The healthy outdoor pursuit of off-road running in Cornwall is not limited to just parks and athletic tracks. Cornwall's famous beaches, off-road woodland trails, and coastal footpaths allow the energetic and adrenalin-fuelled fit brigade diverse and challenging terrain on which to run and hum to their ipods.

There is nothing better than a blue skied, sunsoaked, belt along a beautiful shoreline in the summer, courtesy of Cornwall's beautiful beaches.

There are even a few companies which will take you trail running in Cornwall and give you all the advice you need on running technique. Off-road running schools and centres are listed below.