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Sunday morning saw the 3rd year of the Ashbourne 10 with options to run 5k, 10k or 10 miles and canicross categoies available in each distance. The varying-length races all consist of an out-and-back on the Tissington trail from Ashbourne leisure centre, which means a...

This week we start with news of a parkrun win! It only took him 101 attempts (!) but John Potter (pictured) won his first ever parkrun this week, at Poolsbrook, in a time of 18:42.  The time was actually 2 seconds outside his PB for the course but he could not care...

Four Wirksworth members took part at Carsington Water this weekend, with two races happening on both the Saturday and the Sunday.  The 10km course was an out-and-back from the main visitor centre, through the Sheepwash car park and out to a turnaround marshal at 5km. ...

Back to Markeaton this week for the Wirksworth massive, and more great results.  A 26-second course PB for Dave Spencer, who clocked 20:35, and a 12-second PB for James Watson, who romped home in 21:40, after having spent the morning flashing his legs on the main road...

A fantastic turnout this week!  We start at Bakewell, where Bob King (19:31) and Rachel Hathaway (27:08 with Betsy) both ran course PBs!  Rachel's time was impressively over a minute quicker than her previous best (28:15 with Jango) - she remains the only WRC member...

I ran this race last year so I thought I knew what I was letting myself into BUT I failed to spot the organisers had added a few more bonus miles for luck. Note to self – read the small print! After a thorough kit check, c.120 people set off at 10 am and ran round the...

A windy weekend and a next-day BDL commitment kept many Wirksworth runners away from parkrun this week but there were a few who made it along to one. We start with the Whitworth Thread, where Chris Gillot (pictured as a man who means business) ran a strong 22:10 -...

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 it out...

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, he'll blame the...

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...

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 talking...

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 testing 2 miles...

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, we're...

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,...