Feb 24, 2019 | Running
Four Wirksworth members took part at Carsington Water this weekend, with two races happening on both the Saturday and the Sunday. The 10km course was an out-and-back from the main visitor centre, through the Sheepwash car park and out to a turnaround marshal at 5km. ...
Feb 23, 2019 | Running
Back to Markeaton this week for the Wirksworth massive, and more great results. A 26-second course PB for Dave Spencer, who clocked 20:35, and a 12-second PB for James Watson, who romped home in 21:40, after having spent the morning flashing his legs on the main road...
Feb 18, 2019 | Running
A fantastic turnout this week! We start at Bakewell, where Bob King (19:31) and Rachel Hathaway (27:08 with Betsy) both ran course PBs! Rachel’s time was impressively over a minute quicker than her previous best (28:15 with Jango) – she remains the only...
Feb 13, 2019 | Running
I ran this race last year so I thought I knew what I was letting myself into BUT I failed to spot the organisers had added a few more bonus miles for luck. Note to self – read the small print! After a thorough kit check, c.120 people set off at 10 am and ran round the...
Feb 9, 2019 | Running
A windy weekend and a next-day BDL commitment kept many Wirksworth runners away from parkrun this week but there were a few who made it along to one. We start with the Whitworth Thread, where Chris Gillot (pictured as a man who means business) ran a strong 22:10...
Feb 3, 2019 | Running
The parkrun report is a bit thin on the ground this week, something that couldn’t be said for the snow and ice that caused all of our local parkruns to be cancelled. Desperate for his parkrun fix, John Potter (pictured with his family, Laura and Jennifer) made... 
