Running News

It's a warm, humid Friday evening and many are settling down to a nice glass of wine or a cold pint.  However, there were 495 people at Elvaston Castle getting ready for the proper way to unwind after a week's work, namely going at it hard for 10km!  Four WRC members...

3 WRC members took part in the Crich Monument Race on Saturday, 13th July Report by Carrie Clark As we stood at the start line the organiser warned us of some ‘tricky’ spots to look out for (fallen trees etc) so told us to ‘take it slow’ and enjoy it. Gayle and I took...

Summer cycling to Bakewell was in order this weekend and what beautiful weather for it.  Mark Crawshaw (pictured at the recent Belper relays) and Dave Spencer cycled to the Bakewell parkrun together and both ran well.  Mark's 19:49 and Dave's 20:33 were both about 20...

A muggy Tuesday evening at Matlock rugby club and a couple of hundred runners gather for this year's Black Rocks Fell Race, hosted by Matlock AC.  An amazing turnout of 17 Wirksworth runners lined up at the start of this tough but popular race, all looking resplendent...

Report by Bob King and Paul Christmas Sunday 7 July saw three brave WRC souls lining up for the hilly Ashbourne Half Marathon. Paul Christmas and Bob King were running conventionally, whilst John Potter was planning to push daughter Jennifer around the whole circuit...

Report by Rachel Hathaway A clammy Saturday afternoon saw 2 teams of Wirksworth Running Club members turn out for the annual Derwent River Relays hosted by Belper Harriers. It is a scenic, off-road, (nearly) 5km, 4-stage relay race along the footpaths of the River...

On a weekend where Wirksworth members were all over the place, competing in all sorts, it would have been understandable if this report was light on the ground.  However, we were out and about and running well.  John Potter cycled to Bakewell to get his parkrun fix...

Report by Mark Crawshaw “Where's Stacy?” “Just what I was thinking. Even with his usual mincing through the rocks and tree roots he should be here by now.” It was already a good 20 minutes since Mark and John had finished. “Maybe something's happened to him?” “Yes it...

Report by Elaine Stone Being the quietly competitive person I am, I knew I needed to run a 10k to be able to gain the maximum points needed for the club league. I decided on the Colin Potter, which starts from the rugby club in Darley Abbey. It was a far more scenic...

A report by Brian Clements, from an organiser's perspective... Another year goes by; it's July, there's a World Cup football match scheduled - so it must be the Carsington BDL 2019. Jackie and I had reccied the course the night before and had decided to shorten the...

Sunday morning just gone saw over 2,000 runners assemble in Endcliffe Park, Sheffield for the Round Sheffield Run, a multi-stage trail race around the parks and trails of the Steel City. The race consists of 11 timed stages of varying length, terrain and elevation,...

A moist and murky Tuesday evening last week saw 8 Wirksworthians tackle the Trevor Milner Riber Run. Starting at Lea Green, the 4.2 mile course heads off with a fast downhill start into the woods before winding its steeply undulating way upwards towards Riber Castle....

Report by Lewis Glover The Chatsworth 10K is an annual charity event organised by the Helen's trust and held in the glorious grounds of the Chatsworth estate (there is also a 3K fun run too.) The event proved to be well organised, well marshalled and pretty big with...

Markeaton was cancelled this week, so 3 Wirksworth runners headed to the fast Long Eaton course, where it was very hot by 9am already!  Despite the heat, John Potter ran a lifetime PB of 18:06, which he was thrilled to bits with.  Both Mark Crawshaw and Dave Spencer...

Report by Lewis Glover Whilst this was my fourth participation at the Tunnels and Trails event, it was my first 10K stint, as all my previous entries had been in the fun run with my daughter Fleur. In fact this was my first official 10k event of any type! It has to be...

More course PBs this week at Bakewell, Bob King and Tanya Rountree both ran superbly off the back of the WRC sports day.  Bob's 19:26 was only 2 seconds off his best ever parkrun, which he achieved on the much easier course at York.  So, Bob is surely starting to eye...

The first ever Wirksworth Running Club Summer Sports Day was held on June 15th, 2019 at the Moorways Stadium in Derby.  An amazing time was had by all as we split off into 3 teams and raced each other.  The events were 3,000m, 200m team relay, 800m heats, 1,500m, 400m...

Wirksworth was represented by 5 runners at the Derby half marathon on Sunday 9th June.  The weather was good for a longer distance race, dry with broken sunshine but not too warm. The race now starts and finishes near the cathedral in the city centre after having been...

Sunday race commitments (notably the Derby half marathon) and the odd cold here and there meant that just three Wirksworth runners went to Bakewell this week, where there was a massive 56-second course PB for Jo Butt.  Jo's 28:56 made her previous best there look...

James Watson and Leonard Foulk both took part in the Buxton Half Marathon on Sunday May 26th. Here is James’s account….. This was a lovely Half Marathon made even lovelier by some typical Buxton weather – rain – beautiful rain.  In fact there was so much of it there...