Quite a few ESM members completed a parkrun this weekend, writes Fiona Kennedy, but none faster than 14-year-old Mohamed Ali. In fact, his 15:14 clocking was the fastest parkrun across the whole of the UK yesterday! His target had actually been the Under 15 record of 15:31 set by Southampton AC runner Zakariya Mahamed at Poole parkrun almost […]
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World age best at 3000m for...
14-year-old Mohamed Ali set a world age best of 8:15.02 at the Hercules Wimbledon 3000m Open Graded Meeting last night – comfortably beating the previous record of 8:21.32 set by Chikashi Ikeda in Japan in May 2012. He also smashed his own PB of 8:37.01 set in June this year. Coach Steve Mann comments: “We knew he […]
Middlesex Young Athletes Le...
With the school holidays having already started, we headed to the final fixture with a depleted team, approximately 40% down on previous matches, reports Bridie Lebdiri. It was probably much the same for the other clubs, with noticeably fewer non-scoring numbers turning out. Our athletes did themselves proud and we finished third on the day […]
Summer League so far – A re...
I’m not able to run the final Summer League race at Battersea, writes Shona Cowper, as I’m attending a wedding at a festival that weekend (although I’ve discovered they have organised morning runs so I’ll still get some miles in!). Therefore, I thought I’d write some words about the races I have managed to attend […]
Ware 10M & 10K –...
The tenth running of the popular Ware 10 was a club championship event, but most of us seem to have stayed home wilting in the heat, reports Fiona Kennedy. The weather conditions were far from ideal – it was a good day for personal worst times – but there was actually very positive feedback about […]
Ickenham 5 – Swakeley...
While a group of runners travelled across London to Dulwich for the Summer League last Sunday, nine ESM road runners opted for this popular local race, reports Mark Kencroft. This year saw a late change of organisers, who had just over five weeks to get the event up and running, so entries were well down […]
Another M80 record for Denn...
Long-time ESM member Dennis Wraight set an M80 record of 25:47.61 over 5000m in the Slovenian Championships in Celje recently. This also ranks him fifth on the UK all-time list for that age group. Dennis, now 81, has found some good form lately, which he attributes in part to having recently joined a gym for […]