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By Lewis Glover Three WRC runners took part in the Parks Life fell race in Belper on Thursday 18th May. This is a relatively new race having only debuted last year. It turned to be a great course, attended by both non club-affiliated runners and supported well by...

By James Watson Woah – what a race! Dear reader it had it ALL!  In no particular order…….. 500 registered runners Spring had sprung - Derbyshire looking great On road but through beech and pine woodland plus some moorland thrown in 1,500 ft. of ups and downs Cheery...

Saturday morning dawned cool and cloudy but we were confident the sun would shine on us thanks to Nicky making her weather deal. Sure enough, after a couple of km the clouds parted to reveal glorious blue skies. We headed out towards the impressive peaks of The...

By Lewis Glover A bright dry evening at Cromford had 16 WRC runners make up a part of the large turnout of 320 participants from 12 clubs descending on Cromford Meadows for the second race of the 2023 Summer series. Starting with a spritely dash from the rugby club...

By Graham Robinson Running the classic Yorkshire 3 Peaks fell race has long been an ambition of mine, one which would bring together lots of variables; qualifying races, training, fitness and weather on the day. Consisting of 24 miles with another mile of overall...

Teversal Derby Runner BDL 18 April By Simon Edwards With full team results still to come a healthy contingent of 13 WRC runners did the club proud in the first race of the Derby Runner BDL Summer League.  The women’s team of six ran superbly and packed well up the...

By Stef Brassington After a hectic Easter weekend of egg hunts and chocolate gorging, what better way to spend a Bank Holiday Monday than racing a Steam Train. Organised by Matlock Athletic Club, the race started at Rowsley train station and while runners warmed up,...

After a week of non-stop April showers, we too weren’t hopeful for the weather for this month’s edition of the cake run. However, Saturday morning dawned bright and sunny, leading to some speculation that Nicky has made a deal with the devil to guarantee perfect...

By Peter Johnston This year I returned for a 5th attempt at the Paris Marathon. It's not one of the 'majors' but is still a massive race with around 75000 places. It was hard to know what to expect after 6 months since the last one, but a 1.31 half-marathon a few...

The Edale Skyline – Sunday 26th March 2023 by Steve Elliff The Edale Skyline is arguably one of the most iconic routes that Derbyshire has to offer.  This 34 km / 21.1 mile route navigates the spectacular ridges and fells of the Hope Valley.  Organised by the Dark...

This month’s social cake run set off from Hathersage. After some minor parking drama involving £1000 shoes, a group of 16 of us set off for some muddy miles on the trails. Despite the allure of less elevation than the February cake run in Cromford, we had a fair bit...

The Summer league is nearly upon us! Be sure to save the dates as there are rumours circulating of tea and coffee, CAKE and post-run socialising to accompany the 8km of racing. All races are on a Tuesday evening at 7.30 aside from the first race of the season, which...

We had 12 runners for this month’s edition of the cake run, this time setting off from Cromford Mills. The weather blessed us with a perfect, early spring day (actual warmth in the sunshine!) resulting in some jokes about needing suncream. We set off on the planned...

After some excellent running by all throughout 2022, our club league winners were announced at our AGM. The Eliff household will be basking in the glow of victory (and from those shiny trophies) for many months to come! Full results are below:   Women’s league ...

By Kat Davey Saturday morning started with brilliant blue skies and crisp frost underfoot as our Wirksworth runners assembled for the monthly cake run. Organised by Nicky, these are longer, away runs which end at a tea room for well-earned cake at the end. “Perfect...

Written by Graham Robinson It was Long Eaton RC’s turn to host the latest Derby Runner BDL cross country event, held at Bramcote Hills Park on Sunday 15th of January. What better way to kick start our year of running than tackling laps of a muddy field in the cold!...

Reported by race organiser, Chris Hubbard The Stuart Learmouth Memorial Undulator Race was run on Sunday 23 October. The race was fittingly started by Stuart's wife Kate in the pouring rain. This year the race attracted over eighty participants despite the appalling...

Where did it begin? For almost all my life, I had been very overweight and did very little exercise. To the point, where after some abnormal blood test results, I was urged by my GP and others to try and lose weight and exercise regularly to protect my health and live...

by Graham Robinson The 5th of July saw WRC's turn to host the 4th BDL event of the summer season at Carsington Water, which looked stunning in the evening sunshine. We received a very good turnout, with just shy of 300 runners entering this very undulating, and quite...

15 WRC runners took part in our second annual sports day, at the Ilkeston athletics track.  We split into 3 teams and raced each other at 3000m, 1500m, 800m, 400m, 200m, 100m, with the shorter events involving relays. It was tremendous fun, everyone worked really hard...