Martin Wilson reports on the club outing to Beaconsfield’s multi-terrain 5 miler: Easter Monday is the day for the now traditional Beaconsfield 5, a trail race around the grounds of the gorgeous Hall Barn estate. As usual ESM supported and took a posse of runners, some seniors but mostly vets. […]
We made good use of our home advantage at the opening SAL fixture on Saturday, where we won comfortably with a total score of 293, beating Thurrock’s 274. It wasn’t by any means certain though, with Thurrock appearing to take a slight lead early on and little separating us throughout […]
Chris Hepworth reports from Sutton Coldfield: An excellent result for ESM at the National 12 stage Road Relays saw the Senior Men’s team finish in 46th place, the team’s highest finish since 2005. This performance is even more impressive, given that the team’s three fastest athletes from the Southern Road […]
Jamie Taylor-Caldwell & Chris Hepworth report from a successful day at Milton Keynes: An impressive team performance from the senior men at the Southern 12 Stage Road Relays saw them qualify for the Nationals for the first time since 2015. The 12 stage road relays are the ultimate test of […]
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 […]