Aug 9, 2021 | Running
Another good turnout by Wirksworth members at Markeaton this week, as Liz Abrahams pictured running at the recent Belper relay event set down a 25:54 marker on her maiden parkrun. Chris Hubbard (27:22) and Zack Hubbard (24:53) also put in solid performances. On the...
Aug 2, 2021 | Triathlon
Report by John Potter I love Wirksworth. I’ve loved it since the moment I decided to live here just over 5 years ago. I love the community feel you get from just living here and the tranquil feel you get from walking round the town and the friendly people who...
Aug 1, 2021 | Running
A whopping 8 Wirksworth members ran at Markeaton on Saturday and we did rather well. None of us cycled there this week, mainly due to various other commitments, which perhaps left our legs fresh to power on through the slightly muggy conditions. Our members’...
Jul 29, 2021 | Running
Repoirt by Lewis Glover Thought I’d drop a few lines to everyone following the Brassington hill race, a great event and well attended by around 200 runners, mostly young fit girls and boys clearly eager after the empty event calendar of the past 18 months, to...
Jul 26, 2021 | Running
Report by Peter Johnston It’s getting increasingly rare that there’s something that is a completely new challenge for me, but as I entered Lap 15 and the 88th mile of the 2021 Thunder Run, that’s exactly what was happening. In 2019, I entered this...
Jul 25, 2021 | Triathlon
Wirksworth’s John Potter raced in the Locko Park sprint triathlon on Sunday. There were a handful of very high quality triathletes in the race, with some very fast times but John finished 12th, towards the top end of the next bunch. The swim for this triathlon...
Jul 24, 2021 | Running
The long wait for an official parkrun was finally over this morning and 3 Wirksworth runners went down to Markeaton to celebrate. Mark Crawshaw took it easy and went round in 27:45 whilst James Watson’s 23:12 was a bit more of an effort – James had cycled...
Jul 21, 2021 | Running
Report by Elaine Stone Me running 100k in a day???? I would never have believed it possible up until a few weeks ago. I entered Race to the Stones nearly 2 years ago after completing the Snowdonia Marathon. I was still on a high and therefore pressed...
Jul 19, 2021 | Running
Wirksworth runnning club’s fourth 1-mile relay race replaced normal Monday night training this week, with 21 club members out in force, either refereeing the race (thank you Bob King and Paul Chirstmas!) or running a mile as fast as they posssibly could on the...
Jul 18, 2021 | Triathlon
Wirksworth’s John Potter competed in the Mallory Park Sprint Triatrhlon today. The event was a qualifier for the 2022 European championships so the standard was very high. Despite this, John managed to finish 47th overall, which placed him 8th in his age... 
