Entry Information
I have decided to makes things easier, so rather than handling the entries myself I am using SiEntries2026 entries are open in spring 2026
Groovy & Baby Kinder Love
I will just have a single entry for both races (so you just enter the Groovy Kinder Love). You can decide at race number allocation which route you want to run. My race limit of 200 then covers both races so I will not have 400 running.
The Groovy race numbers will start low (ascending), while the baby will start high (descending). The notice board will hold the specific numbers on the day.
RACE DETAILS - Groovy Kinder Love
- Date & time: Sat 5 Sep 2026 at 11:00
- Start time info: Valley Road Electrical Substation
- Country: England
- Region: Peak District
- Category: AL
- Website: http://pennineridgefellrunner.blogspot.com
- Distance: 24.5 km / 15.2 miles
- Climb: 1270 m / 4167 ft
- Venue: Scout Hut, Swallow House Lane, Hayfield., SK22 2HB
- Grid reference: 034871
- Skills: ER, LK, NS
- Minimum age: 18
RACE DETAILS - Groovy Baby Love
- Date & time: Sat 5 Sep 2026 at 11:00
- Country: England
- Region: Peak District
- Category: BM
- Website: https://pennineridgefellrunner.blogspot.com/2019/12/kinder-groovy-love_3.html
- Distance: 15.5 km / 9.9 miles
- Climb: 650 m / 2215 ft
- Venue: Scout Hut, Swallow House Lane, Hayfield, SK22 2HB
- Skills: ER, LK, NS
- Minimum age: 18
ENTRY INFORMATION
- Entry on day: Yes
- Entry on day fee: £12.00
- Pre-entry: Yes
- Pre-entry fee: £10.00
https://pennineridgefellrunner.blogspot.com/2017/09/groovy-kinder-love-online-entry.html
CONTACT FOR RACE INFORMATION
- Patrick Barry
- 07770149757
- GroovyKinderLove@penninefellrunners.co.uk
- Race Organiser: Patrick Barry
Groovy Kinder Love
PENNINE FELL RUNNERS
Groovy Kinder Love runners’ information
Please read the below info thoroughly...
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Start: |
Saturday 11.00 am |
Kit Check
There will be 100% Kit Check.
Race entry details are above. The limit is 200 runners.
Registration
Registration CLOSES at 10.20 am.
Registration is at Hayfield Scout Hut on Swallow House Lane (GR035873), approximately 10 min walk from the start. A large carpark is available in-which cars are parked at owners’ risk and no liability can be accepted for theft or damage. Please allow plenty of time for registration.
See the route descriptions at: Race Details and take note of the three hour-thirty (3:30) cut-off at the bottom of Sandy Heys I would expect the back markers to be no more than 75 minutes to complete the route from here meaning that everybody will be home in Four hours-Forty-Five minutes. I am happy for anybody timed out at Sandy Heys to join the "baby" route by continuing straight up to the Shooting Cabin to rejoin the race route for the final descent, which means they will only miss the William Clough climb.
General
Comments:
Start Finish – please find the details on the race details page: The last section is through the village centre, so be careful crossing the main
street.
Much of Kinder is part of one of the 54 Sites of
Special Scientific Interest (SSSIs) in the Peak District National Park, which
has considerable effect on events that can be held in these areas. Keeping the
event on Public Rights of Way(PRoW) within an SSSI’s, considerably eases the
process of gaining permission from Natural England (NE). For this reason this event does have limited
route choice with the main “off-piste” section being the difficult section from
Edale Rocks, through The Three Knolls to the ford on Broad Cough and then back up
to Cluther Rocks. The descent here is particularly difficult without any “trods”
though the thick heather and rocks.
Jacobs Ladder, is a very busy walkers route so
as a safety measure runners will be directed through the gate to follow the mountain
bike track to the bottom of Jacobs Ladder.
The Checkpoint at the top of Jacobs Ladder path (CP4) is only active for runners descending.
The Edale Rocks checkpoint is on the South Side beneath
the over-hang
All field boundaries, on this path must be
crossed using stiles. Please do not climb gates or jump walls (the local
landowners do look out for this). I have agreed that if people are not using
stiles, or damage stiles; this will result in disqualification. Our permission
to continue to run the event depends on the goodwill of local landowners.
This is a Category AL race. The route does
traverse high mountain terrain and weather conditions at this time of year may
be hostile. Weather is often unpredictable. Competitors should have experience
of this type of event and it is not suitable for novices. The route is a
combination of marked and unmarked paths. Navigational skills are required,
especially in mist, and prior knowledge an advantage - it’s all open to
recceing in advance. The kit list is mandatory and if you don’t have the
correct kit (including map and compass) please don’t try to take part.
If conditions are difficult on the day and/or
you don’t feel comfortable or confident in being able to be safe – don’t take
part or consider switching to the "baby" route.
Remember to be respectful of other people out on the hill and to look after one another. There will be other people out on Kinder so say hello if you can manage it.
Competitors MUST carry at least all of the following equipment regardless of the weather on the day:
a) Waterproof whole-body cover with taped seams, hat and gloves
b) Compass and map suitable for navigating the course
c) Whistle
d) Emergency food
The route will also be on show on the wall of the scout hut at registration if people want to mark their own maps up.
This is a fell race and the course is not flagged for the majority of the race. YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR YOUR OWN NAVIGATION AROUND THE COURSE. You need to provide your own map (and compass) and be able to navigate by it on your own even in bad visibility or bad weather.
Monitoring of competitors
At registration, you will be allocated a number which will be recorded out on the course, so please ensure it is clearly visible on your chest.
IMPORTANT!!!
If you retire at any point, after collecting your number, you must inform the race organizer and hand in your number at THE FINISH FUNNEL – YOURSELF, IN PERSON. This still applies even if you’ve told someone out on the hill or a marshal out on the course.
If this is not done the mountain rescue (MRT) may have to initiate a missing person search. Do not drop out and tell someone else, thinking they will inform race control or take your number back for you. This has happened before and MRT were out looking for someone who was in their friends’ car on the way home!
Checkpoints!
Race numbers must be clearly displayed at the ford at the bottom of Broad Clough. There is a three-hour-thirty (3:30) cut off at the bottom of Sandy Heys. Anybody arriving after that time will be required to head back to the finish.
Be respectful to the Marshals and Mountain Rescue Teams who are volunteering to support
your safety on the hill.
Prizes
In the previous three years I gave prizes for MU23, MSEN 1, MSEN 2, M40 ,M50, M60 & M70 plus the same for the women, so fourteen in total. I was never really happy with this as with the small fields in the race (often there may only be one person in a category) some runners were guaranteed a prize just by turning up while the third place male may get nothing. This was especially true on the women's side with so few women entering with the result that nearly every woman that has run over the previous years has won a prize.
I mentioned this to Pennine Committee members and was told that some races do allocate gender prizes in relation to the proportion of entries for each gender so I may have to think about that.
I have the added complication with two two races and until the races start I will have no idea how many are in each. I think this year I will just give prizes to the first “x” males and females in each race so that the total will be approx fourteen again. What “x” is I don’t know and it will be different for men and women and in each race.
I will still publish the category results as before.
Prize giving will probably be around 1430 in the Scout hut.
...and lastly, have a good run!
Patrick Barry - Pennine Fell Runners.
Email GroovyKinderLove@PennineFellRunners.co.uk
