The impending club championships from Cutthroat Bridge set our Slow Warts, including a welcome return of Tom W, to start from there, though we didn’t yet know the details of the course, apart from “the Ladybower area”. And, we nine Read more
The 2024 Club Champs will be taking place from Cutthroat Bridge. A PDF with the route and the provisional start list is below. ‘The weather forecast is heavy rain, 0C and 20, gusting 40, knot winds – effectively reducing the Read more
3 Tops / Eric Mitchell Trophy – Tom Savile broke the course record to win the Three Tops race with M50 Tom Brunt retaining the Eric Michell Trophy. Race report and Results. Race entries have opened for both The Read more
Don’t be fooled by the title. This was not a gentle outing for the seven Slow Warts from Grindleford bridge and church. Whilst it wasn’t the wild setting we normally start from, the route set by Moz required serious concentration. Read more
Past races Shepherds Skyline – A trio of M60’s lead home by Steve Bell. Results Upcoming races Saturday 9th November – Three Tops Race, to decide the Eric Mitchell Trophy. This is a fine not-so-little race with any amount of Read more
Yes, seven Slow Warts started at Doctors Gate at 2pm, in daylight as an antidote to last week’s silent, rocky Fairbrook descent in the dark. Instead, this afternoon’s target was progressive, we’d head for one checkpoint and when there, decide Read more
Past races The OMM – was held in the Southern Highlands last weekend. Elite: Matt Harmon / Simon Mills 8th, Despina Berdeni / Lisa Watson 2nd female team and Stuart Reid / Tom Gomersall 3rd vets team. B Class: Guy Read more
What is a mountain? In England, one definition is “landform that rises at least 610 metres (2000ft) above sea level” and indeed 609.6 metres does convert to 2000 feet. In Scotland which has much high land, Corbetts are 2,500 feet Read more
A brief report about the FRA Relays in Athletics Weekly can be found here. Past races Peak Raid – The second of the four Peak Raids, from the Trespass carpark in Hayfield. Wet and windy but fortunately not overly cold. Read more
No, we hadn’t decided a new venue for our outing, instead, we had changed our plan to go to Pike Lowe from Lost Lad simply because it was getting late. We were in danger of another three-hour outing like last Read more