Dark Peak Fell Runners is an athletics club for (mostly) hill & mountain running. The club is based in Sheffield and although the majority of the 300+ membership is local, the famous brown vest has migrated as far New Zealand. The club caters for a wide range of running interests and abilities, from short local races to ultra distance events, with some individuals achieving success in the English and British championships. The club thrives on minimal organisation and if you have a slightly anarchic sense of humour and an appetite to compete in unusual events, you will feel at home with people of a similar disposition.
Fell running has a culture for individuals to take personal responsibility for safety when out on the hills, as terrain and weather conditions can be severe. Therefore it is expected that you assess your own physical ability, mountain craft skills, clothing and equipment before going for a run.
‘Tis the season, for mists and mellow fruitfulness and head torches, (forgive the mixing and ruining of quotations) this set the scene as we tentatively descended over the rocks and mud to the river bridge Read more
I have cursed him many, many times when we’ve been staring face to face into a mass of impenetrable bracken some of which is trying to wrap around our legs in a “frond” boa constrictor Read more
A journey of discovery or the wrong destination? We, the slow section of the Serious (Slow) Warts, were accused of incompetence by the fast Serious (Slow) Warts. They had run ahead to Shelf Stones and Read more
After last week’s bracken-fraught outing, it was a pleasure for ten of us to step out into clearer ground. However, we did encounter some bracken immediately above Rowley Bridge. We hesitated and some of us Read more
Following a very successful Summer Series, with victories for Tom Saville and Eloise Lee, we return to the roads (and trails) this coming Monday for the club’s 50th anniversary year Winter Mondays series. For full Read more
No, we weren’t doing a sort of duathlon, the plan was to have a shorter, “easy one” from Fairholmes by taking the original (Andy’s) or possibly the later modified (Tom’s) Cakes of Bread race route. Read more
The thought of appearing in the Sportsman photo for the 50th anniversary celebrations of DPFR, brought out some recently missed Serious (Slow) Warts. So, also appearing at the Redmires car park were the golden oldies Read more
After last week’s Priddock Wood trauma, there was a need/feeling to balance it with a gentler expedition (“can we have a shorter one tonight” or “I might drop out early”). Fortunately, our returning Cap’n had Read more
It was a welcome return for three of our faster Warts, Phil, Dave and Chris, whilst our resident regular leaders were either otherwise occupied or injured, Andy was partying and Tom’s calf was playing up. Read more
569 Redmires Rd, S10 4LJ
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