With cross country on the Saturday, some running marathons, (and others recovering from them), only four ESM-ers turned up for the normally popular Ricky Road Run. Martin Daoud reports: “It was nice meeting up with team mates Sarah, Gurmeet and Jenny at Rickmansworth. The weather was kind to us, from the start of the race […]
This fixture sometimes seems unnecessarily complicated, with two events rolled into one (some people entering one but not the other), and multiple team competitions for the men (six-to-score, eight-to-score etc). If you put all that to one side, though, it’s an enjoyable event that’s just up the road, which is probably why we go back […]
It was a sunny but cold day at Kingsbury for the second NWLL fixture, reports Bridie Lebdiri. Despite it being half term week we had a pretty good turnout of young athletes. U11 Girls Although we have large numbers turning up at training, it is not yet translating into numbers competing. (They seem to favour the […]
On a very foggy and early Sunday October morning, a few hardy ESM runners and supporters headed off west to run/support in the Abingdon marathon, reports Cath Gunnewicht. We arrived with plenty of time to spare and all congregated in the Club house where you could feel the tension rising as people applied Vaseline and […]
Congratulations to Mohamed Ali, who won the U17 men’s race at the Cardiff Cross Challenge on Saturday. British Athletics report: “Mohamed Ali (Ealing Southall & Middlesex), who smashed national records on his way to a series win last season, kicked off the U17 series with a dominant performance, leading all the way to take his […]
Soaring temperatures and rock hard ground made for a challenging start to the cross country season, writes John Falvey. Runners had to meet the twin challenges of staying cool and staying on their feet as they traversed the sometimes rutted course. In the senior women’s race, Kat Mertens opted for the soft shoes in her first […]
ESM has two ballot places for next year’s London Marathon, and the draw will be held at the track on Wednesday 7th November. You do not need to be present at the draw; you will be notified if you win one of the places. If you would like to be included in the ballot, you need […]
Athletics Weekly interviews our very own superstar veteran sprinter Jason Carty this week. He talks about the astonishing progress he’s made since his lung cancer diagnosis, and the way he’s adapted his training to accommodate both his illness and his changing capacity as he ages. Read the interview here.
We sent two teams to the National Road Relays this year: Senior women and Under 17 men. The U17 men, comprising Arun Manget, Mohamed Ali and Elias Ahmed, finished a very respectable 12th out of 42 teams. Mo was the quickest of the leg two runners, clocking 11:50 over the 4.33km course. He was joint second […]
81 year old Dennis Wraight took M80 gold in both the 5000m and the 1500m at this year’s Balkan Veteran Games. He took just 25:55.36 to complete the 5000m, and 7:03.70 for the metric mile. (Many veterans several decades younger would be happy to achieve those times!) This ranks him top M80 in the UK […]