Congratulations to Pete Flewitt and John Robertson, who finished second overall and first veterans in the Gut Buster 10 mile and 10K races respectively. Both members tackled the 10 mile race last year, with Pete finishing tenth (fourth veteran) and John almost exactly a minute behind him in 11th. For John, last year’s race represented […]
Martin Wilson reports from our Boxing Day races: Once again, our running activities barely seem to pause for breath. Following on from the Northala Christmas Day parkrun special, it was the turn of the traditional ESM Boxing Day races and handicap to take centre stage. As far as we know this has been an annual […]
Twenty-six members completed officially recognised road marathons this year (twenty-seven if we include second-claim member Bill Lonsdale). Nine of them did so for the first time, while this year’s marathon “junkies” were Bill (five marathons) followed by Andy Leung, Bruce Li, Santosh Rai & Steve Plummer, who each ran three events. Bill’s were all run in […]
Mohamed Ali won the Under 17 men’s race at the recent South of England inter county cross country match, with the county finishing fourth in this category. Elias Ahmed finished 19th and was second to score for Middlesex. Arun Manget also battled round in county colours, on a blustery and at times wet day. U15 […]
This year’s Perivale 5 once again proved to be a popular event, with online entries reaching the 400 limit by the beginning of November, writes Race Director Phil York. He was delighted to welcome back a large group of runners from Ware Joggers, who used the race as their club’s five mile road championship. For […]
Our usual Boxing Day races will take place this year, starting at 10:45am. No pre-registration required – just turn up at the cafe in Pitshanger Park in good time to sign the entry sheet and collect a race number. Guests are welcome. It is a low key event and there is no entry charge! The […]
Congratulations to 10 year old Roger Robles, winner of the November 2018 Jack Petchey Award. Roger only started training with us in September but has shown excellent attendance and application to training, according to his coach Annick Hooge who nominated him. In his first cross country race, he finished in the top 20 for his […]
Phil York and Fiona Kennedy report on the weekend’s cross country races: Last Saturday ESM made the short trip along the A40 to Uxbridge, the venue for the third fixture of this winter’s Metropolitan League series. This was a proper cross country course, with senior runners facing on each lap the double challenge of a […]
The 2018 running of the Perivale 5 will be on Sunday 2nd December at 10:00am, and entries are welcome from runners of all abilities. It’s a 5 mile road race over two flat laps, which finishes in the athletics stadium. Click here for online entry and more details about the race. Please note there will […]
The next Metropolitan League race is at Hillingdon House Farm Sports Grounds, postcode UB8 1ES. It’s a good mixed course, with flat fields near the start & finish, but a narrow, testing section up and around the old dry ski slope. Transport: We will not be running a minibus to this event. Take the tube to […]