Martin Wilson reports from our Boxing Day races: Once again, our running activities barely seem to pause for breath. Following on from the Northala Christmas Day parkrun special, it was the turn of the traditional ESM Boxing Day races and handicap to take centre stage. As far as we know […]
Twenty-six members completed officially recognised road marathons this year (twenty-seven if we include second-claim member Bill Lonsdale). Nine of them did so for the first time, while this year’s marathon “junkies” were Bill (five marathons) followed by Andy Leung, Bruce Li, Santosh Rai & Steve Plummer, who each ran three […]
The Santa Canter 2018 results are now posted. Well done to Bob Stanbrook this year’s winner of the chocolate Santa handicap.
Mohamed Ali won the Under 17 men’s race at the recent South of England inter county cross country match, with the county finishing fourth in this category. Elias Ahmed finished 19th and was second to score for Middlesex. Arun Manget also battled round in county colours, on a blustery and […]
This year’s Perivale 5 once again proved to be a popular event, with online entries reaching the 400 limit by the beginning of November, writes Race Director Phil York. He was delighted to welcome back a large group of runners from Ware Joggers, who used the race as their club’s […]
Our usual Boxing Day races will take place this year, starting at 10:45am. No pre-registration required – just turn up at the cafe in Pitshanger Park in good time to sign the entry sheet and collect a race number. Guests are welcome. It is a low key event and there […]
Congratulations to 10 year old Roger Robles, winner of the November 2018 Jack Petchey Award. Roger only started training with us in September but has shown excellent attendance and application to training, according to his coach Annick Hooge who nominated him. In his first cross country race, he finished in […]
Phil York and Fiona Kennedy report on the weekend’s cross country races: Last Saturday ESM made the short trip along the A40 to Uxbridge, the venue for the third fixture of this winter’s Metropolitan League series. This was a proper cross country course, with senior runners facing on each lap […]
Click here for the results from this year’s Perivale 5. Click here for the Fun Run results. Bruce’s photo album is here. We had SEVEN new age group records this year: Perivale 5 all-time ranking (age group records) Click here for course records and rankings: Perivale 5 all-time ranking (men sub 30), Perivale 5 all-time […]
The 2018 running of the Perivale 5 will be on Sunday 2nd December at 10:00am, and entries are welcome from runners of all abilities. It’s a 5 mile road race over two flat laps, which finishes in the athletics stadium. Click here for online entry and more details about the […]