Race Reports

‘Man for All Seasons’ leads the way!
Bradgate Park was the venue for the third race in this year’s Derby Runner XC series with another excellent turnout of 30 from the Club. Continue reading →

Jack’s the Lad
On a day when the Club’s runners were in action at three venues, from the perspective of this year’s Derby Runner Cross Country League, it was great news that Jack Leafe was back from university to lead the Club’s runners home in the latest race in the series at Bagworth Heath. Continue reading →

Carolyn Ife, Felicity Towns, Cath Johnson and James Cobb tackled the Beacon Hill Half Marathon on Sunday 15 November. Continue reading →

13 SDRR members braved the wet and windy weather on Saturday morning to take part in the Seagrave Wolds Challenge. The race, an off road run or walk of 16 miles through the countryside around Seagrave in Leicestershire, is also famous for its post-race catering. Despite the rain and strong winds there were over 500 finishers and, writes Steve Leafe, some great performances from our participants. Continue reading →

Members were in action at a number of venues on Sunday with 14 at the annual challenge that is the Dovedale Dash & 23, in a field of almost 500 finishers, for the last race of the 2015 Club Championship Series, the Shepshed 7. Continue reading →

A day of top performances!!!
The Halloween Worksop Half Marathon is the penultimate race in the Club’s 2015 Championship &, for the thirteen runners who tackled what is recognised as a relatively challenging course, six achieved big PB’s. Continue reading →

Cross Country is back!!!
In conditions that are unlikely to be the norm the Derby Runner XC League got off to a great start for most of the Club’s 27 runners who lined up on the start line with over 500 others at Markfield on Sunday. Continue reading →

SDRR runners were out in force on Sunday for the latest Run Derby series event, the Shelton Striders 10k, with 18 runners competing. Continue reading →

Louise scorches home!
Tamworth Athletic Club was the venue for the final race in this year’s Burton & District Summer League (BDSL) &, in almost perfect running conditions, many of the Club’s contingent of 28 had plenty to race for in terms of consolidating league places & securing valuable Club Championship points. Continue reading →

Five members of SDRR tackled Etwall Sprint Triathlon on Sunday 13 September.  It consisted of a 400m pool swim, 18k bike and 5k run. Continue reading →