Odin’s mine was still just in faint daylight as the nine Slow Warts, unaccustomed to the limestone terrain, braved the silty and slimy path alongside a deep and steep narrow gorge. In full daylight, this may have given the vertigo Read more
For all you folk hankering after some winter interval training in Dave T’s absence, why not get yourselves along to this week’s Winter Mondays race from Fairholmes for a proper workout – the marvellous Orrell Crook? We’ve had nineteen starters Read more
2026 English Championship Details of the six race series can be found on the FRA website here. Past Races Tideswell Terminator – John Crewe 1st with Arthur King 5th. Results. Upcoming races Monday 27th October – Winter Mondays, Read more
George Yates and Dominic Watts are the organisers for the DPFR 2025 Champs Race and need some club volunteers to help marshal the race on the 15th of November. They need a minimum of 8 people or so (2 at Read more
Daylight, sunshine and warmth, was this our last venture into the heart of Dark Peak before the torchlit winter? The imminent clock change to winter time prompted us to agree to an early 3pm start from King’s Tree using another Read more
The British Fell and Hill Relays were staged by Meirionnydd Running Club in the hills to the east of Cadair Idris yesterday and a very fine event it was too. Overcast skies with the cloud clear of the summits and Read more
We had a route with three checkpoints and a “checkpath”, the latter to maintain it and to remember Tony Keddie whose foot path is now in the DPFR Slow Warts legend. Also, on the list were Bamford House, Cogman Cabin, Read more
Curbar Commotion and the Hodgson Brothers Relays had to be cancelled due to permissions issues and Storm Amy respectively. Past Races Ilam Three Peaks – The first of the four race Limestone Series the next of which is Litton Read more
Following the near euphoric excitement surrounding the first Winter Mondays road race last week (results here and league standings here), we will be enjoying the first trail race this coming Monday; and a real belter it is too, up Fair Read more
Winter Monday Series commences Monday 29th September. Willy Kitchen writes: In something more than its twentieth year, the curiously great, yet decidedly undervalued, institution that is the ‘Winter Mondays’ series of road and trail races commences its 2025/2026 iteration next Read more