The Bushy Park multi-terrain race was a new one for ESM, and it wasn’t a bad turnout considering the unseasonably cold weather. There was positive feedback about the lovely park and the scenic course, which was much flatter than the more familiar Herbert’s Hole 10K in the autumn. (A good […]
A reduced team of fifteen ESM U20 and U17 athletes travelled to Oxford on Sunday April 29th for their first Youth Development League match of the summer, writes Tim Hannah. Unfortunately, the weather limited opportunities for personal best performances, with strong winds and temperatures only just above freezing. It felt […]
ESM runners defy the heat & smash the London Marathon, writes Martin Wilson. What a day – 22 degrees in the shade and more like 30+ in the unrelenting sun… make no mistake about it, absolutely brutal conditions. Our intrepid team of runners who had become acclimatised to seemingly permanent winter […]
A good time was had by all at the first MYAL meeting of the season, reports Annick Hooge. The young athletes arrived very excited, and everyone performed well despite the hot conditions. Team Manager Denise had it all organised with clipboard, numbers, pins, timetable and also plenty of advice. Tim, […]
Congratulations to Lucy Henson and Tom Robertson, who won the Jack Petchey Awards for April and May respectively. Lucy’s award was spent on shots and discus; Tom’s was used to buy new high jump stands (for competition use only) and hammer wires. A list of previous winners can be found here.
We took full advantage of a home match, with victory in our first foray into Division Three of the Southern Athletics League, writes Fiona Kennedy. With forty-seven ESM athletes turning out, we had a nearly-full team sheet, (special thanks are due to Phil York for helping to rally the troops), […]
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 11th 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 […]
Middle-distance runner Chris Hepworth fine-tuned his preparations for the upcoming track season by winning the UK wife-carrying contest over a 380m course in Dorking today. More details of this prestigious event can be found on the BBC and on the getSURREY website. Well done Chris!
ESM roadrunners were spread far and wide this weekend, so here’s a round-up of who was racing where… PARIS Andy Leung reports first from Paris: What a wonderful weekend spent with a bunch of lovely people, doing the stuff we like… drinking, sightseeing, eating and a little bit of running. I […]
As with all British scenarios, one must begin with discussing the weather, reports Shona Cowper. For the Beaconsfield 5 on Easter Monday the 22-strong ESM team had all been anticipating torrential rain, if the double raindrop on the BBC weather app is anything to go by. However, as we all […]