Dark Peak has competed in the Sheffield Way Relay for a number of years, finally winning the race last year! For the unfamiliar, the SWR is a 5-stage, 50 mile paired relay broadly following the city boundary, mostly on trails. The race is (very well) organised by Steel City Striders, Read more
With his successful completion of the Ramsay, Laurence Piercy joins a very exclusive club of people who have done the three ‘big’ UK rounds. The current list of 35 (36 with Laurence) can be found here, and by my reckoning, the DP members now number one quarter (9/36 – actually Read more
Enormous congratulations to Glen Borrell and Laurence Piercy for their successful 23:31ish completion of the Ramsay Round just after midnight today. That they would do so was never in much doubt … but the self-supporting (and understated) manner in which they have done so is truly admirable. Bob Berzins will Read more
Could be a very exciting 18 hours or so … Lucy Spain (Pennine), Wil’s better half, went through Threlkeld about an hour ago on her schedule to take a few minutes off Nicky’s BG women’s record. She’s hoping to be back at the Moot Hall about 9pm and you can Read more
Dear Dark Peakers You may be aware that unfortunately we were unable to register a small number of runners who arrived close to the start time of our Blacka Moor Chase fell race on Thursday 25th June. We are very sorry this happened. If any of your club members were Read more
We have emailed all members for whom we have an email address about the next issue of the Dark Peak Newsletter, but inevitably some of these emails find themselves lost in cyberspace, so here is the content of the email: Dear Member, We hope you enjoyed the last Newsletter – Read more
Clearly this is not a fell race, although the run does go up and down a hill. And I wonder how many caught the torrential rain on the bike, it really was not pleasant. But with at least a dozen Dark Peakers in the results it should not pass without Read more
This made Tim Tett laugh so it’s got to be worth a post 🙂 Dear Dark Peak Fell Runners Club, I hope this email finds you well. Myself and a colleague at Sheffield Hallam University, are currently running a sports science research study in which we are investigating the influence Read more
If you’ve ever dreamed of DP glory, there’s still a chance to earn your moment of triumph at the club dinner by completing 5 counters in the Carshare League and laying claim to one of four of the finest trophies in fellrunning. Next up, next Saturday, is the Ingleborough race, Read more
… how’s about taking a crack at the Loxley Lunge this Saturday early evening, love-child of DP resident hack, Dave Holmes, and an event which should be on every Brown Vest’s bucket list. The usual time trial format, i.e. people can start any time between 4pm and 7pm, and post Read more