Feb 2014
11:33am, 7 Feb 2014
15 posts
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Northern Monkey
I realise this is a big ask but I need a flat route in Sheffield! I need at least a mile loop so that I can run my MP miles on something flat. There doesn't seem to be anything even remotely unhilly near where I live (Crookes). Ideally need something I can run in the dark after work but can run in the morning if it's a route that needs daylight. I know hills are good for me but for this one session I need a flatter route. Thanks for any advice.
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Feb 2014
11:45am, 7 Feb 2014
6,191 posts
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simbil
I lived in Crookes many many years ago, I think Rivelin Valley Road and Holme Lane was flattish. You've got to head for the rivers
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Feb 2014
11:46am, 7 Feb 2014
1,214 posts
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monsenb1
good luck, lived there for 18 months and every run i did involved a hill, saying that you could go run down somewhere in don valley its pretty flat down there..say between the stadium and meadowhall..or laps of endcliffe park which isnt pancaske flat, but as flat as you can get in Sheffield.
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Feb 2014
11:47am, 7 Feb 2014
7,215 posts
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Joopsy
Eccleshall road is flat or run out of the city towards Hillsborough.
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Feb 2014
11:52am, 7 Feb 2014
1,215 posts
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monsenb1
eccy road doesn't feel flat during the sheffield half
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Feb 2014
1:57pm, 7 Feb 2014
16 posts
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Northern Monkey
Thanks for the suggestions, I'll give those routes a try. I know the hills are going to do wonders for my running (just keep repeating 'hills are my friend....hills are my friend...').
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Feb 2014
1:59pm, 7 Feb 2014
10,668 posts
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McGoohan
Round the lake at that Rother Valley Country Park thing?
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Feb 2014
9:36pm, 7 Feb 2014
250 posts
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Plodder54
Sheffield, one thing in common with Rome .....it's surrounded by seven hills !
I was also going to suggest Rother Valley Country Park .
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Feb 2014
9:58pm, 7 Feb 2014
6,023 posts
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rf_fozzy
Rivelin Valley Rd is flat, so is the Don Valley - Don Valley bowl might be a reasonable location for reps if memory serves, Endcliffe Park is also flat.
Also Abbeydale road is flat.
Hillsborough Park is relatively flat and big enough for mile reps.
Will think about some other places.
I did my MP reps and runs on the track (which is easily the best place - is Woodburn Rd open yet?) or just on bumpy (not hilly roads) - I don't think pancake flat is always necessarily necessary for MP stuff - most Marathons, even if they're flat, aren't pancake flat (London isn't for example)
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Feb 2014
10:36pm, 7 Feb 2014
921 posts
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Craig_
NM - from Crookes you've got a few nice options but you will have to do a little bit of uphill/downhill to get to anywhere flat in Sheffield.
The two flattest parts of Sheffield are the valley bottoms - Don Valley (Brightside Lane/Attercliffe Rd/The Canal - generally industrial) or Penistone Road (out to Hillsborough then Middlewood Road out towards Oughtibridge). Both very flat, big pavements/cycle-paths, well-lit, easy to create loops, but pretty boring.
Another option is Fulwood Road and Ecclesall Road - much nicer scenery, well lit, less traffic etc. You could do out and backs but I think loop(s) would be nicer.
But my favourite, would be to drop down to Malin Bridge, then head out to Damflask reservoir via Loxely Road. The street lights stop about halfway so it's either a daytime route, headtorch or wait a few months til it brightens up - but it is a very good route. It's basically the Percy Pud route.
Damflask has both a trail path and road around it that are pancake flat - but as I say you will need to tackle the hilly bits to get there (unless you drive), but I always liked the decent to malin bridge, then the climb up Loxley (as a warm-up) before hitting the flat bit - which is about 8 miles in total, or Damflask is a nice 3 mile loop.
And before people ask, yes, Loxley valley is where Robin of Loxley aka Robin Hood was born.
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