BA Athletics Club News Digest 1st April 2019
Events:
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Thursday 4th April Dream Mile Bath Road from 12:45
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Wednesday 10th April "Watersplash" 10k (and 5k) club races from the Bedfont
Club from 18:00 #*
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Saturday 13th April Club Featured parkrun at Brooklands parkrun near
Weybridge starts 09:00 #*
We meet at 18:00 at the
Bedfont Club
on most
Wednesdays throughout the year.
New members and potential members of all fitness levels and abilities are welcome at all of these events. The full diary of club featured events is on the club website at: http://www.barunner.org.uk/Event Diary.shtml.
Last updated: 11th February.
* Club Event Map: [Clickable link to Google Maps]
(parkrun details updated 20th March) /
# Club Points event.
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BARunnerUK/ (formal
"front window" club page), BA Runner Facebook Group (informal
"back office" - ask to join).
Inclusions, with photos, please to Roderick Hoffman at news@barunner.org.uk.
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Editorial - everything in this April 1st issue is
the gospel truth, as written by Jesus' own hand.
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Dream Mile this Thursday from 12:45
I've just checked the BBC weather forecast for Thursday and it says,
"gentle breeze"! Honest Gov., check it yourself if you don't
believe me. See you at the start line.
Dear Members,
The new Membership Year starts again on 1st April 2019, so Subs are
due. Membership remains (a bargain! at) £9 - and this year England
Athletics are also keeping individual Affiliation Fees at £15. So please
submit your £9 or £24 via the usual channels: Electronically to BAAC
60-02-60 / 10096647; Cheque payable to "British Airways AC" to myself,
or your nearest Committee Member; or Cash likewise if you must...
Thanks in advance for your promptitude!
Regards,
Chris
Kelly (Treasurer)
The Chairman adds - adopting a firm voice: Please
notify
Alan Friar (membership secretary) if your BA Clubs membership
changes, or if you are considering changing it (leaving or joining).
This makes a difference to our funding and relationship with BA Clubs.
BA Clubs themselves have now moved to be based at the Bedfont Club.
I expect BA Clubs to fund all of its members at that club (as they have
done for at least a dozen of us last year). I expect anyone
running with BAAC at the Bedfont Club to either join BA Clubs or make
their own arrangements with the Bedfont Club. The occasional guest visit
will be fine but beyond that Bedfont Club fees are very reasonable and
BA Clubs fees also, if you use the additional benefits of membership.
Contact me if you want more details.
Roderick
Hoffman (Chairman)
Five-Mile Winter Handicap Wednesday 27th March
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For the sixth and final leg of the 2018-19 winter handicap six
runners enjoyed cool and calm conditions and the start, at least, in
daylight. Everyone had run the course before and no navigation
problems were reported on an evening when traffic jams were widespread.
Everyone completed the five miles within two minutes (some faster, some
slower) of their target time. Benita and John Scaife were joint
winners on the evening being only 10 seconds adrift.
Gary Rushmer had done a whole lap as a warm-up and claimed a negative
split for his 10 mile evening so it looks like his marathon training is
on track.
Run 6 results:
- Benita and John Scaife 53:40 (23 points each);
- Maarten Stenham 36:00 (18 points);
- Roderick Hoffman 47:52 (16 points);
- Gary Rushmer 37:30 (15 points);
- Steve Hillier 52:57 (14 points)
Final League Table (best four scores out of max 6 to count):
- Maarten Stenham (ran all 6) 89 pts
- Roderick Hoffman (ran 5) 72
- Steve Hillier (5) 67
- Simon Turton (ran 4, incl 1 dnf) 62; Trish McCabe (3) 52 ; Gary
Rushmer (3) 43, Neil Frediani (3) 42 pts.
- also ran at least once - Chris Kelly, Lydia Bennett, Benita
Scaife, John Scaife, Alan Friar, Piers Keenleyside, Richard Ruffell,
Paul Knechtl (course record 31:12), Kelly Davis, Julie Barclay,
Jacqui Musselwhite, Paul Davis. Also non-scoring guests Poala
and Phil Howard.
