The South Bucks 10K. This Championship race saw 14 club members (plus volunteers and supporters!) head over to Black Park to line up for one of the flattest 10Ks around. A beautiful, if crisp, morning greeted the runners as we approached the starting line. Cold in the shade, warm in […]
A view from the sidelines – Fiona Kennedy reports from the pavement It’s renowned for the fantastic crowd support around the course, and the 2018 Ealing Half – now in its seventh year – didn’t disappoint. (We probably had more club members supporting and volunteering than actually running… what does […]
James Steel reports from Lammas Park: There was a good turnout from the ESM junior section at this year’s Ealing Mini Mile. There was a win in the U12 girls’ category for Mia De Vivenot and in the U16 boys’ race, Marcus West broke the course record to win in […]
Our next Cross Country fixture is the Metropolitan League race at Claybury/Woodford on Saturday 13th October. The Met League is one of the largest and most competitive cross country leagues in the UK. Claybury is a moderately easy course, except for the sharp little hill at the bottom of the […]
It was a perfect late summer’s day for cross-country, and we had some good results – including two individual winners – though numbers in the younger age groups were slightly down, with several of them opting for the Ealing Mini Mile the same afternoon. The U11 boys and U13 girls […]
John Falvey reports on a weekend in Ealing’s twin town near Lille… After much advance planning (half an hour), Fiona and I booked ourselves onto the Marcq-en-Baroeul “semi marathon” (actually 7K for me) three weeks before the race. Fiona immediately embarked on a full week of intensive training for a […]
Five ESM members tackled this year’s edition of the recently revived Harrow Half, writes Fiona Kennedy, and fine sunny conditions greeted the field of almost 600. First home for the club was Santosh Rai, running as part of his build-up to the Chicago Marathon in three weeks’ time. Knowing it was a […]
The first Cross Country of the season is our home fixture at Horsenden Hill on Saturday September 29th. All young athletes are welcome to take part in this first race of the season. Venue: Meet at Berkeley Fields at the bottom of Berkeley Avenue, Greenford, UB6 ONZ. Berkeley Ave is off […]
Conditions once again felt warm and humid for this year’s Middlesex Road Relays at Minet Park. There have only been senior races since 2016, and turnout remains relatively low, but you can only beat those who compete, and our men’s and women’s A teams did just that. Jamie Taylor-Caldwell led […]
Sarah Harris reports from this year’s race… We set off bright and early on Sunday 9th of September to take part in the River Relay. It was one of those beautiful mornings when late summer is still holding out against the advent of autumn and after months of running through […]