Jon Ellis has achieved great success in ultra running throughout this year, including fourth place in the gruelling Swissalpine Marathon 78K race in July. Having won the South Downs Way 50 in April and the North Downs Way 50 in May, he turned his attention this autumn to the Chiltern […]
Coach Bridie Lebdiri shares a few observations on the last match. Thanks to Annick Hooge for these photos; there are more on our Facebook page. U11 boys: It was good to see Tom and Evan trying out cross country. Alec Edgar did very well, I advised him to follow Lucy […]
Having won the Under 15 Boys’ race at the first British Cross Challenge in Milton Keynes earlier this month, Mohamed Ali underscored his dominance with another win at Sefton Park in Liverpool. Easing around the undulating 3km course, he held on for an impressive win, according to the British Athletics […]
Another fabulous day for cross country: cold and still frosty underfoot in places, but glorious winter sunshine in Trent Park for this long-established cross country race. It’s a popular course, being, as Louise put it “nicely challenging, but not overly so”, and many of the women enjoy the chance to […]
The ‘Challenge’ is to stay on your feet! Herbert’s Hole, the last in the series of Club Championship races, and arguably the hardest, writes Louise Prince. Listed under the heading of ‘Multi terrain 10Ks’, runners could have been forgiven for thinking it was a 10K race, when actually it was […]
Ealing had a very successful start to their London Youth Games campaign for 2018. The Boys teams came 10th overall and the Girls teams 13th. The London Youth Games is a multi sport competition held annually between the 32 Boroughs of London. ESM athletes form the bulk of teams for […]
North West London League/Fraternity & Sorority Cups – Trent Park – Sat 25 Nov 2017 Always popular, this beautiful course runs through park land at the top of the hill, through the woods down to the fields at the bottom of the course before returning to the finish back up […]
The second Met League fixture returned to Welwyn after a few years’ absence, but at the new venue of Stanborough Park. The organisers managed to create an enjoyable yet challenging route within a relatively confined area, and we were blessed yet again with mild dry conditions. There was good participation […]
Mohamed Ali won gold by c.50 metres in the Under 15 boys’ race held as part of the British Athletics Cross Challenge in Milton Keynes last Saturday. He completed the 4.4km route in 14:17, breaking clear for the win following a near race-long battle with Menai Track & Field’s Mike Spill. […]
A personal review from Shona Cowper, with a few words from Bev and Annette to follow … Better late than never goes the phrase and that could easily apply to finishing races as well as getting race reports in to the website administrator (sorry Fiona!). Seven sprightly ESM souls took […]