Unfortunately the race organiser, James, is ill (just a cold rather than COVID) and won’t be able to RO Moz’s bday race. It’s too late now to find a replacement, so please send your results to James.lowe2@outlook.com and he’ll collate them. So please set off at the appropriate time as Read more
I don’t think I was the only one who wasn’t sure where we went on our Warts’ run from the Sands car park at Low Bradfield. I’m not sure whether it was the low temperature that befuddled us or the various apparent changes in direction we made. During the outing, Read more
Quite a few new entrants over recent days including a couple of DPFR juniors (good effort!) and all change at the top of the leader board… A highly motivated Jim Paxman made the considerable journey to Ben Alder and in doing so established a commanding (perhaps unassailable?) lead in the Read more
It was a great pleasure to welcome Moz back to his first Warts’ outing for a few months, though sadly, he wasn’t wearing his signature fluorescent leggings to further brighten our time with him. We look forward to seeing them, and him, soon. Encouraged by the good visibility at Doctor’s Read more
Tropics After the tropical, yes, tropical and sweaty, conditions on the 76th running of the Crookestone Crashout, what should we expect just three days later on a Slow Warts’ Wednesday carol singing outing on the shortest day? The forecast for rain, snow and 2⁰C was correct so very little sweat Read more
The current holder of this trophy gets to decide which race will be used to pick the next holder, and Oil Johnson has called the Crookstone Crashout on 19 December as that race. Sorry about the short notice. The winner is decided by age weighted winning times, hopefully we will Read more
It was almost warm, single figure warm, for the ten slow Warts’ (Swarts?) outing from the gas station. The combination of the heat and warming up on the way to Emlin, did get the circulation circulating to the extent that I suddenly remembered that I had left the house keys Read more
Some excellent Dark Peak results, highlighted below (where I recognise them): Overall 1st M Mark Anderson Totley AC2nd M Chris Williamson Hillsborough RC3rd M Jon Moulding Dark Peak Fell Runners1st F Rachel Thorley Steel City Striders2nd F Julia Nolan3rd F Helen Barnett Categories 1st M Chris Williamson Hillsborough RC2nd M Read more
I don’t know whether the weather for the Warts’ outing triggered thoughts of the Mamas and Papas song and holidays in San Francisco or Australia but it was certainly a pleasant distraction from the wind and rain. Conversations ranged from fell running on roads (yes!) in San Fran and pure Read more
Do you use this path, if so read on…The new owners of the Clough Fields riding stables are trying to stop people from using a 20-30metre farmyard stretch of the roadway that runs from Back Lane to the footpaths that continue on through the fields to St Anthony’s Road, Mulehouse Read more