Race Date: Wednesday 23rd July 2025

Race Report by Darrel Porter

Wharncliffe Woods 10k is a fantastic little trail race organised by Hillsborough and Rivelin running club. The race is entirely on trail within Wharncliffe Woods, it has approx. 250m of climbing though the route is very undulating with little time spent on the flat!

The race starts with a fast downhill on broad utility trail, it sticks to these trails for a few kms before switching to steep technical, stoney descending and climbing, the course then levels out back onto broad trails before a long climb to the finish.

This race was moderately challenging and was characterised by fast trails, for me the relatively short technical sections allowed me to gain a few seconds on some of my competitors and the long steady climbs fitted in well with my training.

Only 7 Striders were running, but we represented well with a 2nd in MV40 (Darrel Porter) and 2nd FV60 (Jo Gleig).

There were 177 finishers at Wharncliffe Woods. The men’s race was won by Euan Brown of Hallamshire Harriers Sheffield in a time of 00:35:19. Bridie Macdonald of Hillsborough & RRC won the women’s race in a time of 00:46:44.

Striders Results