Oct 17, 2021 | Running
Five Wirksworth runners were involved in Sunday’s Derby 10km race. Wirksworth’s fastest runner, Chris Sleath, finished 5th overall in the race, in an astonishing time of 32:48. Dave Spencer continued his fine form with 42:21, Stef Brassington ran a very...
Oct 5, 2021 | Running
Report by Simon Edwards A bright and breezy Sunday morning greeted a full team of four WRC women and eight men to the first Derby Runner BDL Cross County of the season at Shipley Park. In spite of the previous day’s rain, the race took place on a relatively benign...
Oct 5, 2021 | Running
Wirksworth’s Elaine Stone finished 48th overall in the Eyam half marathon on Sunday, in a time of 1:45:41, earning her 3rd place female and a comfortable win in her age category. Another smashing performance!
Oct 5, 2021 | Running
Wirksworth had two runners in this year’s London marathon. Ania Ames (pictured) ran round in 4:01:24 – the windy conditions on the day were not kind enough to allow Ania to duck under the 4-hour mark but Ania was rightly pleased with her performance...
Oct 5, 2021 | Running
We had a massive turnout at Shipley this week and some great results too. Wirksworth’s Georgia-Mai Walker (27:29), Sarah Chamberlain (29:07), Rachel Hathaway (29:40), Ruth Calvbert (29:05), and Tanya Rountree (29:46) all beat the 30-min mark on the tough hilly...
Oct 5, 2021 | Running
Report by Peter Johnston When I started running in 2009, seriously overweight and unable to even jog a mile without pulling up in agony, it was the marathon that enticed me out. That year, I’d secured a place in London and went from a standing start to a 3:58...
Sep 26, 2021 | Running
Wirksworth’s David Brassington and Ruth Miller were running for us this weekend in the Robin Hood half marathon in Nottingham. Both ran superbly, David clocking 1:32:58 and Ruth (pictured) ducked under 2 hours with 1:58:19. Ruth was “well chuffed”!...
Sep 26, 2021 | Running
We were all at Markeaton this week, where the top story is Georgia Mai-Wlaker’s PB of 27:11. Not only was this Georgia’s best time at Markeaton, it was a lifetime 5km PB for her – well done, Georgia! Mark Crawshaw’s 20:15 was pretty sharp too...
Sep 19, 2021 | Running
Three Wirksworth runners took part in the Carisngton 7+ today and ran really well. Dave Spencer (53:31), Georgia Mai-Walker (1:14:00) and Emma Tink (1:30:56). Well done all! On Saturday, a few of us were at various pakruns around the country. Rafael Abrahams ran...
Sep 16, 2021 | Running
We start this week’s report on the road because Stef Brassington (pictured at the Belper relays earlier this year) picked up her second parkrun victory in as many parkruns on Saturday, at the Milford Waterfront parkrun. Stef ran round in 22:38, just in front of... 
