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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...

Wirksworth’s Mark Crawshaw recently clocked up his 50th parkrun, well done, Mark! Whilst the weekly parkrun reports have been slowing down (sorry!), Mark’s parkrun attendance has been speeding up.  Mark has run at the Monsal Trail parkrun every week for the last 4...

Wirksworth members ran at Markeaton, Monsal Trail and Crystal Palace this weekend. At the Monsal Trail parkrun, Simon Edwards (pictured at a recent BDL) ran a solid 21:26 with Mark Crawshaw just ahead of him, also running strongly in 21:08. Seb Hardy (24:00), Laura...

Report by Simon Edwards Whilst not the highest point in Nottinghamshire, that accolade belongs to the spoil tip above the Five Pits Trail in Teversal where the summer BDL sometimes alights, Bramcote Hills provided a stern test for all runners at last week's fourth...

Wirksworth Running Club's 2021 league season finished on Sunday 28th November after 11 months of hard-fought contests in both the women's and men's races.  Each had a slightly different story in terms of the type of runners that finished top, showing that basically...

Report by Graham Robinson December's installment of BDL excitement saw the intrepid WRC heading to the wilds of Ilkeston to brave the 7.6km (sounds more impressive than the equivalent 4.7 miles) cross-country course. Race organisers had reported in advance decent firm...

Wirksworth's Chris Sleath and Ruth Miller took part in the Matthew Walker 10km pudding race on Sunday.  Chris completed it in an incredible 32 minutes, 41 seconds, securing 2nd place overall, and Ruth Miller (pictured) ducked in just under 50 minutes with 49:58.  Well...

by John Potter Those at the club who've known me for a while will have heard me opining that the main reason runners get injured is that they push themselves too hard, too often.  IMHO something like 80% of your training should be done at a comfortable pace.  This can...

Three Wirksworth club members were among the 1045 runners who completed the Derby 10-mile race this week.  Dan Thompson (pictured, proudly wearlng his medal) obliterated his pre-race prediction of 80 minutes with 1:15:02.  Seb Hardy ran in just behind Dan, in 1:16:27,...

Report by Simon Edwards A truly spectacular 18 Wirksworth Runners turned out at the second BDL at Chaddesden Park last Sunday.  Perhaps reflecting the recent boom in membership this must be the highest ever representation at a Cross Country with a mix of new and old...

Report by James Watson After the rude interruption from the Covid-19 pandemic it was great for our Club to be able to run a somewhat belated 2021 Incline race. Ten minutes before the race began, most of the runners were sheltering from torrential rain but by 10.59 the...

The heavens opened up at about 8:59 am at Alvaston parkrun this week.  However a spot of rain wasn't going to stop three Wirksworth runners storming into the Top 20.  John Potter was surprised to find himself winning the race in 18:50.  Simon Edwards ran a course PB...