Thanks to a bit of peer pressure we managed to muster a team of 10 staff and friends to do our annual 21 mile Nine Edges run. With awful forecast of mist and rain we finished work at 17:30 and headed down to Fairholmes at Ladybower. This allowed us to start running up into the clag at 18:00.
Once up on the first edge (Derwent) we realised that it was going to be slow going. You could only see 3-4 metres at times and, due to the amount of rain, it was very muddy. Thanks to our friends Wingy and Janet we had some support along the way to ease the pain. Big thanks to John at Lyon Outdoor for his company and the loan of the very necessary Petzl Nao and Tikka RXP headtorches.
Our first checkpoint was at the A57 just before heading up towards Stanage End. We fuelled up on Jelly Babies and water. The next section was slow going. Rain, very thick mist and mud resulted in us slipping and sliding along Stanage Edge to our next checkpoint, Burbage North.
Several edges later we eventually arrived at the finish line, The Robin Hood pub at Birchen. The pub was closed by this point but we're no fools; we had some beers prepared for just this situation. It took us 5 hours, a bit longer than usual despite the conditions it wasn't a bad effort. Not exactly what you would call fun, but definitely type 2 fun!