Lynn Wilson reports: Focus Race for the Month of May – Langley Park 5k Having introduced a focus race of the month for the road runners, our first outing was to Langley Park for the first of a three-race series. Not only were we graced with the beauty of trail running in the evening sun […]
Seventeen of our athletes travelled over to Lee Valley for the County Champs last weekend, and they came back with medals and PBs aplenty – though the gusty wind meant some of the best performances were wind-assisted. For the senior men, Mo Hashi won both the 1500m and the 5000m. While neither were close to […]
Track & Field season is well under way, and your subs were due on April 1st! If you haven’t got round to paying, details are on this page of the website: https://esm.org.uk/membership/. NB: You don’t need to complete the membership form again, unless you think some of your details have changed in the meantime. If you […]
Steve Plummer (runner) and wife Caroline (supporter) have put together a great report on this year’s race, from their two different perspectives: Runner’s perspective The build up to the 2019 London Marathon has been very exciting this year. The combination of so many ESM runners taking part and groups getting together to support each other […]
Fiona reports from the Pednor 5: A small (but perfectly formed) band of eight ESM members headed off to Chesham on a chilly Bank Holiday Monday, accompanied by myself as flag-bearer, and Sarah’s husband Owen as child-minder. The Pednor 5 is a small, friendly, clubby kind of race, where you’re likely to bump into a […]
One week after a gloriously sunny and mild Easter weekend, the first MYAL match of the season took place on a chilly, windy afternoon which tested the mettle of the officials as well as the athletes. It was also the same weekend as the London Mini Marathon and the Youth Development League… It’s perhaps surprising, […]
UKA Level 3 coach Urban Bettag is coming to Perivale to lead three extended off-track training sessions with ESM road runners. The sessions will be aimed at those who already have race experience but want to improve their 10K times in particular. The dates are designed to dovetail with the Summer League race schedule, so […]
Please be aware that travellers have set up camp on the track that runs alongside the railway line from the Ruislip Road to Stockdove Way.
Martin Wilson reports on the club outing to Beaconsfield’s multi-terrain 5 miler: Easter Monday is the day for the now traditional Beaconsfield 5, a trail race around the grounds of the gorgeous Hall Barn estate. As usual ESM supported and took a posse of runners, some seniors but mostly vets. The weather was really kind […]
We made good use of our home advantage at the opening SAL fixture on Saturday, where we won comfortably with a total score of 293, beating Thurrock’s 274. It wasn’t by any means certain though, with Thurrock appearing to take a slight lead early on and little separating us throughout the match. They were generally […]