With 12 days to go until the closing date for entries, the Matthew Walker Christmas Pudding 10k looks set to sell out for the third-successive year. 740 entries have already been received for the popular event, which will take place on Sunday 22 November. One of the largest 10k club-organised road races in the region, this year’s running […]
Heanor Running Club are happy to announce that £1.00 from each entry fee for this year’s Matthew Walker Pudding Run will be donated to support the lifesaving work of the Derbyshire Air Ambulance Service. The crucial missions cannot be carried out without fundraising and donations. The service flies two air ambulances covering five local counties, providing a rapid […]
Wet conditions weren’t enough to dampen the spirits as a record number of finishers embraced the brand new course for the twenty-eighth running of the Matthew Walker 10k. With the Heanor Running Club-hosted event completely selling out its 1000 entry limit a week before the day, 884 finishers were led home by Rich Weir and […]
Next weekend’s Matthew Walker Christmas Pudding Run has completely sold out. All 1000 online and postal entries have been snapped up with over one week to spare. For the final list of entries, please click HERE. Please note: all numbers are to be picked up from the registration tent at Shipley Country Park on the […]
Runners with intentions of competing in this year’s Matthew Walker 10k should act fast as the final few places go up for grabs with two weeks still to go until race day. All numbers were snapped up with three days to spare in 2013 but demand for a spot in this year’s running of the […]
The Matthew Walker 10k remains on course to sell out before the day as numbers reach 678 with four weeks still to go – see if you’re in HERE. With race entries well-ahead of where they stood at this stage in 2013, runners are advised to get their entry in soon to avoid disappointment. This […]
Entries for the Matthew Walker Pudding Run 10k on Sunday 23rd November look set to sell-out well before the deadline as 414 runners have already signed-up for the twenty-eighth edition of the race – check if you’re in HERE. The current numbers are two weeks ahead of where they stood in 2013 and mean the […]
The Matthew Walker Christmas Pudding Run will see a complete overhaul of the course for this year’s race on Sunday 23rd November at 10am. Gone is the long uphill drag past Heanor Gate Science College, the road stretch through Smalley and the infamous Bell Lane and ‘Heartbreak Hill’ finish. See course map above. All these […]
Rich Weir and Lisa Palmer were the race winners at the Matthew Walker 10k as they led home a record number of finishers in the event’s twenty-seventh year. With the event completely selling out its 1000 entry limit before the day, the record always looked likely to fall and in cool and slightly breezy conditions […]
For runners disappointed with the size of the Christmas puddings this year at the Matthew Walker 10k, Heanor Running Club regret that these puddings aren’t in the same proportion as previous years but Heanor Running Club has no control over the size of the puddings kindly provided by our main race sponsor Matthew Walker. Due […]
