow an old ladeway upriver. The end of that second half twists, turns and undulates, and is fascinating running. It’s possible continue beyond (opposite) Stanley Mills upstream to join the Stormontfield road and return to Waulkmill on the tarmc, but this adds another 3km or so to the distance.
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#4: ROAD – 8km (exactly 5 miles) – ‘The Dron’ – from Kintillo (just S of Bridge of Earn). Classic, 5-mile road loop, very popular with PRR’s Bridge of Earn population. Has a bit of a lump in it. Famous, according to a previous PRR Chair, for its buzzards, apparently.
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#5: ROAD – 10 miles (16km) – Under The Sidlaws – from Campmuir. A 10-mile, fairly flat road course that was created for the 2021 semi-virtual Summer Series. There are some long, straight (desolate?) sections here that could easily have you believe you are not far from Wichita or Tulsa. But this is fine road running (for those that believe this exists), and is an almost-exact 10 miles. Also very light on traffic (save for tractors) but do make yourself obvious, as any cars are typically not hanging about on these roads.
Route instructions (please ignore parking location – suggest to park in Campmuir itself)
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#6: TRAIL – 8.0km – The Sidlaws Saunter – from Hallyburton car park (on A923 Coupar Angus-Dundee road). This route came about in finding new, ‘internal’ routes for our Hills Are Alive series (rather than using externally-organised races). It proved to be surprisingly popular when used for the 2024 HAA series.
It climbs across moorland and valley to join the line of the spectacular Lundie Crags, before descending through forestry (some being cleared) to Ledcrieff Loch and back to the road. Wonderful views in all directions, but it’s very exposed in bad weather. It’s mainly trail running, but its main climb to the crags would class as a hill run for many. Total climbing is around 250m. Recommended.
COMING SOON…
#7: ROAD – 10km (exactly) – The Tay Ten K – from the North Inch Community Campus/George Duncan track area.
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#8: TRAIL/HILL – 8km (many variants) – Moncreiffe Hill and trail – from the Bridge of Earn side
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#9: HILL – 7km – Birnam Hill and the Inchewan Burn – from Dunkeld & Birnam railway station
This is a PRR version of the classic Birnam Hill Race (held each Spring). The classic race reaches the top of Birnam Hill and then heads left/down into the A9 corridor, making for an anti-clockwise loop (and something of a dull, roadside drag back to Birnam). Our route turns right/NW/clockwise from the summit to join the glorious Inchewan Burn to descend back into Birnam. Note that the climb of Birnam hill is widely described as “brutal”, especially for its first km or so.
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10: TRAIL – 8km (many variants) – Ballathie/Kinclaven Bluebell Woods
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#11: TRAIL/HILL – 8km (with longer options) – Deuchary Hill from Mill Dam
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#12: TRAIL – 9.5km – Murthly Estate
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#13: Kinnoull & Deuchny Hills