The club digital clock in the Bedfont Club car park has been a
prominent feature of the series throughout the winter. Thanks to
Roderick for arranging storage, transport and set up.
Steve Newell
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Track is Back - Summer 2019!
Yes it’s true, the clocks have changed, and a new season of Track &
Field is almost upon us. We can offer competition for all
standards, whether you are a beginner, a star sprinter, a field athlete,
or a veteran. Please come along and enjoy something from the track
and field menu.
Monday evenings: With the exception of the Bank Holidays, there
is something available every week throughout the summer. We
organise in-house competitions (AKA Grand Prix events) at the Uxbridge
Track, and during the season we will work our way through a full range
of running distances, throws and jumps. If you’ve never tried a
Shot Put or 1000m, this is your opportunity!
We compete in the Southern Veterans League, a chance for everyone
from 35 to 95 to compete against their peers in age graded events.
These are all located in the West London area.
On the Mondays without competitions, we continue to train at Uxbridge
track – an opportunity to improve your pacing, fitness and technique.
Contact for Mondays:
Steve Hillier
Wednesday evenings: We compete in the Rosenheim League, a
friendly T&F competition spread around tracks in NW Surrey. Again,
all standards are welcome and you will find someone to compete with,
whether you plan to run an 11 second 100 metres, a relaxed 3000m, or try
a field event. Last year, both league teams grew as the season
progressed, and the performances of our relay squads were legendary!
Ed: Well, we have fielded teams OF legends.
Contact for Wednesdays:
Neil Frediani
Here are the planned dates for April and May:
- Mon 8th Apr: Track training, Uxbridge
- Mon 15th Apr: Grand Prix, Uxbridge: 1500m & Discus
- Mon 29th Apr: Track training, Uxbridge
- Wed 1st May: Rosenheim League, Sutton
- Mon 13th May: Veteran’s League, Battersea
- Mon 20th May: Grand Prix, Uxbridge: 1000m, Shot,
Long Jump & Wellie Wanging
- Wed 29th May: Rosenheim League, Ewell
Steve Hillier
Neil Frediani
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Wednesday 20th March NOW run at Brooklands report
 We met, we ran and we Concorde!
Photo for last week's report featuring, from left to right: a
representative of a lady with a pointed nose on her 50th birthday, Roderick Hoffman, Barry Walters, Christine
Munden, Alice Banks, Chris Stockwell and Steve Newell.
The next visit to Brooklands is a week on Saturday when we'll be
having a Club Featured parkrun there.
The next NOW event will be on Wednesday 17th April at Headstone
Manor in Harrow, hosted by Steve Hillier, where
after a run we'll see what Harrow has to offer in the way of
Heritage.
Roderick Hoffman
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Watersplash replacement events - Wednesday 10th April
New courses to replace the Watersplash 10km (and 5 km) laps of the Western
International Market used from 1989 to 2018 have now been measured.
Watersplash Lane was an ancient trail between Cranford and Hayes which included
a ford over the River Crane just to the north of the current M4.
In line with previous practice the 10km option will be on a pursuit basis
(slower runners start first) while the 5km option will be a mass start at 6.35
p.m. The longer option will be badged as the "Northumberland 10km" and the
shorter option will be known as the "Longford 5km". Bridges over both the
Northumberland and Longford Rivers are a feature of the course and a potted
history (including a relationship with the River Crane) will be published
separately.
The lap is just over 5km so the events will each have their own start lines
in Hatton Road but share a finish line on the footpath which runs between the
allotments and schools to the southeast of Hatton Road.
The Northumberland 10km will start in Hatton Road outside Bedfont Primary
School approx. 0.5km to the southwest of the Bedfont Club. The Longford
5km will start at the junction of the footpath and Hatton Road (opposite Cains
Lane). The 10km course will be over (almost) two laps, the 5km course over
(almost) a single lap.
In general terms the course is flat, triangular and run anticlockwise (three
key left and one right turns). The first part of the lap features a wide
(3m) pavement and no requirement to cross any major roads. The default is
to stick to the pavement except when crossing junctions with minor roads. The
second part is along a footpath in a rural setting, parallel with but not too
close to the Northumberland River.
