Tour of Bradwell Winter Half, 12th February

Tour of Bradwell Winter Half, 12th February

Report by Graham Robinson On Saturday 12th February Olly Pratten, Elaine Stone, Beth Nadin and I joined a field of 180 other runners on the Tour of Bradwell Winter Half.  This unmarked 28km route with an overall ascent of 1km, was my first proper fell race. It tested...
Markrun

Markrun

Wirksworth’s Mark Crawshaw recently clocked up his 50th parkrun, well done, Mark! Whilst the weekly parkrun reports have been slowing down (sorry!), Mark’s parkrun attendance has been speeding up.  Mark has run at the Monsal Trail parkrun every week for the last 4...
Parkrun, January 29th

Parkrun, January 29th

Wirksworth members ran at Markeaton, Monsal Trail and Crystal Palace this weekend. At the Monsal Trail parkrun, Simon Edwards (pictured at a recent BDL) ran a solid 21:26 with Mark Crawshaw just ahead of him, also running strongly in 21:08. Seb Hardy (24:00), Laura...
Parkrun, January 29th

WRC hit the heights in Notts, 16th January

Report by Simon Edwards Whilst not the highest point in Nottinghamshire, that accolade belongs to the spoil tip above the Five Pits Trail in Teversal where the summer BDL sometimes alights, Bramcote Hills provided a stern test for all runners at last week’s...
2021 Handicap club league

2021 Handicap club league

Wirksworth Running Club’s 2021 league season finished on Sunday 28th November after 11 months of hard-fought contests in both the women’s and men’s races.  Each had a slightly different story in terms of the type of runners that finished top, showing...
Ilkeston BDL race, 5th December

Ilkeston BDL race, 5th December

Report by Graham Robinson December’s installment of BDL excitement saw the intrepid WRC heading to the wilds of Ilkeston to brave the 7.6km (sounds more impressive than the equivalent 4.7 miles) cross-country course. Race organisers had reported in advance...