It was a rather “slimmed-down” squad that travelled to Alexandra Palace for the final Met League fixture of the 2016/17 winter season, report Phil York & Fiona Kennedy. There was a good turnout from the juniors, but neither the men nor the women fielded a complete team. Luckily, we weren’t the only […]
Jamie Taylor-Caldwell placed fifth in his heat at the Armory Collegiate Invitational indoor track & field meeting in New York last Friday, knocking 12 seconds off his previous best with a time of 8:23.20.
Under 15 hurdler Louis Clow produced a significant personal best in finishing second over the 60m hurdles at the London Indoor Games at Lee Valley on Sunday, reports Pat Cornell. He got a fast start, hurdled very smoothly and held on to second place in a very tight finish in […]
The wintry mid-week weather gave way to sleeting rain on Saturday afternoon, as we headed to Trent Park for the penultimate Metropolitan Cross Country League race of the season (writes Fiona Kennedy). Mercifully for the nearly 1000 athletes present, it didn’t last, and there was even some bright sunshine by […]
We had a successful afternoon at Saturday’s Middlesex Cross Country Champs in Hillingdon, (writes Fiona Kennedy), winning five individual medals and three sets of team medals. In addition to the rude shock of returning to cross country after the Christmas break, most age groups had to step up a gear, […]
ESM’s long-standing traditional Boxing Day races continued for 2016 on a fine and sunny morning (writes Mark Kencroft). With the pavements and paths dry and just a light breeze, conditions were perfect for the runners. As ever, the races had virtually no marshals and no directional signage other than the […]
The Perivale 5, Ealing’s longest established road race, was a sell-out for the fourth year running, with 400 signing up in advance, writes Race Director Phil York. The runners were greeted with bright sunshine on a rather chilly morning. However, the race warmed up pretty quickly as Zac Randall, from […]
The austere bleak setting of Wormwood Scrubs was vividly decorated by the spectacle of nearly 900 runners from athletics clubs across London competing in the third of five races in the Metropolitan Cross Country League (writes Martin Wilson). Cold typical December weather but the runners were actually very pleased with […]
This weekend saw ESM head to the picturesque Trent Park for the annual Fraternity and Sorority Cup. This race has been held since 1933 between local clubs and is a bit different to other cross country races because the men and women run the 8km course together. It was a […]
Congratulations to Tom Sanders and Joel Wynter who both won silver medals in the LUCA (London Universities & Colleges) indoor championships at Lee Valley on Sunday. Joel long-jumped 6.14m. (Frustratingly, he had longer no-jumps!) Tom ran 23.78 in the 200. He was short of speed early on but finished very […]