Mark Kencroft writes: My second time running this ever popular multi terrain 10k event in Chesham. I met Martin Daoud beforehand and we did a quick check on the finish area pointing out the many rabbit holes on the finish approach. I was in two minds whether to wear my running trainers and to […]
The South Bucks 10K. This Championship race saw 14 club members (plus volunteers and supporters!) head over to Black Park to line up for one of the flattest 10Ks around. A beautiful, if crisp, morning greeted the runners as we approached the starting line. Cold in the shade, warm in the sunshine. And lovely autumn […]
The ESM Yacht Handicap has been an annual fun event for ESM runners & friends for at least the last 50 years & quite possibly longer. The concept, borrowed from the world of sailing, is designed to give everybody regardless of ability, a chance to win. In the 1960s the course was run around the […]
Wednesday evening saw the ESM ladies, bolstered by a couple of Northala Fields regulars, take part in the annual BA Speedbirds Ladies 5K at Harmondsworth Moor. It was a lovely evening for it too, not overly hot, but with a nice cooling breeze. The course is gently undulating, along a mixture of sand and gravel […]
The ‘Challenge’ is to stay on your feet! Herbert’s Hole, the last in the series of Club Championship races, and arguably the hardest, writes Louise Prince. Listed under the heading of ‘Multi terrain 10Ks’, runners could have been forgiven for thinking it was a 10K race, when actually it was more like 10 & a […]
Sunday 11th June saw a small but determined band of runners and a couple of supporters (thanks Catherine and Philip) trek out to Wargrave for the first of the club championship road 10Ks, this race replacing the cancelled Ealing Eagles/Gunnersbury Park 10K. It’s a race some in the club have done before, but none of […]
Sunday 21st May saw the first of the Club Championship multi terrain 10Ks, writes Louise Prince, and also saw the first we’ve seen in a while of the Sun, which made for a very warm race. 20 club members, 13 men and 7 women, braved the heat of the morning to take on a course […]
The Pednor 5 Mile road race was added to the ESM Roadrunners Championship this year (writes Mark Kencroft). Set in rural countryside roads around Chesham, we had 12 ESM runners and a few supporters turn out for a May Day evening run. Heavy & frequent showers throughout late afternoon disappeared, and the race itself was […]