EXPLORE THE LOVE TRAILS
2025 LINE-UP

This year, the Alpine Run Project is excited to be back at Love Trails Festival to lead the most energetic run experience you can imagine. Rooted in movement, community, and representation, ARP will bring their energy, vibes, and lived experiences to the trails, offering an inclusive space for people to connect reflect. Whether you’re new to trail running or a seasoned runner, this run experience is less about pace, it’s about purpose - and we make sure no one is ever left behind. Come join us as we showcase the power of youth-led trail running.

A Note To The Runners is an ongoing experiential project exploring the intersection of running and poetry, urging a call to slow down in a world that perpetually emphasises the utility of speed. 

In a world deprived of connection and the rituals that ground us, join Josh Lynott as he connects running and writing to achieve a deeper appreciation and understanding of ourselves and the world that surrounds us.

Think you’ve got what it takes to become a Beer Mile Relay World Champion? Then get a team together for this crazy, booze-fuelled 400-metre relay race (non-alcoholic beer is available, but you still have to deal with the bubbles!).

Compete against hundreds of worthy opponents in the Beer Mile Relay World Championships, taking place on Saturday afternoon at Love Trails 2025. 

Teams of four go head-to-head to see who can down a beer the quickest and complete a mile. 

One person from each team drinks a can of beer, and then runs 400m, then the next person goes, in a relay format. The first team to complete the mile wins. Sounds easy, right? It’s really not.

On the other hand, if you think you can chug 4 beers and do the entire mile by yourself, fill your boots !

Limited slots available and sign up opens on June 28th 2025.

Join expert Canicross guide Steve Mullan to take your pooch out on the trails of The Gower.

It’s not how fast you go, its how you cross the finish line.

Leave the watch at home and join Charlie Dark for a chilled and relaxed run centred on connection and feel.

In a world where ‘If it's not shared did it actually happen?’ running has become increasingly noisy and tech heavy. Sometimes it’s nice to just go out for a run without the pressure of a watch or a training block and just connect with like minded people. Tap back into the early days of your running journey when every step was a celebration of how far you’d come and learn how to reconnect with the elusive runners high.

Sole clinic is a run club based in Bournemouth who believe that running is for everyone. No matter your pace, background or experience level. We keep it simple, and welcoming. Our crew ensures each run creates a friendly upbeat vibe where a social pace primroses and no runner is left behind. Having just celebrated our third birthday the club has grown, with a goal to always give back. To partnering with local charities, leading run easy programs and now introducing our runners to fun and accessible trail runs, showing them what life in Dorset is all about! Partnering with Passenger for our Trail Runs was a no brainer. “Made to Roam” is an ethos we wholeheartedly embrace at Sole Clinic. We use our local trails to connect to nature, inspire exploration and create community.

Our hero run experience will be no different. The goal being to switch off and be fully present. We’ll ask you to leave your devices behind as we guide you into the Gower Peninsula. We’re giving you an old school running experience with film cameras at your disposal to snap pictures of moments on the trails you feel inspired, alongside writing reflection exercises to get us back to being mindful, slowing down and appreciating the outdoors. We’ll guide you back to life at the festival with a DJ set from No Meat Disco while you embrace your unique escapism adventure with Passenger and Sole Clinic.

Starting and ending at the Passenger stand, expect great vibes, post run tunes and Passenger clothing giveaways!

Join the team early doors for Garmin’s 3km Shakeout Run - a gentle, guided jog to loosen up before the Garmin 10km at 11am. Wake up your senses and get your body moving with dusty trails and a scenic route, all guided by Garmin’s run leaders.

As dusk sets in, join Garmin for a panel discussion on Connected Confidence. Hear from experts as they share personal stories and practical tips on staying safe, feeling empowered, and staying connected while running - anytime, anywhere. They will be joined by Jennifer Mannion (Runners & Stunners), Harriet Wright (Like a Girl), plus a host of other guest from run crews. Then wrap up the evening with a 4km run alongside the panellists and Garmin team, to reflect, connect, and move together.

The Grateful Mile is a mindful movement collective that connects movement and gratitude to inspire positive change, improve mental health and create deeper human connections.

Start your day at Love Trails Festival with Mark White, founder of The Grateful Mile. Invest in yourself, reset, look around and think of others. A great way to start the day, you will feel uplifted and inspired, we are certain it won't be your last grateful mile!

Gravel, Grooves & Brews.

