Posts by Shona Cowper

Perivale 5 2024

It was a rather damp affair for this year’s Perivale 5, but spirits were high as we made our way to Perivale Park Athletics Track for what is, for many of us, one of the highlights of the running year. Many months of preparation go into making the Perivale 5 happen, managed by a small-but-perfectly-formed […]

Race report: Ealing Half Ma...

Race report: Ealing Half Marathon 2024

Authored by Sarah Harris Another year and another Ealing Half Marathon (EHM) that didn’t disappoint. Ideal running conditions set the scene for 40 ESM members to join over 3,500 runners at the start line for the twelfth edition of the club’s local half marathon. As usual, the closed-road event was exceptionally well-organised and well-supported along most of the […]

Race report: San Sebastián ...

Race report written by Sarah Harris Earlier this year, Mariona and Sarah G hatched a plan to run the San Sebastián marathon. Fast forward to a few months later, and this had snowballed into a team event with around 20 ESMers plus supporters travelling to the Basque coastal city to participate in the 42k, 21K […]

Victory for ESM athlete All...

Article written by Allan McSween and Pat Cornell Ealing, Southall and Middlesex sprinter Allan McSween won gold in the 100m and 200m and bronze in the mixed 4x100m relay at the Invictus Games held in Dusseldorf in September 2023. His wins in the 100 and 200 were quite comfortable after very easy wins in the heats […]

Ealing Half Marathon 2023 &...

Ealing Half Marathon 2023 – Race Report

Written by Sarah Harris On Sunday, 24th September, 44 ESM members lined up among 3,039 runners for the eleventh Ealing Half Marathon. There was the usual nervous energy and excitement amidst the green and gold camaraderie. Race conditions were near perfect, and this fantastic local event was as well organised as ever by the Ealing […]

North West London League &#...

Report written by Graham French. Photos provided by Pete Flewitt and Debra Booker ESM’s young athletes were out in good numbers for the first fixture of the cross country season. Conditions were good, the sun shone, & we recorded 2 individual & 2 team wins. The overall results made for a good start to the […]

Club Half Marathon Record B...

Mohamed Hashi smashed his own PB and broke the club record yesterday in Northern Ireland at the Antrim Coast Half Marathon. Running in the Elite event at what is known as one of the fastest half marathons in the world, Mo came in 30th with a chip time of 1:07:01. This is a PB of […]

Cathy Bow 1958 – 2023

Written by Lynn Wilson We are sad to report that Cathy Bow sadly passed away on 27th July 2023. Cathy was a stalwart of our women’s team and played a major role in the pioneering vanguard of Ealing & Southall AC women’s section over the country and road during the 1980’s and into the 90’s […]

Race report: ASICS 10k

Race report: ASICS 10k

Written by Sarah Gerrie Sunday the 9th July saw a bunch of ESM runners hop foot it into central London for the ASICs 10km. On a busy fixture day for ESM, the lure of a flat road race with great crowd support was too great which did somewhat leave our other fixtures for that day- […]

Exbury Gardens 10K — ESM o...

Report written by Sarah Harris. Thirteen brave ESMers took on the heat of Exbury Gardens 10K in Hampshire’s beautiful New Forest on a very sunny June Sunday. We came back a little sunburnt and fatigued but happy to have had a summer weekend of racing and team fun. Exbury 10K is pitched as one of […]