Congratulations to both Josie Booker and Katharine Boissiere, recent winners of the Jack Petchey Award. Josie won the February award for improving her focus in training and competition. This was evident at Lee Valley last weekend, when she secured four PBs in the pentathlon, including a PB by 9 seconds […]
Congratulations to Oliver Way for his PB of 31:55 at the Cheshire 10K yesterday, a time which saw him place 10th in a quality field. Oliver is a 1500m specialist and has no prior road form, which makes his time especially noteworthy (though his excellent recent performance at the National […]
On a bright and breezy afternoon last Wednesday, ESM hosted the annual Ealing High Schools cross country relays in honour of former club members Del Hebbes and Mike Barratt. The event comprises five legs of c.1500m around the perimeter of Perivale Park. Teams consist of one runner from each of […]
If you’d like to take up running but don’t know where to start, come along to our next Couch-to-5K course. Starts 6:30pm on Wednesday 3rd April at Perivale Park Athletics Track. We’ll get you from a walk-jog to a continuous 5K in 8 weeks. All welcome – just click here […]
The final race of the North London League was held at Wormwood Scrubs on Saturday 2nd March, with Team Manager Tim Hannah remarking that our turnout of 21 was relatively good, considering that some of our athletes had big competitions both the previous week and in the two weeks to […]
Last weekend a group of ESM athletes decided to take shelter from the blustery weather and headed over to Lee Valley to compete in the British Masters Athletics Federation indoor track and field championships, reports Phil York. Jason Carty, (pictured), who competes in the M45 age group, convincingly won the […]
Phil York reports from a muddy Trent Park: Last Sunday a small group of ESM athletes travelled over to Trent Park, Cockfosters to take part in the Middlesex Masters Cross Country Championships. The event organisers had devised a new course for this annual event, which had a very early start […]
Last Saturday an intrepid group of ESM athletes made the long journey to Yorkshire to take part in the Saucony English National Cross Country Championships at Harewood House, near Leeds, reports Phil York. It really was a glorious day, with the sun shining, facilities great and good transport links to […]
The final winter fixture for young athletes is the North West London League race at Wormwood Scrubs this coming Saturday 2nd March. Meet outside Linford Christie Stadium, postcode W12 0DF. We are not planning to run a minibus. Directions by car: Come into London from Ealing on the A40, Western Avenue. Turn […]
Following his indoor 1500m PB set at the Lee Valley Middle Distance Open last Wednesday, Mohamed Ali went on to win silver at the national indoor championships in Sheffield on Saturday. According to coach Steve Mann, the aim was “just to test out where he is now. He had only completed […]