Report by Simon Edwards A newish local fell run, the Higham Hill Race, was attended by three WRC members last Tuesday. At just over 4 miles the route cut a figure of eight loop, with a mixture of brambly woods, open fields, some road sections and a steep climb that...
Race Report: Adam Leighton Dark & White’s first round of the 2022 Spring Trail Run Series kicked off from the village of Castleton on Sunday 6th March. The series features 3 races with an option of a long (14-17km) or short (5-8km) courses run over scenic off...
Wirksworth’s Stef Brassington finished 15th overall, 4th female and comfortably winning her age group in the Carsington Water 10km on Sunday, in a time of 48:00. Alex Howard ran a very impressive 1:45:34 in the half marathon, which secured him 44th place in a...
Report by Simon Edwards Reflections on the BDL Cross Country Winter League. Firstly, we should acknowledge that it is the Derby Runner BDL Winter League and thanks to the aforementioned running shop, who took over sponsorship of the event from Louis Booth (Painter...
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...
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...
