A short trip down the M4 for the first ESM road running club race of the year – to the extended ring of car-parks that seemed to make up much of Wokingham – saw a fine turnout of over 20 clubmates and some Northala Fields parkrun regulars too (Bruce, Vincent […]
It was a rather low turnout for the North West London League fixture at Harrow on Saturday, no doubt partly due to half term, but well done to those athletes who competed. The course was deceptively difficult, writes Team Manager Bridie Lebdiri, muddy on the first field with a long […]
The fifth and final fixture of the Met League saw numbers down a little, as the total number of finishers dipped below 1000 for the first time this season, write Fiona Kennedy & Phil York. Conditions were certainly not for the faint-hearted, as the the wind and rain added to […]
Well done to the ESM athletes who travelled down to Brighton last weekend, despite the lack of a train service. (And commiserations to all who had to face the motorway closures on the way home!) Congratulations especially to Mohamed Ali who won the Under 15 boys’ race. His game plan, […]
The fourth Met League at Wormwood Scrubs on Saturday saw record fields in the senior races, with 544 men and 262 women – a total of 1,174 athletes including the younger age groups. ESM played its part with its best turnout so far of over 60 athletes. I was delighted […]
Over 600 athletes participated in this year’s County Championships – which continues the upward trend of the last few years – and 23 clubs were represented. ESM fielded 57 athletes, ranging in age from 9 year old Finlay Vadon to Steve Plested at 66. Highlights included four individual medals for the […]
Craig Carscadden, one-time member of the club, has been awarded an MBE for his services to athletes with disabilities and to the Paralympics. He’s now based in Bristol and a member of Thornbury Running Club, but many of us remember Craig’s days with ESM, both as an athlete and as […]
Our running activities barely seem to pause for breath, writes Martin Wilson. Following on from the Northala Christmas Day parkrun special it was the turn of the traditional ESM Boxing Day handicap to take centre stage. As far as we know this has been an annual event since 1924, and […]
Santa Canter results are here! Breege won the coveted Santa, with Nick Steel the fastest man and Shona Cowper the fastest woman. Happy Christmas one and all.
Last Sunday saw the 20th running of the Perivale 5 mile road race, writes Race Director Phil York. Thankfully, weather conditions on the day were clear, crisp and dry – had the event been held a week later, it would have been cancelled due to the snowy conditions. Just ahead […]