How far is the Regular Irregular?

The Regular Irregular offers 3 distances: 11.6 Mile Loop (18.7 km), 7.2 Mile Loop (11.6 km), 4.2 Mile Loop (6.8 km).

Is the Regular Irregular course marked?

No. The Regular Irregular is not a marked course. You are expected to navigate it yourself.

What are the cut-offs for the Regular Irregular?

Overall time limits — 11.6 Mile Loop: 9h, 7.2 Mile Loop: 9h, 4.2 Mile Loop: 9h. 9 hours for as many loops as you choose.

When is the next Regular Irregular?

Sat, 12 Dec 2026, 08:30. Entries open.

LDWA The Irregulars The Regular Irregular

Brockholes Village Hall, HolmfirthSat, 12 Dec 2026

Loops of 11.6, 7.2 and 4.2 miles round the Holmfirth hills from Brockholes, as many or as few as you like, nine hours, tea and toast to start and a meal to finish.

Distance	Ascent	Per km
11.6 Mile Loop	—	—
7.2 Mile Loop	—	—
4.2 Mile Loop	—	—

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No reviews of the Regular Irregular, and nothing on what people wore. Both are things no organiser publishes and every runner wants before they enter — how it actually went, and what was on your feet.

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Pick your distance

9h cut-off, which needs 28:56/km

What you’re in for

Loops of 11.6, 7.2 and 4.2 miles round the Holmfirth hills from Brockholes, as many or as few as you like inside nine hours, with tea and toast to start and a meal to finish. Mid-December. An LDWA challenge event, which means walkers and runners together, a route description to navigate by rather than tape, checkpoints with food and drink, and a meal at the end. Entry is through the LDWA's own system, places are limited, and the ones in this list tend to fill early.

Terrain and trail

Pennine field path, lane and moor edge above the Holme valley — steep in places, muddy in December, and repeated if you go for the big total. A trail shoe.

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Cut-offs

9 hours for as many loops as you choose.

Train for it: routes near the start

Routes starting within 20 km of Brockholes Village Hall, Holmfirth, nearest first. Each one has a free GPX file and a TRP grade, so you can rehearse the ground before race day.

HARD

Stairway to Heaven from Wessenden

13.8km · 342m climb · Loop · 5.3km away

The stepped pull out of Wessenden that gives the route its name delivers you straight onto the roof of the moor, with the whole reservoir valley dropping away behind you in one go.

VERY HARD

Holme Moss to Snailsden and Britland Edge Hill

10.4km · 155m climb · Loop · 8.9km away

It packs a genuine sense of wilderness into ten kilometres - trackless peat, two rarely-visited tops and the huge radio mast of Holme Moss as your landmark all the way round.

HARD

Easter Gate, March Haigh and Black Moss Reservoirs

16.8km · 349m climb · Loop · 10km away

You string together three reservoirs and a stretch of the Pennine Way on quiet moor tracks, with the whole of Marsden Moor opening out around you and almost nobody else about.

HARD

Marsden 10 Mile Challenge

16.4km · 357m climb · Loop · 11km away

It is the whole of Marsden Moor in one loop - Wessenden, Standedge and the reservoir chain - on ground that carries centuries of packhorse and canal history, and you can run it door to door from the train.

HARD

Langsett to Margery Hill and High Stones

18.3km · 343m climb · Loop · 12km away

You start on an easy reservoir track through pine woods and end up on the remotest tops in the county, at High Stones and Margery Hill, with the Howden and Derwent moors rolling away empty in every direction.

HARD

Black Hill and Crowden Little Brook Loop

14.4km · 426m climb · Loop · 14km away

Black Hill's peat-black plateau feels as remote as anywhere in the Peak, and the return along the edge above Laddow Rocks is some of the best moor-edge running in the north.

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How to enter

Sat, 12 Dec 2026 · Entries open · £12–£15

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Common questions

: The Regular Irregular offers 3 distances: 11.6 Mile Loop (18.7 km), 7.2 Mile Loop (11.6 km), 4.2 Mile Loop (6.8 km).
: No course file for the Regular Irregular yet, so there's no measured climb here. When LDWA The Irregulars publish one, this fills in.
: Not graded yet. A TRP grade is worked out from distance and climb measured off the course file, and there isn't one for the Regular Irregular yet.
: No. The Regular Irregular is not a marked course. You are expected to navigate it yourself.
: We don't hold a compulsory kit list for the Regular Irregular. LDWA The Irregulars confirm mandatory kit in their race information, usually in the final instructions.
: Overall time limits — 11.6 Mile Loop: 9h, 7.2 Mile Loop: 9h, 4.2 Mile Loop: 9h. 9 hours for as many loops as you choose.
: We don't hold a checkpoint list for the Regular Irregular. What's on the table varies a lot between races, so check the LDWA The Irregulars race information rather than turning up expecting food.
: Not yet — we don't hold a course file for the Regular Irregular. Some organisers only send the GPX to entrants. If we get one, it goes up free, with no sign-up.
: Sat, 12 Dec 2026, 08:30. Entries open.