Ricky’s Race August 12th 2021

Ricky’s Race August 12th 2021

Four WRC runners raced the 2021 Ricky‘s Race at Darley Bridge on Thursday 12th August.  Caroline and Clare were on day 2 of their epic three day fell race trilogy having raced the perilously steep Eccles Pike the previous evening and racing Hob Hurst’s House Race at...
Heanor BDL (COVID Special) Heanor – August 2nd

Heanor BDL (COVID Special) Heanor – August 2nd

Report by Adam Leighton WRC were out in club colours once again on a pleasant Tuesday evening race meet. Heanor RC were our kind hosts for the COVID special BDL event of 2021. Plenty of runners turned out with big numbers from the usual suspects: Heanor RC, Matlock...
Parkrun report, 7th August

Parkrun report, 7th August

Another good turnout by Wirksworth members at Markeaton this week, as Liz Abrahams pictured running at the recent Belper relay event set down a 25:54 marker on her maiden parkrun.  Chris Hubbard (27:22) and Zack Hubbard (24:53) also put in solid performances. On the...
Parkrun report, 31st July

Parkrun report, 31st July

A whopping 8 Wirksworth members ran at Markeaton on Saturday and we did rather well.  None of us cycled there this week, mainly due to various other commitments, which perhaps left our legs fresh to power on through the slightly muggy conditions.  Our members’...
Brassington Hill Race, 29th July

Brassington Hill Race, 29th July

Repoirt by Lewis Glover Thought I’d drop a few lines to everyone following the Brassington hill race, a great event and well attended by around 200 runners, mostly young fit girls and boys clearly eager after the empty event calendar of the past 18 months, to...
Thunder run 2021, 24th July

Thunder run 2021, 24th July

Report by Peter Johnston It’s getting increasingly rare that there’s something that is a completely new challenge for me, but as I entered Lap 15 and the 88th mile of the 2021 Thunder Run, that’s exactly what was happening. In 2019, I entered this...