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...
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...
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...
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...
Happy New year! And what better way to start than with a race (or two!)? Six Wirksworth members made their way to Markeaton. John Potter got off his bike to sneak a 1-second PB (18:46), whilst James Watson ran a blinding race to slash a whopping 47 seconds off his...
The final parkrun of 2018 and Wirksworth runners finished with a flourish. Our star runner this week was Tanya Rountree, with a massive lifetime PB at the Swansea Bay parkrun, 26:28, a whopping 1 minute 50 seconds faster than her previous best – in this form,...
A few Wirksworth members made it out on Christmas morning. Steph Solomon got a course PB at York with 23:56, Mark Crawshaw ran an impressive 20:27 through the mud at Corby, and John Potter whacked on a 25-minute volunteer vest over his Santa onesie at Northampton to...
Wirksworth members were a bit scattered on the Saturday leading to Christmas with Dave Spencer (21:17 at Markeaton) and Chris GIllot (22:45 at Bakewell) staying at home. Chris is returning from an injury, so watch out for him next year in the club league! On the...
After the sheer carnage of the Wirksworth running club Christmas party, most would be forgiven for staying in bed on a Saturday morning where the temperature outside was 0 degrees! However, a handful of hard runners were out in force at Markeaton, braving the cold,...
Dave Spencer and John Potter both ran well in the Bolsover 10km, a popular event with 832 runners completing the course this year. The course is gently undulating yet still seems to produce fast times. John’s 38:38 was a PB and earned him 43rd place. ...
