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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...

The Tunnels & Trails 10k made a come back after a 2 year break on the 8th June and didn’t disappoint. The event had a fantastic atmosphere with over 100 runners, many achieving a PB, and all enjoying cake (supplied by WRC and local scouts groups) at the end in the...

Report by Lewis Glover The third Derby Runner BDL race of the summer season took place at Denby on a bright Tuesday evening this week. This particular event being somewhat unique within the BDL format as was a treble lap race with circuits 1 and 3 being the same and...

Report by Stef Brassington The Carsington 7+ race was run on May 15th and after slightly bullying my other half, David, into entering with me, we joined the other 368 runners heading for a lap of the reservoir. Thanks to some wonderful toddler germs and both of us...

What is very likely to be the steepest of the summer races of this series took place in Cromford on Tuesday evening. Weather was good, conditions were dry and there was a huge attendance up for the challenge presented by 450 feet of ascent (all of it in one long...

I’m pretty sure this was actually the 30th running of this race that was started in 1990 and has had one year off for foot and mouth and one year for the pandemic. 106 runners lined up for the full incline race and one course record was smashed.  Derby AC men took a...

Report by Simon Edwards A newish local fell run, the Higham Hill Race, was attended by three WRC members last Tuesday. At just over 4 miles the route cut a figure of eight loop, with a mixture of brambly woods, open fields, some road sections and a steep climb that...

Race Report: Adam Leighton Dark & White’s first round of the 2022 Spring Trail Run Series kicked off from the village of Castleton on Sunday 6th March. The series features 3 races with an option of a long (14-17km) or short (5-8km) courses run over scenic off...

Wirksworth's Stef Brassington finished 15th overall, 4th female and comfortably winning her age group in the Carsington Water 10km on Sunday, in a time of 48:00.  Alex Howard ran a very impressive 1:45:34 in the half marathon, which secured him 44th place in a very...

Report by Simon Edwards Reflections on the BDL Cross Country Winter League.  Firstly, we should acknowledge that it is the Derby Runner BDL Winter League and thanks to the aforementioned running shop, who took over sponsorship of the event from Louis Booth (Painter...

Report by Graham Robinson On Saturday 12th February Olly Pratten, Elaine Stone, Beth Nadin and I joined a field of 180 other runners on the Tour of Bradwell Winter Half.  This unmarked 28km route with an overall ascent of 1km, was my first proper fell race. It tested...