Many thanks in particular to Graham French who wrote most of the report on the young athletes, and to Jamie Taylor-Caldwell for the men’s report and all the interesting stats. Close to 40 ESM athletes headed up the M1 on Saturday for the National XC Championships at Wollaton Park, Nottingham – […]
Like many other events on the weekend of Storm Dennis, this one nearly didn’t happen! With a section of Kenton Road reportedly flooded, organisers Metros RC had to do a few last-minute course changes to deliver the promised 10K route. Sadly, they couldn’t do much about the weather, but seven […]
Luck was on our side this weekend, as Saturday was blessed with mild, sunny conditions; by contrast Storm Ciara put paid to most outdoor plans the following day. That’s not to say we had it easy: there was mud aplenty, especially around some of the tight turns – Akira wasn’t […]
Very muddy conditions apparently… well, would we expect anything else at Parliament Hill? Though of course, there’s mud and there’s mud, as Lynn Wilson puts it: “there was the wet mud that you could breeze through, well sort of, then there was that sticky mud which sucked your feet down […]
Under 17 Mo Ali continued his return to form with his first sub-15 minute parkrun at Dulwich on Saturday. Only three Under 17s have broken that barrier at parkrun: Charlie Brisley holds the record with 14:53 at Pegwell Bay, and Mo is the second-fastest with his 14:56. Oliver Way also […]
The name Alexandra Palace can already strike terror into the heart of a cross country runner. Imagine the reaction when, in the days leading up to the fixture, we were advised by the host club that: “the course is very very muddy and very taxing”! Well, they weren’t wrong, it […]
The weather at cross country races normally seems to start relatively benign then rustle up a storm for the concluding senior men’s race. Not so this weekend, where the young athletes had to contend with the chillier, breezier conditions, while the senior women even enjoyed a few rays of sunshine. […]
After the glorious mild sunshine of Christmas Day, Boxing Day brought a more typical mix of chilly, damp weather, and the volunteer team turned up wondering if any runners would join them. Luckily, there were quite a few with guilty consciences, keen – as this year’s Clerk of the Course […]
It was wet, it was dark, and a pre-Christmas drink may have seemed a much more appealing prospect… but 13-and-a-half pairs turned out for our inaugural Christmas predictor paarlauf. The concept was simple: each pair would run alternate laps, completing 8000m in total. We’d ask each pair to estimate their […]
The third Met League fixture was held just down the road at Hillingdon Farm Sports Ground in Uxbridge. Conditions were mild and dry, though those in the U15 age group and above still had to negotiate the infamous water jump! (Though according to young athlete coach Bridie Lebdiri, the U13s […]