Routes & GPX File Downloads
What, When & Where
This event is organised by Steel City Striders and held annually in late September. Visit their website, where you will find the latest information on each year’s event – www.steelcitystriders.co.uk/sheffield-way-relay
There are many ways to enter the race:
Ladies Teams – 8:00am
Mixed Teams – 8:15am
Open Teams – 8:30am
You can also enter to complete the entire route solo. At nearly 50 miles, this would class as an ultra event and Totley AC’s Tom Beaumont currently has the men’s record. Any female Ultra runner fancy helping us reach a clean sweap of the course records??
For details of the ultra event, have a look at their Sheffield Way Ultra page.
The race starts and finishes near the old Don Valley Stadium site. For the relays, the men tend to start 30 mins after other teams with the intention that team finish times are not spread out over many hours.
Race format
The race covers 50 miles, in 5 legs of approximately 10 miles each, of an off road route around the perimeter of Sheffield. Each team is made up of 10 runners, with a pair running together on each leg.
Important – this means that each leg is point to point so ferrying about in cars is unavoidable. The legs are not marked so need to be reccied at least once, also.
Here is information on each leg.
Please Note: The route desciptions are electronic OCR scans from the original text scans. They have been proof-read, but they could still contain transfer errors. Also, the book is old, the course and surrounding area itself may have also changed considerably over the years.
| GPX File | Route Descriptions | |
| Leg 1 | 2022 Alternate Start | Webpage |
| Leg 2 | 2022 – no change | Webpage |
| Leg 3 | 2022 – no change | Webpage |
| Leg 4 | Pre 2022 / 2022 Updated | Webpage |
| Leg 5 | 2022 – no change | Webpage |
Results
The highlight of the day begins at about 6.30 pm when all teams gather (usually at Nether Edge Bowling Club) for drinks and the awards, followed by the beige buffet!
| Ladies | Mixed | Open | |
| 2020 | 1st: DPFR Women 2nd: Totley AC 03 Spinach 3rd: SCS A Women | 1st: Headtorch 03 “We Do it With the Lights On” 2nd: Kimberworth Striders 3rd: Headtorch 02 Too Much Too Young | 1st: Totley AC 02 Mens 2nd: SCS A Ben Jones 3rd: Sheffield Running Club (Open) |
