Author: Steve Tozer-Loft

Summary Season 4 Race 9 Distance 11km Elevation (total climb) 170m Dates run 1st October 2021 – 31st March 2022 Race designer Katelyn McKeown Introduction Orgreave is a name synonymous with the events of 18th June 1984 when police violently attacked striking miners. The ensuing cover up is widely believed to be a precursor toContinue reading Season 4 Race 9 Orgreave: Not The Waverley Wander

Summary Season 4 Race 8 Distance 15km Elevation (total climb) 160m Dates run  October 2021 – 31 March 2022 Race designer Antony Adshead Introduction We’ve all heard of the Seven Hills, but this run takes you around the four ‘major’ river confluences in Sheffield. It starts and finishes, however, at our ‘home’ confluence, which makesContinue reading Season 4 Race 8 Crosstown Confluence Caper

Summary Season 4 Race 7 Distance around 10.7 km Elevation (total climb) around 220m Dates run 1st October 2021 – 31st March 2022 Race designer Jo Rose Introduction A checkpoint based race with options to go through woodland and parks, but can also be done as an all road option for the dark evenings ahead…..Continue reading Season 4 Race 7 Cobnar Road Challenge

Summary Season 4 Race 6 Distance 9.8km Elevation (total climb) 208m Dates run 1st October 2021 – 31st March 2022 Race designer Karen Stevens Introduction Welcome to the Seldom Seen Saunter Linking together elements of Four Gallon Glide, Charnock Chaser and Moss Valley Meander with the hidden Victorian industrial gem. This is a mixed terrainContinue reading Season 4 Race 6 Seldom Seen Saunter

Summary Season 4 Race 5 Distance maybe 14km Elevation (total climb) maybe 200m Dates run 1st October 2021 – 31st March 2022 Race designer Richard Hanks Introduction A celebration of Sheffield’s Street Art with a lot of help from streetartsheffield.comThis is a check point run. Visit the 12 artworks in any order you like. StartContinue reading Season 4 Race 5 Better Than Watching Paint Dry

Summary Season 4 Race 4 Distance 9.2km Elevation (total climb) 150m Dates run 1st October 2021 – 31st March 2022 Race designer Dom Watts Introduction Choose any route you want to connect the 9 checkpoints together, starting and finishing at Staveley Road Community Gardens, S8 0ZQ. Muddy trails could be entirely avoided and you canContinue reading Season 4 Race 4 (I Want to go to) Chelsea

Summary Season 4 Race 3 Distance 9.5km Elevation (total climb) 200m Race window 1st October 2021 – 31st March 2022 Race designer Jane Huws Introduction Jo Gleig and I have come up with the next race route – the theme being ‘Footbridges’. It’s not particularly long (about 5.8 miles) but it does have one veryContinue reading Season 4 Race 3 Bridging the Gap

Summary Season 4 Race 2 Distance 9km Elevation (total climb) 150m Dates run 1st October 2021 – 31st March 2022 Race designer Cath Ager Introduction Maps Route Guide Strava Links https://www.strava.com/routes/2780786011701445118 Scoring 50 points for the fastest finisher. Everyone else gets a percentage – if the winning time is 1 hour and you take 2Continue reading Season 4 Race 2 Cath’s Lame Canter – Crows, Cholera and Quays

Summary Season 3 Race 2 Distance 12.5km Elevation (total climb) 227m Dates run October 2021-March 2022 Race designer Sid Fletcher Introduction An introduction to the many varied backdrops of the Eastside. This route will take you through industrial backstreets, urban oasis, a 2000-year-old fort and the legendary Cote de Jenkin. Sid Fletcher on facebook PleaseContinue reading Season 4 Race 1 Unleashed in the East