Race Date: Saturday 21st March 2026
Part of the First Light Adventure portfolio of races, the race blurb states:
Known for her love of running manically along the trails for hours on end, these were some of Mena’s favourite routes – the places where she had most fun.
Now linked together in an anti-clockwise circular route, The Trails of Mena give you a combination of track, maintained trail, field and woodland and of course a healthy smattering of ups and downs just so you don’t get too complacent on the flat bits. That said, this will be one of our more runnable events! The course will be lightly marked with arrows at major junctions and on course navigation benefits further from the gpx files made available for both races.
Starting a short walk away from race HQ at North Wingfield Community Resource Centre, the race heads out via the 5 Pits Trail to Pilsley and Tibshelf before heading east towards Teversal and on to Rowthorne in the shadow of Hardwick Hall. We don’t actually enter the Hardwick grounds, instead we skirt the surrounding woodland before crossing the M1 and the farmland of Sutton Scarsdale and Sutton Springs Wood before rejoining the 5 Pits Trail all the way back to the finish.
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As far as I can see, no Striders were in the marathon but Strider Richard Heath stormed to 3rd place in the 20 miler. Well done Richard. The male race was won by Lewis Perkins in 2.29.44. The female race was won by Katrina Perkins in 3.03.37.
Striders Results:
