We took full advantage of a home match, with victory in our first foray into Division Three of the Southern Athletics League, writes Fiona Kennedy. With forty-seven ESM athletes turning out, we had a nearly-full team sheet, (special thanks are due to Phil York for helping to rally the troops), […]
Middle-distance runner Chris Hepworth fine-tuned his preparations for the upcoming track season by winning the UK wife-carrying contest over a 380m course in Dorking today. More details of this prestigious event can be found on the BBC and on the getSURREY website. Well done Chris!
ESM roadrunners were spread far and wide this weekend, so here’s a round-up of who was racing where… PARIS Andy Leung reports first from Paris: What a wonderful weekend spent with a bunch of lovely people, doing the stuff we like… drinking, sightseeing, eating and a little bit of running. I […]
As with all British scenarios, one must begin with discussing the weather, reports Shona Cowper. For the Beaconsfield 5 on Easter Monday the 22-strong ESM team had all been anticipating torrential rain, if the double raindrop on the BBC weather app is anything to go by. However, as we all […]
Congratulations to new member Mia de Vivenot for winning the girls’ race at the Maidenhead Easter Mile today, which was held prior to the traditional Good Friday 10 miler. The mile race was for U11s and U13s and 11-year-old Mia finished in a time of 5:57, which was a PB […]
Ten-year-old Finlay Vadon was selected to run at the National Schools’ Years 5 -7 Cross Country Championships at Prestwold Hall in Loughborough on March 24th. It was his first taste of racing at such a large and high profile event and he handled it well, finishing 58th in a field of 266. It […]
Our young athletes finished off their cross country season with the North West London League at Wormwood Scrubs last Saturday, a fixture which was rescheduled from its original date due to snow. Young athlete coach Bridie Lebdiri shares a few thoughts on how it went. In the U11G race, Sophie Buzzigoli ran […]
Massive congratulations to Jason Carty, who won a gold medal at the European Masters Indoor Championships in Madrid. He progressed from 7.28 in his heat to 7.13 in his semi and then ran 7.12 to win the final. Jason is in the habit of winning gold medals at masters championships, […]
Five ESM athletes represented Middlesex at the prestigious English Schools National Cross Country Championships held in Leeds earlier this month. U20 Nicola Ravenhill was making her fifth appearance at these championships; for U20 George Kerry it was his fourth. Both are now in their final year at school, so […]
It was a great morning out for the club at Northala Fields parkrun on Saturday, reports Fiona Kennedy, with 47 members taking part in the run and many volunteering in one form or another. For the roadrunners, it was one of two 5K events in the yearly championship schedule. (The […]