Jan 26, 2019 | Running
First to Markeaton, where Elaine Stone set herself a very respectable marker of 24:36, smashing her intended first target of 25 minutes – there’s much more too to come from Elaine this year. John Potter’s 18:52 was close enough to his Markeaton PB,...
Jan 19, 2019 | Running
Five Wirksworth runners made a late call to run at Markeaton instead of Bakewell because of the snow, and what a good decision it was for James Watson, who ran a course PB of 21:52, catapulting him into the lead in the parkrun section of the club league. John Potter...
Jan 12, 2019 | Running
Wirksworth runners scattered themselves about locally again this week, when windy conditions made it very hard to race our absolute best times. First to the Whitworth Thread, where Bob King (20:03), Mark Crawshaw (20:18) and Chris Gillot (22:11) all put in solid...
Jan 5, 2019 | Running
The Wirksworth parkrun faithful chose Bakewell to do battle this week. Star runner this week, Bob King, course PB 19:36 and edging bit by bit towards that 19:30 mark (something he’s already achieved at York it should be said). Not far behind Bob, we’re...
Jan 2, 2019 | Running
As Ancestry.com keep trying to get me to have my DNA analysed, I thought I’d save them the trouble. I’m middle aged with 3 young children and a “project” house. Occasionally, very occasionally, I have some energy left and I like to go running. This makes Wirksworth...
Jan 1, 2019 | Running
Happy New Year! The 1st day of 2019 saw a new venue and a new course for Dave Denton’s annual New Year’s Day Hangover road race. Relocated to the Bull’s Head at Belper Lane End, the new 4.8 mile route takes in an undulating downhill 1st mile before a... 
