1st Outing with Dark Peak Fell Runners



Distance - 6.1 miles

Ascent - 1,439 feet

Moving Time - 1hr 26min

Avg Pace - 14:08 min mile

Calories - 1,237

 

 

 

This was my first ever proper fell fun out with a club called Dark Peak Fell Runners,  a few email's to the club chairman about going along with them turned into me joining them in a club fell race. I had arranged to run with him with the slower group as I had no previous experience of racing.

A night race that started from the Fairhomes car park, we were given 4 check points that we had to visit with no set route the only rule was to get to the check points as quick as possible visiting each of the check points.

 

It was great evening to be out on the hill with a full to help light up the moors,  running over the open moors with only our head touches to guide us it was hard to see where we was going without  falling down the bogs,  streams and tripping over the heather this  did get a little bit frustrating but they appeared far too quick to alter our course.



This was a really tough route which was only 6 miles long but the terrain made it really hard going with the added navigation made a really good training run. I found it really hard to run over the open moors and navigate while maintaining a good pace.

When you have nothing to see the little details on the map really do seem to stand out a little more so of the little details on the map that I don’t normally use to help me when navigating mad a big difference when out in the dark. I’m looking forward to getting out with them a little more.