Jamie Taylor-Caldwell & Chris Hepworth report from a successful day at Milton Keynes: An impressive team performance from the senior men at the Southern 12 Stage Road Relays saw them qualify for the Nationals for the first time since 2015. The 12 stage road relays are the ultimate test of […]
Congratulations to both Josie Booker and Katharine Boissiere, recent winners of the Jack Petchey Award. Josie won the February award for improving her focus in training and competition. This was evident at Lee Valley last weekend, when she secured four PBs in the pentathlon, including a PB by 9 seconds […]
Congratulations to Oliver Way for his PB of 31:55 at the Cheshire 10K yesterday, a time which saw him place 10th in a quality field. Oliver is a 1500m specialist and has no prior road form, which makes his time especially noteworthy (though his excellent recent performance at the National […]
On a bright and breezy afternoon last Wednesday, ESM hosted the annual Ealing High Schools cross country relays in honour of former club members Del Hebbes and Mike Barratt. The event comprises five legs of c.1500m around the perimeter of Perivale Park. Teams consist of one runner from each of […]
The final race of the North London League was held at Wormwood Scrubs on Saturday 2nd March, with Team Manager Tim Hannah remarking that our turnout of 21 was relatively good, considering that some of our athletes had big competitions both the previous week and in the two weeks to […]
Last weekend a group of ESM athletes decided to take shelter from the blustery weather and headed over to Lee Valley to compete in the British Masters Athletics Federation indoor track and field championships, reports Phil York. Jason Carty, (pictured), who competes in the M45 age group, convincingly won the […]
Phil York reports from a muddy Trent Park: Last Sunday a small group of ESM athletes travelled over to Trent Park, Cockfosters to take part in the Middlesex Masters Cross Country Championships. The event organisers had devised a new course for this annual event, which had a very early start […]
Last Saturday an intrepid group of ESM athletes made the long journey to Yorkshire to take part in the Saucony English National Cross Country Championships at Harewood House, near Leeds, reports Phil York. It really was a glorious day, with the sun shining, facilities great and good transport links to […]
Following his indoor 1500m PB set at the Lee Valley Middle Distance Open last Wednesday, Mohamed Ali went on to win silver at the national indoor championships in Sheffield on Saturday. According to coach Steve Mann, the aim was “just to test out where he is now. He had only completed […]
We had 13 runners in the Hillingdon half marathon this year and one in the 10K, reports Mark Kencroft, with some taking up free places offered after the cancellation of last year’s Hillingdon 10/Finchley 20. Ian Leslie actually turned up without having a place in the race at all, but […]