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By Lewis Glover A large field of runners presented themselves at the old train platform near to the Teversal Park visitor centre for the start of the first race of the Derby Runner BDL 2025 summer season. Unlike April 2024, the weather had been untypically dry,...

Saturday morning dawned cold but bright - perfect conditions for a long trail run! I parked up in Otley and navigated my way to the Scout Hut for registration. I had opted for the 20 mile version of the event, although there was a half marathon, 34 mile and 50 mile...

By Lewis Glover Although there was a smaller total number of collective club runners than previous years at 167, the Wirksworth team were raring to go for one of the favourite courses of the winter season with Holmebrook park presenting its usual typical 'dampish'...

By Graham Robinson With weather conditions freezing but at least dry, January's Derby Runner BDL X country saw a healthy club turnout for the penultimate run of the winter series. Could be strong New Year's resolutions, the promise of Kat's incredible post run treats...

Ilkeston Winter BDL 2024 by Gavin Stewart The Ilkeston Winter BDL proved to be a true test of grit and determination, as WRC runners battled through challenging conditions to secure impressive results. The morning of race number 3 in the winter season series made for...

James Watson heads north and finds hills and haggis pies….

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...

By Graham Robinson Saturday 6th of July saw a dozen of our club runners attend Belper Running Club’s Derwent River Relays. 4-person teams tackled the 4.5km, mixed terrain laps. These started at the Meadows Sports Club, routed through fields, a short stretch of...

By Graham Robinson There were two major sporting events taking place on Wednesday 10th July. A football semi-final somewhere in Germany and Matlock Athletic Club’s Black Rocks Fell Race. The latter consisting of a super 10km+ race, which climbs 260m in total, and is...

First Marathon for Liz Last year I decided to sign up for my first marathon and chose the Ian Milne White Peak event, put on by Matlock Athletics Club. I was joined in the event with Kathy doing the full, Chris and Raf signing up for the Swift Half, and Ania and...

By Elaine Stone The Eyam Half Marathon The Eyam half marathon took place last Sunday and myself along with Glenn, Graham and Steve were all there representing WRC. The route is very scenic with views over 5 counties. It is also quite tough and challenging as it has...

By Graham Robinson Matlock AC hosted May's entry in the summer BDL league in Cromford. The WRC faithful met in the bright evening sunshine to discuss coping strategies regarding how best to tackle the infamous 130m incline from Highpeak Junction; Mind games to...