The main event of the weekend was the third round of the Derby Cross Country League, held at Smalley near Ilkeston in Derbyshire. After all the recent rain, the 9km course was extremely muddy and proved challenging, described by some as the hardest course they had ever run. In the men's competition Lee Rickard was [...]
There was a select turnout at Kingsbury Water Park on Saturday for parkrun. Chris Bennett led the club home in a new personal best time of 22.38 mins. He was followed by Ash Goodman (23.42), Kathryn Adams (24.13, a personal best), Darren O'Leary (25.55), Simon Gordon (27.49), Sophie Galloway (29.09), Michael Stevenson 31.02), Claire Guffick [...]
The main event of the weekend was the annual Chasewater Pudding Run on Saturday morning with the club represented in both the 5k and 10k races. In the 5k event Chris Bennett finished in a time of 25.11 mins with Ann Hill and Sarah French, who finished in a time of 36.25 mins. In the [...]
The main event of the weekend was Round 2 of the Derbyshire Cross Country League. This round was on a new course at Cliff Lakes and was an undulating 9 km route designed by Sandra Ingram and the event was managed by the club. Thanks go to Sandra, Ash Goodman and the numerous volunteer club [...]
This week marked a threshold for the club as we reached 100 active members for the first time. This puts the club in a healthy position for the future. With Kingsbury Water Park once again only suitable for swimming, enforced parkrun tourism was the order of the day on Saturday morning. The best attended was [...]
