Nov 10, 2019 | Running
Sunday BDL commitments meant that only a couple of WRC members made it to the parkrun start line this week, both of them at Bakewell. Mark Crawshaw was nowhere near full throttle yet still clocked 20:28. John Potter pushed his daughter, Jennifer, out and back in...
Nov 3, 2019 | Running
Bad weather and a rugby world cup final kept the numbers down at quite a few parkruns this week but WRC members were still out and about, running extremely well. Excitingly, we start in Kiev (pictured), where Mark Crawshaw continued his fine recent running form with...
Oct 21, 2019 | Running
Tanya Rountree starred this week with a course PB of 26:27 at Bakewell. This was only 3 seconds off her lifetime PB, which she also recorded this year, at Markeaton. Meanwhile, John Potter was down at his old stomping grounds in St Albans, Hertfordshire. It had been...
Oct 13, 2019 | Running
With many WRC members saving themselves for Sunday’s BDL race or other races, the turnout at parkrun this week was low. This didn’t stop it being a pretty amazing week for Wirksworth. Lewis Glover (pictured) internationally plugged our small but mighty...
Oct 6, 2019 | Running
Not too much to report this week from local parkruns. Sarah Chamberlain ran well again, this week back at Markeaton with 28:07, whilst John Potter cycled to Bakewell to clock 18:32, which was enough for 3rd place. Steph Solomon was at the Woodhouse Moor parkrun in...
Sep 29, 2019 | Running
A whopping 8 WRC members headed down to Shipley Park to try out the course there. If you fancy a bit more of a challenge to your parkrun, Shipley is a good course – it’s mainly trail, undulating slightly with a few twists and turns, the main event is a 5%... 
