Feb 3, 2019 | Running
The parkrun report is a bit thin on the ground this week, something that couldn’t be said for the snow and ice that caused all of our local parkruns to be cancelled. Desperate for his parkrun fix, John Potter (pictured with his family, Laura and Jennifer) made...
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...
Jan 1, 2019 | Running
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...
Dec 29, 2018 | Running
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,...
Dec 27, 2018 | Running
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... 
