Parkrun report December 29th

Parkrun report December 29th

The final parkrun of 2018 and Wirksworth runners finished with a flourish.  Our star runner this week was Tanya Rountree, with a massive lifetime PB at the Swansea Bay parkrun, 26:28, a whopping 1 minute 50 seconds faster than her previous best – in this form,...
Parkrun report December 29th

Christmas Day Parkrun report

A few Wirksworth members made it out on Christmas morning.  Steph Solomon got a course PB at York with 23:56, Mark Crawshaw ran an impressive 20:27 through the mud at Corby, and John Potter whacked on a 25-minute volunteer vest over his Santa onesie at Northampton to...
Parkrun report December 29th

Parkrun report 22nd December

Wirksworth members were a bit scattered on the Saturday leading to Christmas with Dave Spencer (21:17 at Markeaton) and Chris GIllot (22:45 at Bakewell) staying at home.  Chris is returning from an injury, so watch out for him next year in the club league! On the...
Parkrun report December 29th

Parkrun report December 15th

After the sheer carnage of the Wirksworth running club Christmas party, most would be forgiven for staying in bed on a Saturday morning where the temperature outside was 0 degrees!  However, a handful of hard runners were out in force at Markeaton, braving the cold,...

Bolsover 10km December 9th

Dave Spencer and John Potter both ran well in the Bolsover 10km, a popular event with 832 runners completing the course this year.  The course is gently undulating yet still seems to produce fast times.  John’s 38:38 was a PB and earned him 43rd place. ...
BDL Bakewell – 2 12 2018

BDL Bakewell – 2 12 2018

Last week’s soggy Bakewell BDL looks like the last on that course as the showground have apparently sold the hillside.  Wirksworth lads celebrated with 8th place in the team rankings beating the much bigger Long Eaton team.  Eva and Emma Roberts put in a great...