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2021 targets set at Carsington Water
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...
WRC handicap league 2020 – what an exciting finish!
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...
Why 2020 made me smile!
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...
Oulton Park marathon December 6th
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 him running...
Langdale Half Marathon 24th October
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 wondering,...
Clumber Park duathlon 24th October
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 18th...
Gravesend duathlon 18th October
Wirksworth's John Potter competed in the Gravesend duathlon on Sunday, which consisted of a 5.5km run, folowed by a 20km bike, and then a 2.7km run. It was a very well organised race and John came 5th out of 71 finishers.
Masked Rat Half Marathon October 3rd
Report by Elaine Stone If you fancy setting yourself the challenge of running a half marathon, then why not have a go at The Masked Rat? This is otherwise known as The Eyam half marathon, which should have taken place in May but, of course, was postponed and then...
Stratford-upon-Avon Sprint Triathlon, October 4th
Wirksworth's John Potter (pictured at the recent Darley Moor duathlon) raced in the Stratford-upon-Avon Sprint Triathlon this weekend. Conditions were appalling but the organisers put on a great race - John was especially grateful to all the marshals, who stood in...
Mum runner September 29th
Stef Brassington continued her impressive comeback from giving birth this week on Kate's canter, a 5km segment in the WRC club league which she ran in 22:42. Only 3 runners have completed the segment but Stef has taken top spot for now, and these 3 points have seen...
Darley Moor duathlon September 20th
Wirksworth's Dave Spencer (pictured) and John Potter raced in the Darley Moor sprint duathlon this morning. The race had orginially been intended as a GBR Age-group qualifier before the COVID situation saw it 'downgraded' to a socailly distanced duathlon, and the...
Carsington 7+ September 20th
A windy Sunday morning saw three Wirksworth athletes competing in a sizeable field at the Carsington 7+ race, probably the biggest race most of us have seen all year, with over 420 finishers. Having negotiated some understandably rigorous Covid-safe logistics, the...
Peak Raid 3 – Win Hill and Lose Hill September 20th
Five members of Wirksworth Running Club ventured out to Bamford to partake in the first Peak Raid 3 event of the Autumn series, 2020. With a few changes to the normal format, the socially distanced orienteering event was enjoyed by all. For Peter Johnston and Elaine...
Wirksworth’s segment champion, September 12th
Club league leader Graham Robinson was out and about on Saturday, running a hilly 27km. Graham was checking out the league's latest segment, Kate’s canter 5km, which he laid down a modest 28:01 marker on to attack next time out. However, he also revisited Incline...
Derby Sprint Triathlon September 13th
Wirksworth's John Potter ran in the Derby Sprint triathlon this morning. There were some very good triathletes in the race but John managed to run himself into 11th overall, in a time of 56:49, which was enough to win his age group. There were 247 finishers in the...
WRC 1-mile relay race 7th September
Wirksworth runnning club's second socially distanced 1-mile relay race replaced normal Monday night training this week, with 26 club members out in force, either refereeing the race (thank you Brian Clements!) or running a mile as fast as they posssibly could on the...
Kate’s canter 29th August
Kate Watson today got the latest segment in the club league Kate's canter off to a good start today with a PB of 24:45. Kate recently created the 5km segment with the help of Peter Johnston. Men's competition leader Graham Robinson has now completed all the segments...
Darley Moor Super Sprint Duathlon 16th August
The long wait for a proper race was finally over this morning for Dave Spencer (pictured) and John Potter, as they took part in the Darley Moor Super Sprint Duathlon. This involved a 2.4km run, a 9km bike, and another 2.4km run. Both Dave and John won their age...
MapRun Fun! 2nd August
Report by Rachel Hathaway If you're looking for something a bit different to do with your running, why not try one of MapRun's Peak Raid events? 'MapRun is great fun and you can take part at any time you choose. All you need to do is download the MapRunF app onto...
WRC 1-mile relay race 20th July
Monday night saw the first (but hopefully not the last!) Wirksworth runnning club socially distanced 1-mile relay race. 20 club members were out in force, either refereeing the race (thank you Jo Butt!) or running a mile as fast as they posssibly could, on the High...