Well done to our league winners for this year! After a hotly contested final few weeks, the results were as follows: Ladies 1st - Tanya R 2nd - Kate W 3rd - Helen M   Mens 1st - Steve E 2nd - Graham R 3rd - Danny M   Well done...

By Peter Johnston Earlier this year (May 2024) I finally entered a relatively new race format for the first time. The ‘Backyard Ultra’ is the brainchild of Lazarus Lake (of Barkley Marathons fame), where competitors make their way around a 4.167 mile course every...

By Lewis Glover Wirksworth Running Club made its mark on the first Derby Runner BDL of the season! The weather was kind for the opening race of the 2024-25 winter season for which 260 runners had donned their respective club tops and headed over to Shipley Park. Our...

By Mark Crawshaw 98 runners joined Wirksworth Running Club’s Stuart Learmouth Undulator race this year at Stoney Wood on the club’s 20th anniversary.  The original route designer from the club Russel Morgan joined for the race’s twelfth running.  The recent weather...

Can you believe our lovely little club is turning 20! That’s 20 years of socialising, support, enjoying a range of weathers, with a bit of running thrown in too! We celebrated the club’s birthday with some relays in the rain! A 5k loop completed in teams of 4, making...

On a hot, sunny Monday evening in late July, it was time for us to tackle the Bonsall Carnival Fun Run! Representing Wirksworth, we had Chris, Mark, Kate, Liz, Phil, Sue, Kat, Lewis and Andy. Some first timers, some seasoned fun-runners. The course was back to its...