Derby Runner League

The league comprises a summer and winter series

The summer league races take place on a Tuesday evening. The events are hosted by different clubs within the league, so runners have the opportunity to race around different locations, but none are too far away.

Summer races take place on Tuesday evenings starting at 19:30 (other than the first race of the season, which starts at 19:15 to beat the sunset)

Winter races take place on a Sunday morning each month starting at 11:00 on a cross country course. Depending on the weather, these can often be wet and muddy, which all adds to the fun

Dates for your diary! 25/26 Summer season:

15 April 25 - Teversal (19:15 start)
6 May 25 - Cromford (MAC Volunteers needed)!
10 June 25 - Denby
8 July 25 - Carsington
5 August 25 - Shipley Park

Dates for your diary! 25/26 Winter season:

5 October 25 - Shipley Park
9 November 25 - Chaddesden Park
7 December 25 - Pewit Golf Club
11 January 26 - Bramcote
15 February 26 - Holmebrook Valley

2024/25 Winter season Standings FINAL

View the organiser webpage for all results, and age category results: https://www.webscorer.com/149743

How does it work?

There is no need to register or wear a race number – you do need to wear your club kit (that’s the only thing you need to remember).

All races feature a mass start and when you finish you are handed a disc with your finish position. You simply hand the token back to your club coordinator (that’s the one with a clipboard at each event) and they’ll make a note of your name and finish position. Each club submits their results and they are consolidated into a set of complete race results.

Points are then awarded based on the finish positions for the first seven men and first three ladies from each club. So if our ladies finished in 5th, 35th and 58th place, we would score 98 points for that event. Each club is then ranked based on their points (the lower the points, the higher your ranking).

So I might not count – why turn up?

You might think that if you’re not going to count it isn’t worth turning up. Don’t think that!

Apart from the fact it’s great fun and lovely to see so many clubmates out running, you are still helping the club. If you are a male runner and you are the eighth MAC back, your position might not count towards the MAC score, but other clubs will probably have runners behind you that are counting towards their score, and you have just made them count an additional point.

Info for Tuesday’s Cross Country Race at Carsington (5 July 2022)

June 30, 2022The route will be an out and back. Commencing on the dam wall to allow the pack to spread out before entering the narrower sections of the trail, the run will proceed anti-clockwise around Carsington...Read more

Summer and winter series

You will need to wear club kit

No need to register

The league comprises a summer and winter series

How does it work?

So I might not count – why turn up?

Derby Runner League News

DRL Cross Country League – Race 2 Results

Info for Tuesday’s Cross Country Race at Carsington (5 July 2022)

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