Race Date: Sunday 18th May 2025

Lovely humorous bit of blurb from the race organisers, ‘It is challenging and it is mixed. Be prepared for some long climbs, Limestone on the descents (it can get very slippy, very suddenly) and a swamp. Cows, yes there could be cows. ~80% of the route is on potential grazing land, can’t avoid the land sharks. We plan for them not to be in the way and for us to have multiple cow whisperers on potential meeting points, so there shouldn’t be any interaction… However, they’re cows so they’ll do what they want. If you run close to them, they’ll probably chase you, if you amble past them with a little space, they’ll probably ignore you. We recommend the latter approach, oh and they like it if you sing for them.

We try very hard to put plenty of marshals out and to have the route taped . However we may be missing a marshal or they may have to move, a walker could ‘tidy up’ an arrow or tape. Assume the FRA description of ‘partially marked’ and come prepared to have to do some navigation. The route lends itself to splitting the field in the 1st mile, so do not assume there’ll be anybody to follow.’

The course is 5.8 mikes with 876 feet of elevation. This year there were 174 runners, including lone Strider Guy Woodcock. The male race was won by Graham Rush of Leeds City in 37.12. The female race was won by Joanne Mosley of Pennine FR in 46.01

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