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.
Start and finish locations have altered over the years so I’ve done my best to check each of these legs for the correct start and finish.
The what.three.words have been provided by Steal City Striders for this year’s race:
| GPX File Download | ///what.three.words | Route Descriptions | |
| Leg 1 | 9.9 miles | ///lined.maker.fears – ///rabble.bend.wallet | Webpage |
| Leg 2 | 9.9 miles | ///rabble.bend.wallet – ///open.caves.blaze | Webpage |
| Leg 3 | 9.4 miles | ///open.caves.blaze –///land.boxing.much | Webpage |
| Leg 4 | 9.7 miles | ///land.boxing.much – ///tilt.intend.light (a marshal spot on this leg is wonderful curry.myself.eating – will they take a curry with them?) | Webpage |
| Leg 5 | 10.1 miles | ///tilt.intend.light – ///lined.maker.fears | 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) |
