Markeaton was cancelled this week, so 3 Wirksworth runners headed to the fast Long Eaton course, where it was very hot by 9am already! Despite the heat, John Potter ran a lifetime PB of 18:06, which he was thrilled to bits with. Both Mark Crawshaw and Dave Spencer...
Report by Lewis Glover Whilst this was my fourth participation at the Tunnels and Trails event, it was my first 10K stint, as all my previous entries had been in the fun run with my daughter Fleur. In fact this was my first official 10k event of any type! It has to be...
More course PBs this week at Bakewell, Bob King and Tanya Rountree both ran superbly off the back of the WRC sports day. Bob’s 19:26 was only 2 seconds off his best ever parkrun, which he achieved on the much easier course at York. So, Bob is surely starting...
The first ever Wirksworth Running Club Summer Sports Day was held on June 15th, 2019 at the Moorways Stadium in Derby. An amazing time was had by all as we split off into 3 teams and raced each other. The events were 3,000m, 200m team relay, 800m heats, 1,500m, 400m...
Wirksworth was represented by 5 runners at the Derby half marathon on Sunday 9th June. The weather was good for a longer distance race, dry with broken sunshine but not too warm. The race now starts and finishes near the cathedral in the city centre after having been...
Sunday race commitments (notably the Derby half marathon) and the odd cold here and there meant that just three Wirksworth runners went to Bakewell this week, where there was a massive 56-second course PB for Jo Butt. Jo’s 28:56 made her previous best there...