Jul 6, 2021 | Running
Report by Graham Robinson Wirksworth Running Club were excited to contribute 3 teams, each made up of 4 runners at the Belper Harriers Derwent River (Relay) race on 3rd July. The approximate 4.5km route took in a varied and scenic terrain, making for an interesting...
Jun 28, 2021 | Triathlon
Wirksworth’s John Potter raced in the Wilmslow Sprint Tri on June 27th, placing 5th overall and winning his age group. The Wilmslow triathlon is a great event for anyone wishing to try a triathlon as the swim is just 400m in an indoor pool. Any Wirksworth...
Jun 22, 2021 | Running
Wirksworth runnning club’s third 1-mile relay race replaced normal Monday night training this week, with 35 club members out in force, either refereeing the race (thank you Simon Edwards!) or running a mile as fast as they posssibly could on the High Peak...
Jun 7, 2021 | Running
Report by Peter Johnston David Denton’s marvellous race series returned after a pandemic-enforced year off and once again involved Wirksworth RC runners as it has done pretty much every year in memory. The ‘Tour’ is a series of 4 races over the late...
Dec 29, 2020 | Running
Report by James Watson On Sunday 27th December, 25 of us turned out for a welcome shot of beautiful winter sunshine at Carsington Water. Five groups (maximum 6 in each group) set off from Sheepwash car park and splodged around the reservoir, with two of the groups...
Dec 14, 2020 | Running
Sunday 29th November proved to be arguably the most exciting finish ever to Wirksworth’s club league! Like most things in life, the league was thrown into turmoil in March 2020 when the Coronavirus crisis and subsequent national lockdown meant that races were...
Dec 8, 2020 | Running
2020 has not been a great year for anyone but Wirksworth’s Tanya Rountree can tell us why in 2020 the running club made her smile. Tanya was diagnosed with breast cancer in October 2019. So for her, 2020 was about completing her treatment and then running the road...
Dec 7, 2020 | Running
Wirksworth’s Peter Johnston capped off a brilliant year of running at the weekend with a time of 3 hours 19 minutes 40 seconds at the Oulton Park marathon. Peter is well on course to achieve his 2020 miles target for 2020 – the only thing that has stopped...
Oct 24, 2020 | Running
Wirksorth’s Elaine Stone put together a fantastic performance today on the Langdale Half Marathon in the Lake District. Here is Elaine’s report: Here’s a photo of me about to set off on the Langdale Half Marathon in the Lake District. Just in case you’re...
Oct 24, 2020 | Triathlon
Wirksworth’s John Potter (pictured running proudly for the club in the pre-lockdown days of 2019) competed in the Clumber Park duathlon today, which consisted of a 6.9km run, am 18km bike ride and a 2.25km run. Despite a tough field, John raced well to come... 
