England Athletics (our parent body) have issued the following advice this morning: England Athletics advises that all face-to-face activity such as club training sessions, events, competitions, club committee and face-to-face meetings, athlete camps, running groups and social events should be suspended until at least the end of April. Therefore, any Read more
Sadly the Edale Skyline Fell Race is cancelled due to the escalating Covid-19 outbreak. My main safety concern is for the throng in the village hall before and after the event, rather than the actual race. We have considered whether the event could proceed without using the hall, but have Read more
In these days of Coronavirus, the imminent possible threat of self-isolation is sufficient to send we Warts out to the hills as much as we can in case we are forced (hopefully not) to be cooped up at home for two or three weeks where we may also be struck Read more
An update – as of Wednesday 11th March there are still people on the Waiting List. Thanks to everyone who has cancelled so far, it’s allowed us to invite other people to run who would not otherwise have a place. We would ask that anyone else who finds they cannot Read more
After all, though the Warts are a sort of sub group, we are still members of Dark Peak Fell Runners, the name implying, amongst other things, we are creatures of the night. The first rule of Warting, therefore, on a Wednesday evening is the necessity for it to be under Read more
Burbage Skyline 2020 will take place at 7:30pm on Tuesday 12th May. The route has been altered to avoid disturbance to nesting birds – but this isn’t such a bad thing. It now more accurately follows the skyline itself and has traverses more varied terrain including tussocks, bog and Burbage Read more
This year the Don Morrison Memorial Edale Skyline race will be held on Sunday 22nd March. We sent out an email at the beginning of the month asking for volunteers, and Mark’s spreadsheet is slowly filling up, but as always there are still a significant number of places to fill. Read more
The second 5.30pm outing of the season was called whilst the Landmarks race was being held from The Sportsman. This may have accounted for the limited turnout of five, mostly the Ecclesall lot plus one Loxleyite, all in one car, heroically driven by Clive. We were reminded that the previous Read more
Dave Sykes sent me this message “Here is the link for anyone who wants to sign up for a hat (who didn’t get one first time round like me) – I’m hoping to place the order by next weekend”. Follow the link to an order form and pictures of the Read more
The Olympic race route, also known as the Blackden Beast, is now open for the coming summer. Date to be confirmed but late July / early August likely. The route will be the same as in 2012 and 2016, with the record held by Tim Rutter in 62 minutes. Only Read more