The Vitality Big Half Marathon Central London Sunday 4th March 2018 The Vitality Big Half Marathon is a new event that starts outside the Tower of London, following much of the first half of the London Marathon route, but in reverse, passing through the Boroughs of Southwark, Tower Hamlets and Lewisham before finishing up in Greenwich. It was the only big outdoors running event last weekend that survived last weeks ‘Beast from the East’ and six Ilford athletes pitted themselves against Mo Farah and 2017 London Marathon winner Daniel Wanjiru. In what other sport do you get to compete with and against the worlds best? Unfortunately none of the Ilford runners managed to beat Mo, but all gave a good account …Read More

Saucony English National XC Championships Parliament hills Fields Saturday 24th February A small contingent of Ilford Athletes made their way to the “Home” of Cross Country last Saturday. The course was a little drier than in previous years and the sun was out but the hills remained the same!! In the Ladies race Launa Broadley & Sheila Sinclair, in their first National, started steady and completed the 8km course in 57:50 and 61:06 respectively. There were 1113 finishers. This was a huge achievement for both Ladies and is the culmination of an excellent Winters Training. They now look forward to a great Spring now!! In the Men’s race held over 12.5km, and after a very congested start, Malcolm Muir running strongly …Read More

Chase the Moon 5k & 10k Olympic Park, Stratford Wednesday 14th February It was a cold and wet night last Wednesday as 600 athletes gathered at the Olympic Park for their one true love on Valentines night – running. Ilfords Carol Muir was the sole Ilford runner on the night. Carol chose to race the 5k course and battled well against the elements to finish 207th in a time of 33:56. CHINGFORD LEAGUE Victoria Park Saturday 17 February The last individual event of the winter’s Chingford League was held over a flat fast road course on a still sunny afternoon, perfect racing conditions. This year the race was a measured 5 miles instead of the usual 2 laps. Four runners …Read More