The Chepstow Harriers 'Joc Dodd Fell Series' is a series of races in the calendar year that club members are encouraged to take part in. These races are chosen at the start of the year by the Fell Series Co-ordinator. Points are awarded in each race and an overall table of positions showing accumulated points is produced.
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Fell Series 2025
Below are the races for 2025. There will be 8 races in total with 4 to score (8th to be decided).
All those doing 4 races will receive a race memento, probably goat related!
Pen Tir Drop BS 7km/324m 4.3 miles/1063 ft PM Sunday 16 Feb - completed
Cribyn AS 8.9km/946m LK/NS 5.5miles/3104ft Saturday 12 April
Sirhowy Challenge 16k/457m 10 miles/1500ft Sunday 4 May
Guto Nyth Bran BS 9.6km/396m 6 miles/1299ft PM Saturday 12 July
Y Domen AS 9.3km/549m 5.8 miles/1801ft PM Saturday 26 July Fabian4 - Entries and Timing
Machen AS 7km/340m 4.3 miles/1115ft PM Monday 25 August
Waun Fach 11.2km/610m 7 miles/2000ft PM/LK/NS Sunday 7 September
Skirrid AS 5km/400m 3 miles/1400ft PM/LK/NS To be confirmed but likely to be Sat 20 December
Fell Races are all categorised in terms of length and difficulty:
Length - S (short), M (medium), L (long).
Difficulty A, B, C.
These are combined to denote the severity of the race. Eg: Pen Tir Drop BS (moderate difficulty and short)
Myth busting
Any club member can do a fell race. Many people assume that fell racers are slightly mad and hard as nails. Well, some are, but like all running genres, the races contain runners with a wide range of speed, age, experience and skills.
Anyone can do fell races - running in the hills can be a truly amazing experience and some might say almost spiritual.
You do not need to be a brilliant navigator as some races are well marked or follow easy paths or ridges.
You do not need to run up the hills - there is often a fair bit of walking to be done.
See www.fellrace.com for some general guidance.
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