Jul 26, 2021 | Running
Report by Peter Johnston It’s getting increasingly rare that there’s something that is a completely new challenge for me, but as I entered Lap 15 and the 88th mile of the 2021 Thunder Run, that’s exactly what was happening. In 2019, I entered this...
Jul 25, 2021 | Triathlon
Wirksworth’s John Potter raced in the Locko Park sprint triathlon on Sunday. There were a handful of very high quality triathletes in the race, with some very fast times but John finished 12th, towards the top end of the next bunch. The swim for this triathlon...
Jul 24, 2021 | Running
The long wait for an official parkrun was finally over this morning and 3 Wirksworth runners went down to Markeaton to celebrate. Mark Crawshaw took it easy and went round in 27:45 whilst James Watson’s 23:12 was a bit more of an effort – James had cycled...
Jul 21, 2021 | Running
Report by Elaine Stone Me running 100k in a day???? I would never have believed it possible up until a few weeks ago. I entered Race to the Stones nearly 2 years ago after completing the Snowdonia Marathon. I was still on a high and therefore pressed...
Jul 19, 2021 | Running
Wirksworth runnning club’s fourth 1-mile relay race replaced normal Monday night training this week, with 21 club members out in force, either refereeing the race (thank you Bob King and Paul Chirstmas!) or running a mile as fast as they posssibly could on the... 
