Running News

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,...

Report by Elaine Stone If you fancy setting yourself the challenge of running a half marathon, then why not have a go at The Masked Rat?  This is otherwise known as The Eyam half marathon, which should have taken place in May but, of course, was postponed and then...

Stef Brassington continued her impressive comeback from giving birth this week on Kate's canter, a 5km segment in the WRC club league which she ran in 22:42.  Only 3 runners have completed the segment but Stef has taken top spot for now, and these 3 points have seen...

A windy Sunday morning saw three Wirksworth athletes competing in a sizeable field at the Carsington 7+ race, probably the biggest race most of us have seen all year, with over 420 finishers. Having negotiated some understandably rigorous Covid-safe logistics, the...

Five members of Wirksworth Running Club ventured out to Bamford to partake in the first Peak Raid 3 event of the Autumn series, 2020. With a few changes to the normal format, the socially distanced orienteering event was enjoyed by all. For Peter Johnston and Elaine...

Club league leader Graham Robinson was out and about on Saturday, running a hilly 27km.  Graham was checking out the league's latest segment, Kate’s canter 5km, which he laid down a modest 28:01 marker on to attack next time out.  However, he also revisited Incline...

Wirksworth runnning club's second socially distanced 1-mile relay race replaced normal Monday night training this week, with 26 club members out in force, either refereeing the race (thank you Brian Clements!) or running a mile as fast as they posssibly could on the...

Kate Watson today got the latest segment in the club league Kate's canter off to a good start today with a PB of 24:45.  Kate recently created the 5km segment with the help of Peter Johnston. Men's competition leader Graham Robinson has now completed all the segments...

Report by Rachel Hathaway If you're looking for something a bit different to do with your running, why not try one of MapRun's Peak Raid events?  'MapRun is great fun and you can take part at any time you choose. All you need to do is download the MapRunF app onto...

Monday night saw the first (but hopefully not the last!) Wirksworth runnning club socially distanced 1-mile relay race.  20 club members were out in force, either refereeing the race (thank you Jo Butt!) or running a mile as fast as they posssibly could, on the High...

On May 24th, each club member's fastest mile was added to the club league as a segment.  Chris Gillott had already laid down the gauntlet back in March with a very impressive 6 minutes, 23 seconds Two more of WRC members were out at the weekend putting in their...

Just 6 weeks ago, Laura Jones' lifetime 5km PB was 31 minutes 14 seconds, a time she had achieved when she was at the peak of her fitness last year.  With her usual weekly routine of gym classes and dancing thrown into chaos by lockdown, Laura, like many, was no...

10 of Wirksworth Running Club's members have now set an official time for the Carisngton TT segment in our handicap club league.  Chris Gillott and Sarah Chamberlain were out on Tuesday night, pushing each other all the way with a socially distanced cat-and-mouse...

14 of Wirksworth Running Club's members have now set an official time for the Tunnels and Trails segment in our handicap club league.  Five of our members were out on Wednesday, showing off the club's continued social distancing and determination to keep running well...

On 6th May, 1954, at the Ifley Road athletics track in Oxford, Roger Bannister became the first man in history to run a mile in under 4 minutes.  A knowledge of these details is imperative for anybody who takes their pub quizzes as seriously as I do.  But, perhaps...

Adam Leighton and Elaine Stone this weekend became Wirksworth Running Club's first two runners to record a time on our Undulator race, which forms part of the club's handicap league.  Neither runner managed to record the exact segment due to a wrong turn here and...