Dec 7, 2020 | Running
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...
Oct 24, 2020 | Running
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...
Oct 5, 2020 | Running
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...
Sep 30, 2020 | Running
Stef Brassington continued her impressive comeback from giving birth this week on Kate’s canter, a 5km segment in the WRC club league which she ran in 22:42. Only 3 runners have completed the segment but Stef has taken top spot for now, and these 3 points have...
Sep 20, 2020 | Running
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...
Sep 20, 2020 | Running
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... 