Detail (and see the club map for the drawn loop):
Start (both 10km and 5km) in a south westerly direction along Hatton Road and
after crossing both the Northumberland and Longford rivers reach Bedfont Green
(church with graveyard). Follow the path round to the LEFT along Bell Lane
and join Staines Road (A315) by the red pillar box. The next stretch is a
long straight and passes briefly through an area with shops on both sides of the
road. There is a bridge over the Longford river about half way along.
This bridge is half way for the 5km runners and is at 7.5km for 10km runners on
their second lap. At the major junction (traffic lights) turn LEFT into Faggs Road (A312) and cross the Northumberland River. Immediately after
the bridge turn LEFT through a narrow gap onto an off-road footpath. IF YOU
REACH THE ENTRANCE TO TESCO AT THIS STAGE YOU HAVE GONE TOO FAR. The path at
this point meanders through a wooded section and emerges at a three-way
junction. Take the path to the LEFT into a more open area with grazing horses in
a fenced paddock on your right and later a wide-open space. The
Northumberland River is on your left but hidden by the jungle (left to nature).
After passing through an open but narrow gate you reach a junction. Turn
right and take the left hand of two parallel and straight paths alongside
allotments (on your right). IF YOU TURN LEFT AND CROSS A RIVER VIA A
FOOTBRIDGE YOU HAVE GONE WRONG. For 5km runners the finish line is approx. 200m
away. 10km runners continue all the way along the path to the junction
with Hatton Road. 10km runners will have now completed 5km and continue
(LEFT) down Hatton Road and repeat the loop before finishing at the same point
along the path as the 5km runners.
As this will be the first time we have used this course it will helpful if
those who are able record both their own times and measure the total distance.
Steve
Newell
Club parkrun results for Saturday 30th March 2019
| 30th March | Runner |
Time |
parkrun |
Comment |
Age Grade |
| Kay |
Trinder |
20:43 * |
Woking #230 |
F-3, club rec(F), run #120, 92nd at Woking |
84% |
| Julie |
Barclay |
22:19 * |
Bedfont Lakes #503 |
F-4, run #157, 20th at Bedfont Lakes |
80% |
| Roderick |
Hoffman |
28:41 * |
Haga #121 (Stockholm) |
BA park #483, 8th country in 8 weeks |
55% |
| David |
Duggan |
29:33 |
Roosevelt Island #119 |
run #301, 1st at Roosevelt Island, Bapark#485 |
54% |
| Janet |
Smith |
35:14 * |
Warsawa-Praga #303 |
run #101, 1st in Poland, BA park #484 |
50% |
| Caroline |
Cockram |
26:35 |
Feltham #6 |
run #352, 1st at Feltham |
63% |
| Ian |
Cockram |
24:55 |
Feltham #6 |
run #473, 1st at Feltham (YOI) |
60% |
| Alice |
Banks |
25:48 |
Oxford #379 |
1st run at Oxford, club rec(F) |
76% |
| Christine |
Munden |
31:42 |
Barnsley #429 |
run #15, 3rd at Barnsley |
52% |
| Anne |
Bannister |
28:09 |
Bedfont Lakes #503 |
run #193, 158th at Bedfont Lakes |
70% |
| Chris |
Evans |
23:17 * |
Bedfont Lakes #503 |
run #234, 227th at Bedfont Lakes |
65% |
| Graham |
Taylor |
25:50 |
Bedfont Lakes #503 |
run #13, 5th at Bedfont Lakes |
62% |
| Paul |
Watt |
25:08 |
Bedfont Lakes #503 |
first run at Bedfont Lakes |
61% |
| Maria |
Jovani |
27:05 |
Bedfont Lakes #503 |
pacer, run #267, 124th at Bedfont Lakes |
58% |
| James |
Shoulder |
23:10 * |
Bedfont Lakes #503 |
run #40, pacer |
