The High Peak Relay is becoming an annual event for Dragons, and this year two teams of eight runners, with support drivers and spectators, travelled to Matlock on a misty Sunday morning to take part. There were over 20 of us out to enjoy the Derbyshire countryside. Paul and Danny started us off with the difficult up-hill first leg. After Tris described this as the hardest thing he had ever done, we were happy they had volunteered for this challenging start, and when they did emerge from the mist at the top of the hill, the other runners enjoyed relatively flat runs along the High Peak Trail, with the distances for each leg varying between 2.5 and 5.5 miles. The complicated driving plan devised by Jo made sure we didn’t leave anyone stranded in the fog and everyone made it back to the old mill in Cromford, our teams finishing 13th and 29th out of a total of 38. It was a great day out running through some very scenic countryside, followed by an excellent lunch at the Erye Arms in Hassop.

A-TEAM

1.Paul Watson 

2.Barrie Ainscow

3.Karl Sharma

4.Rob Lees

5.Steve Brindle

6.Tris Pocock

7.Hans Sharma

8.Jo Healy

B-TEAM

1. Danny McGrath

2. Yasemin Kafali

3. Kevin Rowland

4. Cathy Johnson

5. Stuart Barnes

6. Mark Anderson

7. Nicole van den Wittenboer

8. Graham Kitchen

Thanks to Barrie and Jo for organising the teams and Barrie for the write-up.