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 […]
Ealing Southall and Middlesex’s U15 athlete, Leila Newth, concluded a wonderful July 2024 with three gold medals at the Alexander Stadium in Birmingham. The first saw her take top spot in the English Schools U15 long jump for Middlesex in a thrilling competition where she equalled her personal best of […]
Competing at the England Athletics Indoor Championships in Sheffield (10-11 Feb 2024), ESM athlete Leila Newth equalled the under-15 girls all time UK indoor triple jump record. Her third jump of 11m48cm matched Amy Williams’ previous best ever jump to claim gold.The Championship best leap puts Leila in the UK […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]