56% |
| Trish |
McCabe |
28:58 |
Bedfont Lakes #503 |
run #280, 162nd at Bedfont Lakes |
54% |
| Lesley |
Chamberlin |
26:21 |
Bideford #157 |
run #187, 4th at Bideford |
73% |
| Sarah |
Gordon |
31:27 |
Braunstone #439 |
run #226, 72nd at Braunstone |
63% |
| Ian |
Cunningham |
24:24 |
Bushy Park #782 |
run #372, 301st at Bushy Park |
64% |
| Neil |
Frediani |
42:39 |
Gateshead #353 |
run #222, first run at Gateshead |
38% |
| James |
Glover |
23:36 * |
Guildford #347 |
run #28, 23rd at Guildford |
64% |
| Piers |
Keenleyside |
25:57 |
Gunnersbury |
same time as 2 weeks ago, higher % |
63% |
| John |
Coffey |
29:30 |
Hazelwood #55 |
run #323, 44th at Hazelwood |
67% |
| Benita |
Scaife |
32:14 |
Maidenhead #210 |
run #146, 75th at Maidenhead |
62% |
| John |
Scaife |
32:14 |
Maidenhead #210 |
run #168, 78th at Maidenhead |
52% |
| Petra |
Otto |
34:16 |
March #163 |
run #82, 58th at March |
61% |
| Alan |
Anderson |
40:50 |
Osterley #286 |
run #546, 16th at Osterley |
56% |
| Chris |
Kelly |
21:42 * |
Reading #477 |
run #427, 333rd at Reading |
70% |
| Jain |
Reid |
34:41 |
Richmond #607 |
run #46, 44th at Richmond |
50% |
| Eddie |
Giles |
27:24 |
Salisbury #202 |
run #113, 35th at Salisbury |
64% |
| Steve |
Newell |
38:28 |
Wendover Woods #28 |
1st run at Wendover Woods, park #106 |
48% |
| Jacqui |
Musselwhite |
23:01 * |
Woking #230 |
run #77, 64th at Woking |
73% |
| Bob |
Bannister |
volunteer |
Bedfont Lakes #503 |
marshal |
| Ben |
Chaytow |
volunteer |
Crane Park |
run director |
| Denis |
Foxley |
volunteer |
Harrow |
finish tokens |
| Joan |
Foxley |
volunteer |
Harrow |
finish tokens |
| Alastair |
Heslop |
volunteer |
Guildford #347 |
funnel manager |
| Zoe |
Ostley |
volunteer |
Bedfont Lakes #503 |
run director |
Kay Trinder (20:43, 84.07%) was top of the class this week trimming
the club record(F) at Woking by a single second. Julie Barclay
(22:19) also scored over 80% at Bedfont Lakes where it was a pacing week
and there was a strong turnout of Runnymede Runners. Alice Banks
(25:48, 76.29%) lowered the club record(F) at Oxford on her first
appearance there.
Ian
Cockram (24:55) and Caroline Cockram (26:55) were the lucky recipients
this week of an invitation from the queen to join some of her naughty
subjects at the Feltham YOI on the other side of the tracks from Bedfont
Lakes. The parkrun there has now been going for six weeks (by invitation
only).
 Three more parkruns were added to the club list taking the total up
to 485. Roderick Hoffman resumed his European tour and ran at Haga park
in Stockholm. That takes his streak to eight countries in eight weeks
(including last week at Towcester, UK) which is some sort of record.
Don’t assume he will stop there. Parkrun gets going in Japan next
Saturday [Ed: and as this goes to print Alice Banks is
arriving in Osaka!]. Janet Smith (35:14) was in
Poland throwing her weights about but somehow found time to visit the Warsawa-Praga parkrun and also photograph the friendly squirrel [Ed:
I could have included a picture of Janet running, which is great, but I
thought you'd prefer Janet's picture of the squirrel]. David
Duggan (29:33) was in Washington, DC and ran the Roosevelt Island
parkrun in the middle of the Potomac River.
Steve Newell
Updated parkrun Stats -
club parkrun stats
Who finished ahead of Adrian?
