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 […]

This weekend’s Matthew Walker Christmas Pudding Run has completely sold out. All 1000 online and postal entries have been snapped up with three days to spare. For a latest – and final – list of entries, please click HERE to be directed to the event page. We look forward to welcoming you all this Sunday […]

Join us on Saturday 16th November to run the Matthew Walker 10k course Heanor RC are organising a pre-Pud Run warm-up just eight days before the big event (!!) and invite you to join us. On Saturday 16th November, we are going to be running the course so if you haven’t done the course before (or […]