Don’t waste time in the queue for coffee, join Salomon instead for a morning shake out run, that finishes with a fresh cup of coffee that can be enjoyed basking in chilled tunes whilst relaxing in deck chairs.

Gravel, Groove & Brews with Salomon.

Energy Wave - A socially paced 7K run that includes an aid station with a difference. Why rest when you can party (quietly) in the woods and customise a Salomon tee before bringing the party back to the festival, where the party vibes continue.

Join The Grove Lane Crew as they take you on a journey that represents all they stand for.

Join Russ Cook and take to the trails as we venture from stage to the sea, and back again, on an epic odyssey to give you just a small flavour of what #ProjectAfrica was like, this is a multi-terrain run jam packed with good vibes, challenge and scenery with a half way mark sea swim to brush off the hangover and gear you up to finish the festival on a high, finishing back at the Hardest Wagon!

SUMS are the go to for performance trail running socks.

Their crew have found the perfect moment to slow the pace down ahead of a night full of music and energy.  Heading out for a cruisy 9km run with a midway hill-top rest-stop, we’re looking to find some calm and recharge the mental batteries. 

Expect good natter, great views, and some herbal tea.

No racing, no music, the calm before the storm.

Join The Running Room for a guided run experience, in which you'll be drawing on everything the team know about key muscle groups, essential strength and stability, running drills and biomechanics, managing load to optimise performance and reducing injury risk into practice.

Soak up the festival vibes together in a run that follows The Running Room's comprehensive 2-hour workshop designed for trail runners of all levels as part of their Stage Takeover in Flex. 

You won't need to have attended the workshop to go on the run but it will certainly help level up your running knowledge.

Join Tempo for a gentle 5km beach run followed by a DJ set. Tempo Run Club combines music and movement to create a unique experience - expect an immersive soundtrack for your run followed by a fun DJ set to kick off your festival experience

Immerse yourself in nature on a gentle 4km trail run with Tempo where we will forage for natural material to bring back to the Merrell tent and listen to, using the latest Plantwave technology.

Merrell is going big at LoveTrails this year.

The trail running brand is creating a festival experience entitled, Trail Sonified, one that’s rooted in music and powered by the trail in partnership with Tempo LDN – a run community of DJs based in London.

The collaboration sees data sonification used as tool to soundtrack the festival - collecting trail runner’s Strava data and manipulating it into music to bring natural beats and frequencies to life on the Gower Peninsula.

The activation places festivalgoers at the heartbeat of the campaign - where each trail runner and their environment isthe music.

Trail Sonified is brought to life through a day-time cool-down zone that uses our audiences trail running data and our environment to power the decks with laid-back beats courtesy of Tempo LDN.

The ultimate Midnight Runners experience. Directly after the Beer Mile Relay, look out for the gathering crowd, it's time for the famous Midnight Runners Bootcamp Trail Run at Love Trails. Let's go!

Midnight Runners are an ever-growing crew of athletes of all ages and nationalities from different disciplines and backgrounds, united by a passion for meeting new people, taking on new challenges and keeping fit. 

Join Midnight Runners at Love Trails for two unique running experiences, both fusing music, fun and trail running like no other!

Friday: Keep your ear to the ground and eyes pealed for posters. There's something going down, but only those in the know will find out!

A unique meditative guided run to deeply connect with ourselves and the environment we move through with Tom English, David Kam & Neil Frankel.

A mass meditation to open and close with a sprinkling of guided mindful moments along the route that will inspire you to see the world differently.

Join Silva for a 4km night run, taking in the local trails lit up by head torch.

Guided by Love Trails Run Leaders and a Silva ambassador, this is not a race, it’s a mini adventure for your Friday night. 

Don’t own a headlamp? You'll have the opportunity to test Silva’s headlamps and running vests on the run.

Join the WhyWeRun Crew for a run to Oxwich Bay with a warm up run to the beach, fun beach workout run back for coffee and post workout smoothies. The beach workout includes some shared suffering, teamwork and bags of fun - prepare to get wet !!

 No pressure, no pace, just good times and great people. The only thing we take seriously about running is the fun of it. Run, chat, connect, and enjoy the beauty of the trails with Passenger and Sole Clinic the Passenger bus. 

Running to the sea with Reebok Swim from the Love Trails Festival site is the quintessential run to wild swim experience. There's nothing quite like it on a glorious summer's day.

