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Another good turnout by Wirksworth members at Markeaton this week, as Liz Abrahams pictured running at the recent Belper relay event set down a 25:54 marker on her maiden parkrun.  Chris Hubbard (27:22) and Zack Hubbard (24:53) also put in solid performances. On the...

A whopping 8 Wirksworth members ran at Markeaton on Saturday and we did rather well.  None of us cycled there this week, mainly due to various other commitments, which perhaps left our legs fresh to power on through the slightly muggy conditions.  Our members' times...

Repoirt by Lewis Glover Thought I'd drop a few lines to everyone following the Brassington hill race, a great event and well attended by around 200 runners, mostly young fit girls and boys clearly eager after the empty event calendar of the past 18 months, to take...

Report by Peter Johnston It's getting increasingly rare that there's something that is a completely new challenge for me, but as I entered Lap 15 and the 88th mile of the 2021 Thunder Run, that's exactly what was happening. In 2019, I entered this event, hosted in...

The long wait for an official parkrun was finally over this morning and 3 Wirksworth runners went down to Markeaton to celebrate.  Mark Crawshaw took it easy and went round in 27:45 whilst James Watson's 23:12 was a bit more of an effort - James had cycled there with...

Report by Elaine Stone Me running 100k in a day????  I would never have believed it possible up until a few weeks ago. I entered Race to the Stones nearly 2 years ago after completing the Snowdonia Marathon. I was still on a high and therefore pressed 'Enter' without...

Wirksworth runnning club's fourth 1-mile relay race replaced normal Monday night training this week, with 21 club members out in force, either refereeing the race (thank you Bob King and Paul Chirstmas!) or running a mile as fast as they posssibly could on the High...

Report by Graham Robinson Wirksworth Running Club were excited to contribute 3 teams, each made up of 4 runners at the Belper Harriers Derwent River (Relay) race on 3rd July.  The approximate 4.5km route took in a varied and scenic terrain, making for an interesting...

Wirksworth runnning club's third 1-mile relay race replaced normal Monday night training this week, with 35 club members out in force, either refereeing the race (thank you Simon Edwards!) or running a mile as fast as they posssibly could on the High Peak trail.  Many...

Report by Peter Johnston David Denton's marvellous race series returned after a pandemic-enforced year off and once again involved Wirksworth RC runners as it has done pretty much every year in memory. The 'Tour' is a series of 4 races over the late May Bank Holiday...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...