May 4, 2019 | Running
The big news this week comes on the road at the Marshall Drive Parkrun in Brotton, North Yorkshire, where Bob King wore his vest proudly into the silver medal slot with 20:27. This is Bob’s highest ever placing at a parkrun and, in the form he’s in,...
Apr 20, 2019 | Running
Top performances all round this week… The Watsons got on their bikes and headed south to Markeaton. Kate, jumped off and ran a course PB of 23:11, an absolutely outstanding one minute 29 seconds better than her previous best and catapulting her into 3rd place...
Apr 15, 2019 | Running
Sunday 14th April saw David Denton’s annual Peat Pit Woods fell race take place, moved forward by one week from its usual Easter Sunday slot due to a clash with another race this year. The race is a short and lively undulating route of two laps around Shining...
Apr 14, 2019 | Running
Not too many results to report this week at parkrun. Mark Crawshaw ran strongly again, this week he was at the Whitworth Thread, coming home in 20:57. James Watson and John Potter cycled to Bakewell – James was pleased with his course PB of 21:56 (probably...
Apr 6, 2019 | Running
It was chilly but sunny and peaceful at Markeaton this week, where four Wirksworth runners put in an appearance. Brian Clements ran the race of his life – 23:45 was a course PB and saw him regain top spot in the parkrun section of the club league. James Watson...
Mar 30, 2019 | Running
It was a beautiful sunny Saturday morning in Wirksworth – a great day for a fast run, so we headed to the Bakewell parkrun this week, where we greeted by… eh? a corridor of mist! Star man this week was Dave Spencer, who batted his Bakewell best out of the...