The new 2025 Danum Harriers Trail Series will include the following races:
Events
- Saturday 26th April: Cat Lane Canter, Meersbrook @ 11:00am. 10K / ~300m elevation / £10 / 14+. Registration opens in early Feb.
- Tuesday 27th May: Hallam Chase, Sheffield @7.30pm. 3.25mi / 262m / <£10 / 18+. Registration from 01/05/25. 100 entries.
- Sunday 6th July: Hundall Hobble, Dronfield. 5mi / 213m / £~8 tbc. Registration not open yet (prob January). Note DonFaster is on the Friday.
- Sunday in mid-August (date TBC): Ken Bingley Memorial (link to 2024 info), Frickley. 10K / 100m / £15.
- Saturday 6th September: Worrall Festival Chase, Sheffield. 4.5mi / 229m / ~£6. Registration on day. Part of Worrall Festival (stalls, food & drink etc.). Vale of York day after.
Rules
- The competition is open to all Danum Harriers members.
- Best four count. There will be five races over the year with runners’ best four out of five counting towards their final score.
- Compete on age/sex grade, with a bonus for climbs. Points earned are derived from runners’ age grade score for the distance, plus a bonus applied according to the elevation gain of the race. This bonus is to boost lower age grade scores that come with difficult climbs. They are calculated as follows:
- Age grade: The age grade of the distance divided by ten. E.g. a 52.1% age grade score would yield 5.21 points. Note: age used is the runners’ age on the day of the first race of the series.
- Elevation gain: The elevation gain of the race in feet divided by 1000. Eg. A race with 750ft/229m of elevation gain would yield 0.75 points.
- The combined score is then rounded to one decimal place. In the above example the race score would be 6.0 (as would all scores between 5.950 and 6.049).
- Males and females compete together. As the scores are based on age and sex grade, male and female runners compete together for the three trophies.
- In the event of a tie for one of the top three places, the points for each race will be recounted without any rounding to one decimal place.
- If an event is cancelled by the organisers and it is not possible to plan a suitable replacement, the final points will be based on the other races.