Join expert sea dipper Ryan Stephens and Breathwork Facilitators/Yogis Jess Symondson (Friday) & Matt Bagwell (Saturday) for this powerful combination of a Pre-Run Warm up on the main stage before hitting the trails to Broughton Bay for Yoga, Breathwork and Coldwater Immersion.

You can either run, run/walk or hike to this session with us at a pace that suits you or follow the marked signs to Broughton Bay to make your own way there. 

The signature Love Trails Pub Crawl Run is back! This time, it's self-guided!

An absolute favourite for social runners, trail running explorers, and ale enthusiasts. Take in some classic Welsh Pubs in the local area: The Britannia in Llanmadoc, The Kings Head in Llangennith, The Bay Bistro at Rhossilli, and The King Arthur, found nestling under Cefn Bryn, the highest point on Gower Peninsula.

The distance depends on how many pubs you want to take in

Grab your mates, or make new ones and head out together to enjoy the most traditional and atmospheric pubs on the Gower Peninsula.

Join GoodGym and The Green Runners for a feel good/do good run experience to Broughton Bay where you'll join forces to clean the beach from ocean rubbish and plastics that has washed ashore.

Hit the trails with UTMB finisher Samuel Deep and then immerse yourself in his musical world with an exploration of deep house, with a focus on raw, energetic, and dancefloor-focused tracks.

Take off on the trails to a local pub with the Salomon team.

Join Schooner Scorer for a Run that's not to be missed. What could be better than running, scoring beers and partying to some beautiful tunes curated by everyone's favourite connoisseur of all things liquid refreshment on a summers' day. 

Join the creators of the Peak Divide for a slow paced (they'd call it a shuffle) run with a couple of perfectly placed pauses to sketch, sip and scran*.

BYO mug and watercolours or borrow some of ours and expect to be out for a couple of hours and cover around 10km. 

Their 'Tastes of the Trails' experiences are for creative and curious runners who enjoy the space where physical exertion and connection intersect.

The Peak Divide is a 76km two-day social, supported trail running journey across the Peak District - the UK’s first National Park. Manchester to Sheffield, on foot. Not a race but an adventure for the ultra-curious. It was founded in the winter of 2022 in a city centre Manchester pub by friends Luke Douglas, Stef Amato and Tom Reynolds.

*that's northern for eat, fyi

Join GoodGym and The Green Runners for a feel good/do good run experience to Whiteford Sands where you'll join forces to clean the beach from ocean rubbish and plastics that has washed ashore.

Run alongside Deo as he tells the story of Project 381 and why running for justice continues to be front and centre in todays' political and social climate.

Join International trail runner Elsey Whyman-Davis for a unique run, cornish pasties and an opportunity to ask the burning question that everyone wants to know... cream or jam first on a scone?

Join the WhyWeRun Crew for two stunning Run Experiences across the weekend.

Take a ⁠Sunrise Run to the beach with moments of reflection and gratitude along the way. If you're brave enough, take a dip in the sea and get back to base camp for coffee.

If you're sleeping off your party head, join the WhyWeRun Crew ⁠for a Beach Workout, coffee and post-workout smoothies. Be prepared to get wet! Shared suffering, teamwork and bags of fun!

Ravers2Runners (R2R) is the running community for ravers. Providing a platform and non-judgemental space for party-people to become healthier and happier through exercise. 

Ravers2Runners will be making a welcome return with 2 amazing activations across the weekend:

Sunset session in the grounds of the Castle on Friday! As the sun slowly sets across the expanse of the Estuary, join Ravers2Runners for a 5km complimented by a deep musical soundtrack to fit the mood. 

Megarave morning 10km warmup on Saturday! Last year Ravers2Runners blew away the cobwebs and woke us all up with a high octane rave and drum & bass workout. This year they’re back on the main stage to help us all shake off any dusty edges and get set for the big morning run!

An immersive guided trail run featuring a number of stops along the way for group movement puzzles, locomotion, breathwork, play and connection with the movement project, David Kam & Tom English.

Run and move like you've never done before.

The Movement Project was co-founded by Matt Bagwell & Neil Frankel. They run events to move body and mind across the UK.

The Movement Project is a mission to explore what's possible and how we connect to ourselves, the environment that we inhabit and the people around us. 

Dive in with us.

Simon will elevate your confidence on trails no matter your level and provide key hacks to ace ups and downs so you can make the most of the festival and your trail running journey.

Dive in with Team Vita Coco and Athene Club for a refreshing 5K run.