Darley Moor duathlon September 20th

Darley Moor duathlon September 20th

Wirksworth’s Dave Spencer (pictured) and John Potter raced in the Darley Moor sprint duathlon this morning. The race had orginially been intended as a GBR Age-group qualifier before the COVID situation saw it ‘downgraded’ to a socailly distanced...
Carsington 7+ September 20th

Carsington 7+ September 20th

A windy Sunday morning saw three Wirksworth athletes competing in a sizeable field at the Carsington 7+ race, probably the biggest race most of us have seen all year, with over 420 finishers. Having negotiated some understandably rigorous Covid-safe logistics, the...
Peak Raid 3 – Win Hill and Lose Hill September 20th

Peak Raid 3 – Win Hill and Lose Hill September 20th

Five members of Wirksworth Running Club ventured out to Bamford to partake in the first Peak Raid 3 event of the Autumn series, 2020. With a few changes to the normal format, the socially distanced orienteering event was enjoyed by all. For Peter Johnston and Elaine...
Wirksworth’s segment champion, September 12th

Wirksworth’s segment champion, September 12th

Club league leader Graham Robinson was out and about on Saturday, running a hilly 27km.  Graham was checking out the league’s latest segment, Kate’s canter 5km, which he laid down a modest 28:01 marker on to attack next time out.  However, he also revisited...
Derby Sprint Triathlon September 13th

Derby Sprint Triathlon September 13th

Wirksworth’s John Potter ran in the Derby Sprint triathlon this morning.  There were some very good triathletes in the race but John managed to run himself into 11th overall, in a time of 56:49, which was enough to win his age group. There were 247 finishers in...