In recent years, an increasing number of Dutch runners have taken part in the event: the reasons for this are not entirely clear, but the absence of significant hills in Holland may be part of the explanation.
In 2010 the connection became stronger, when two organised groups came over to the event. One was from the Zevenheuvelenloop club — a business group of runners associated with the long-standing 15km Zevenheuvelenloop (7 hills race) in Nijmegen, which takes place in November each year. The other group were from the Erasmus Universiteit in Rotterdam. About 15 Dutch runners took part — some in the Race and some in the Challenge.
On the evening before the event, an informal reception was held in Edinburgh, at the home of some of the event's helpers, and a special sculpture from the Zevenheuvelenloop club was presented to Edinburgh's Seven Hills Race.
