Written by Sarah Gerrie Sunday the 9th July saw a bunch of ESM runners hop foot it into central London for the ASICs 10km. On a busy fixture day for ESM, the lure of a flat road race with great crowd support was too great which did somewhat leave our […]
Report written by Sarah Harris. Thirteen brave ESMers took on the heat of Exbury Gardens 10K in Hampshire’s beautiful New Forest on a very sunny June Sunday. We came back a little sunburnt and fatigued but happy to have had a summer weekend of racing and team fun. Exbury 10K […]
Report by Graham French A group of ESM’s young athletes travelled to Chester at the weekend for the English National Cross Country championship, testing themselves against the best in the country. The undoubted stars of the day were our two under 13 teams who recorded our best results in those age groups […]
Report by Graham French Four of ESM’s young athletes & one of our under 20s were selected to represent Middlesex County at the South of England inter county race at Horspath, Oxford, on the 10 December. It was a clear day but bitingly cold, with a layer of frost & snow […]
Martin Wilson writes: The ESM Yacht Handicap has been an annual fun event for ESM runners & friends for at least the last 50 years & quite possibly longer. The concept, borrowed from the world of sailing, is designed to give everybody, regardless of ability & current fitness levels, a […]
Graham French writes about the club’s recent young athlete achievements. An event was recently held at Perivale track where ESM’s young athletes received trophies & medals following an excellent 2021/22 cross country season . The awards were made by club president Nigel Small. In total 54 young athletes in the […]
It’s called “Glastonbury for Runners” but instead of trekking around muddy fields, watching bands and drinking alcohol, the attendees pitch up, hydrate on alcohol-free electrolytes (if they’re serious about the race, that is!) and run 5-mile loops through a beautiful countryside estate. This year, our ‘ladies team – small’ comprised […]
Our young athletes got their season off to a great start in the Middlesex Young Athletes League at Parliament Hill. They finished third out of eleven teams with the under 11 girls finishing a close second in their age category. All the results are below: …and here are some of […]
Report by Graham French. ESM’s young athletes defied some really challenging conditions at the Middlesex County cross country championships on Saturday 8 January, and for the first time in well over a decade brought home two team trophies, out of the 8 possible trophies for the under 11 to under […]