Report by James Watson On Sunday 27th December, 25 of us turned out for a welcome shot of beautiful winter sunshine at Carsington Water. Five groups (maximum 6 in each group) set off from Sheepwash car park and splodged around the reservoir, with two of the groups...
Sunday 29th November proved to be arguably the most exciting finish ever to Wirksworth’s club league! Like most things in life, the league was thrown into turmoil in March 2020 when the Coronavirus crisis and subsequent national lockdown meant that races were...
2020 has not been a great year for anyone but Wirksworth’s Tanya Rountree can tell us why in 2020 the running club made her smile. Tanya was diagnosed with breast cancer in October 2019. So for her, 2020 was about completing her treatment and then running the road...
Wirksworth’s Peter Johnston capped off a brilliant year of running at the weekend with a time of 3 hours 19 minutes 40 seconds at the Oulton Park marathon. Peter is well on course to achieve his 2020 miles target for 2020 – the only thing that has stopped...
Wirksorth’s Elaine Stone put together a fantastic performance today on the Langdale Half Marathon in the Lake District. Here is Elaine’s report: Here’s a photo of me about to set off on the Langdale Half Marathon in the Lake District. Just in case you’re...
Report by Elaine Stone If you fancy setting yourself the challenge of running a half marathon, then why not have a go at The Masked Rat? This is otherwise known as The Eyam half marathon, which should have taken place in May but, of course, was postponed and then...
