The Gun Run was last run in 2024. At present there are no plans to host this event from 2025 onwards.
The race HQ was Swythamley & Heaton Community Centre, Gun End, Swythamley, near Leek SK11 0SJ, Grid reference: 965 682
Distance: 9.9 km / 6.2 miles, Climb: 250 m / 820 ft. Minimum age: 16
Male record: Allen Bunyan – 43:00 – 2022
Female record: Kristy Gill – 52:13 – 2022
All proceeds were donated to Staffordshire Wildlife Trust for restoration of Gun Hill and the Staffordshire Moorlands.
August 2022
Thanks again for entering our race. We hope you ‘had a good time’, whether or not you ‘did a good time’.
70 folk set off and 70 folk came back, all in one piece and mostly having enjoyed themselves over the course, accurately measured at six Yorkshire miles (other units of measurement are available…).
As far as I know no-one got too lost. Having ‘a not too hilly or technical’ fell race sometimes makes it a bit harder for the out and out fell runners, a bit easier for the fast and flat speed merchants, and so it proved, with places changing throughout the race.
Many thanks to all the marshals, timekeepers, and to Jo, Tony and Michael for helping me mark the course, Wendy and Matt for sweeping, and to expert race starter William for setting you all off (and his mum Emma for allowing him to stop up late).
Julian Brown
The 2023 Gun Run was held on Wed 17 May 2023, 19:15 start, from Swythamley & Heaton Community Centre, Gun End, Swythamley, near Leek SK11 0SJ, Grid reference: 965 682
Distance: 9.9 km / 6.2 miles, Climb: 250 m / 820 ft. Minimum age: 16
Male record: Allen Bunyan – 43:00 – 2022
Female record: Kristy Gill – 52:13 – 2022
Second running, on a new route, after a few years’ absence,.
Trail, fell, road: nothing too technical and something for all !
All proceeds went to Staffordshire Wildlife Trust for restoration of Gun Hill and the Staffordshire Moorlands.
Free post-race tea and coffee: cakes and other refreshments available !
No guns (or gnus) please.
Julian Brown
