Dark Peak Fell Runners is an athletics club for (mostly) hill & mountain running. The club is based in Sheffield and although the majority of the 300+ membership is local, the famous brown vest has migrated as far New Zealand. The club caters for a wide range of running interests and abilities, from short local races to ultra distance events, with some individuals achieving success in the English and British championships. The club thrives on minimal organisation and if you have a slightly anarchic sense of humour and an appetite to compete in unusual events, you will feel at home with people of a similar disposition.
Fell running has a culture for individuals to take personal responsibility for safety when out on the hills, as terrain and weather conditions can be severe. Therefore it is expected that you assess your own physical ability, mountain craft skills, clothing and equipment before going for a run.
So far, we’ve only collected two, one above Cogman’s Cabin and a more significant one at Cowms Rocks which has been dignified with a name (see your local friendly Dark Peaker for that information). It Read more
To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the club, we will be taking a club photo prior to the start of the club run on 9 September, in front of the (at time of writing, currently Read more
It’s never too late to pitch up to the summer series (until the winter series is upon us, that is). Next Monday, 10th August, is the inaugural running of Jim Orrell’s Bleak Doctor. All new Read more
Somehow, we managed to arrive early despite having to slowly admire two lots of tractor drawn trailer loads of round hay bales heading our way. So, at the Midhopestones elbow, we had time enough to Read more
It was Tim who suggested it. The Summer Series has been taken over from Nicky by Willy K (thanks to both) and new routes have now been suggested and adopted whilst keeping some of the Read more
No, the heat hadn’t sent us into delirium but we had the age-old problem of confirming we’d actually arrived at Madwoman’s Stones. Fortunately, it was clear (and hot) so we could see other stones to Read more
After a brief absence, the Cap’n returned to the Serious Slow Warts to lead us from Fairholmes on a classic Harmerian outing in early July. We’d already endured a jungle-hot and -humid, climate for a Read more
Having received the Hakes’ family seal of approval two weeks ago at Broomhead, we’re heading south-west to cater to the glitterati of north-east Derbyshire this coming Monday. For the slightly amended route/description following this Wednesday’s Read more
We were apparently under a heat dome covering mainly Europe but, for us, particularly the Westend in the Dark Peak where the Serious (Slow) Warts were gathering. Even before we started there had been a Read more
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