Sep 5, 2021 | Running
Three Wirksworth runners took part in the WIlne 10km today. Peter Johnston (41:43), Dave Spencer (43:06) and John Potter (39:30) all put in solid runs and were pleased with their performances, particularly Dave, who had trained very hard for the event and hence got...
Sep 3, 2021 | Running
Report by Bethan Nadin The Welsh 3000s, or the 14 or 15 peaks challenge depending how you count it, is a 50km one-way route in North Wales (Snowdonia) typically navigated from South to North taking in the 15 summits over 3000ft. The route includes approximately 4000m...
Aug 29, 2021 | Running
Most of the Wirksworth parkrun contingent were at Alvaston this week and there were some cracking runs. Mark Crawshaw secured his first sub-20 5km in a while with 19:58 and Dave Spencer wasn’t far behing him with 20:17. Simon Edwards 22:18, Brian Clements...
Aug 23, 2021 | Triathlon
Wirksworth’s Chad Bean and John Potter took part in the Ashbourne Sprint Tri on Sunday. The race consisted of a 400m pool swim, a 17km undulating bike ride and a 5km out-and-back on a section of the Tissington trail. The standard was very high but John and Chad...
Aug 22, 2021 | Running
Four Wirksworth runners were at Markeaton this week and they all ran very well. Liz Abrahams clocked a 24:52 PB, Dave Spencer is nearly back to his best with 20:39 and Adam Leighton ran a brilliant 21:45 but sadly forgot his bar code. John Potter pushed round... 