Adrian Haines was also at the World Indoor Masters Championships but chose
not to run a parkrun because his M50 1500 final had a scheduled start time of
10:22:00 (local time). I speculated on how many club parkrunners would finish
their parkruns before Adrian finished his 1500 - with a 22 minute headstart but
3500m extra to run. The parkrun times with a "*" finished before Adrian did. Janet
did so easily because she had an extra hour start on Adrian. I was also
comfortable since my Swedish parkrun gave me an extra 30minutes start. David
Duggan had no hope - Adrian would have had several beers before David was
ready to start in Washington. For the rest the race was on - Adrian's race
started early, at 10:19:33 and Adrian ran well, finishing in 5th place in a time
of 0:04:25. So he finished at 09:23:58 UK time which was after Kay, Julie, both Chrises, both Jameses and Jacqui had completed their parkruns (assuming a 09:00
start for each). Everyone else finished after Adrian.
Roderick Hoffman
Over at the World Masters Indoor Championships
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 I
have just returned from a week in Torun, Poland, competing at the World
Masters Indoor Championships. Though it is the winter indoor
champs, they always have the long throws as outdoor events. I
rarely enter the indoor champs as throwing in freezing weather is not my
idea of fun!!
Luckily, Poland was fine and it was a balmy 9 degrees. The
Weight Throw was first and that was an indoor event in a specialist
Throws Hall along with the shot putt. It was the first time I had
thrown the weight indoors. I had a reasonable throw and came 5th
place. The hammer throw was 2 days later. My first
throw went really well at 41.24m but unfortunately, I wasn’t able to
work off that and throw further. It was another 5th place.
 Adrian
Haines was also competing but I only saw him fleetingly. The photo
is of him running the 400m heats.
My plan was always to try and run an overseas parkrun. I did my
research (Rod would be proud!) and decided Warsaw Praga was my best
option. I booked an
 Airbnb
as close to the park as possible and travelled to Warsaw on the Friday.
I duly turned up just before 9am to join the others. The Warsaw
½ marathon was on the Sunday so there were a few foreign runners.
The course is flat and 2 ½ laps of the scenic park. I was very
excited to see red squirrels and had to stop and take some photos
[above]. They were so used to humans that it actually ran up my
leg. Unlike the UK parkruns, the majority of people were quite
speedy so I was last in. Very friendly people. I managed to
leave a Team GB top behind and they traced me through social media and
offered to post it to me. I have donated it to someone they think
deserves it.
Janet Smith
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Kingston 16 Mile Race
Hi,
Just some BA Results from the Kingston 16 mile race yesterday:
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| Gary Rushmer |
218 |
2.09.24 |
2.14.24 |
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| Cheryl Ogle |
456 |
2.40.21 |
2.46.09 |
BA marathon runner |
| Jain Reid |
477 |
2.43.49 |
2.49.21 |
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Gary Rushmer
Ed: 612 entrants...and a gun to start-line delay of 5 to 6
minutes! I'm guessing the 676 strong 8 mile event started at the same time, but
it is still a slow start.
Tom's Diary
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Reason for early report, Bedfont Lake park run today was a special
one for Runnymede Runners. Their chairman Peter Collins was
celebrating his 80th birthday so RR members helped to make it a nice day
with about 30 plus lining the finish funnel.
And as you know Julie and Paul are now 1st claim BA so no problem
looking for their results now and both friends of Peter so went along
for the run. Then dashed home after running to Aldershot to get
ready for 2.00pm shift.
We also met up with other BA members Maria/Trish, Bob Bannister and
wife, Graham Taylor but not sure of everyone. Maybe you are aware of
some on the results.
Julie was 1st 0/55 in 22.19 (80%) her time getting nearer 22 than 23
that is her target.
Paul also running to his plan with a 19second improvement running
25.08. Very pleased, knocking seconds off and not trying to knock
minutes off.
Jacqui is home from Devon and ran at Woking as did Kay Trinder.
Next Sat. 7th Julie/Paul/Kay are all set for a visit to Osterley.
Tom Rowley
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