Puffing Billy x TRC Lilydale x New Balance Social Run

SUNDAY 24TH AUGUST 2025

The Running Company Lilydale and New Balance are offering a FREE social run to guide runners who are interested in, or are registered for the Puffing Billy Running Festival (or who just feel like a Sunday run in a beautiful location with others!).

The feature run of the day will be an 8km run along part of the course.

TEST RUN THE LATEST NEW BALANCE SHOES!

You will have the opportunity to be fitted into a pair of the newly released New Balance shoes for the morning! Model to be confirmed!!

RUN AND WIN

By joining us, you'll go into the draw to win a FREE PAIR OF SHOES courtesy of The Running Company Lilydale.

EVENT LOCATION

Function Room, Puffing Billy Railway Lakeside Visitor Centre, Emerald Lake Park, Emerald Lake Rd, Emerald VIC 3782

EVENT SCHEDULE

• 8:30am - Runners to arrive meeting at the Function Room at the Puffing Billy Lakeside Visitor Centre, Emerald Lake Park
• 8:30am – 9:00am New Balance Shoe Fitting!
• 9:00am - Welcome, Acknowledgement of Country, and Railway Safety Information
• 9:05am - Bec & Steve from The Running Company Lilydale will give you a briefing of the run course.
• 9:15am - Run commences!
• From 10:00am runners will return.
  (and please return the New Balance test shoes ... you can't take those with you for free!)
• From 10:00am - Prize Draw, FREE post-run massages in the Function Room.
• Rhiannon from RAD Recovery Myotherapy and Remedial Massage offering post run express massages and will also have Normatec Compression Recovery Pants for people to try!
• Cam from Lilydale Physio & Sports Medicine will also be offering post run massages.
• Guests welcome to purchase food and beverages and relax in the visitor centre and grounds of Emerald Lake Park
• 11:00am - Event Concludes

SOME IMPORTANT NOTES:

• Bring your family along to take a walk through the park or enjoy a pedal boat ride on Emerald Lake while you are out running
• It's a Dog friendly event BUT please note that dogs are not able to enter the Lakeside Visitor Centre building.
• Runners 16 years+ please.
• Bag drop available in Function Room.
• Photographers will be taking photos during the event, if you'd prefer not to be photographed, please let us know during sign-up and by crossing your arms across your chest when you see a photographer!
• We will have run leaders running with you at various paces, however the course is not marked (though not complicated) so please carry your mobile phone with the course map uploaded.

PLEASE RSVP YOUR ATTENDANCE BELOW (it's free!)

We can't wait to see you there!!!