BA Athletics Club News Digest 4th September 2023
Events marked "#" are points scoring for the club's participation trophy
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group prompt:
| Participant |
Event |
Distance |
Location |
Day/Start |
Time or Duration |
Details or comment, and other achievements |
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e.g. Running |
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Equinox 5km this Wednesday at Bedfont Lakes
- This Wednesday 6th September,
- Bedfont Lakes,
- Start/Finish at the Motte - near Bedfont Road carpark,
- Two lap anticlockwise course,
- Wave start aiming for a 7pm finish,
- Bedfont Club changing rooms open from or soon after 17:30 for those who
need to change from work attire, and with showers after the run,
- Free sandwiches at the Bedfont Football Club (Hatton Road) afterwards.
Please let Steve
Newell if you plan to run (or walk, for a one lap strictly walking option of
2.5km)
Please let
Steve Hillier know about sandwich filling allergies.
Big Half 2023
The Big Half has been running since 2018, and it remains a popular Half
Marathon, following the first half of the London Marathon route in reverse with
a finish at Cutty Sark. Each year, BAAC has provided a box crossing team
at mile 13, just around the corner from the finish. This year, led by
Eddie Ketterick, 22 hardy souls dealt with big crowds of spectators and runners,
to keep the event safe and flowing.
Over 16,000 took part in the race, Sir Mo Farah's last in London. Many
more tens of thousands lined the streets to watch.
We also had a least two runners taking part: Maria Jovani came 23rd in
her category, in 1:41, while Jain Reid finished 60th in her age group in 2:09.
Well done both.
The heat took its toll on runners yesterday, and several BA team members were
busy helping St John Ambulance tending to distressed competitors, while the rest
of the team kept the crossing flowing.
Thank you to everyone who took part. That's the end of the season for
BAAC as far as London Marathon Events marshalling is concerned, unless you are
helping out at the 10K or Serpentine Swim as an individual. See you at
London Marathon 2024!
Steve Hillier
August Mile Results
Seven sets of results for August. Mike managed to edge Ian this month but Ian
perhaps needs to have a consistency award for getting the same time, 5:52, three
weeks running at the Arethusa Mile. His last Wednesday in July time was 5:53. He
could only manage 6:05 on the fourth Wednesday of August and no-showed on the
fifth.
Roderick Hoffman
Recent Activity Achievements
15 members' achievements were communicated to me.
| Colleague |
Activity |
Distance |
Course |
When |
Duration |
Comments |
| Andy Rayner |
Various |
|
Cox Green |
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Mon 28th August cycle around Cox Green in 20m 40s. Thursday 31st Aug
fast walk circs Cox Green in 26m 20s. |
| Benita Scaife |
parkrun |
5km |
North Wollongong |
Sat am |
|
We did North Wollongong parkrun. Navigational error en route meant
we started c. 10 minutes late and recorded a all locations pw… |
| John Scaife |
parkrun |
5km |
North Wollongong |
Sat am |
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...Out and back flat trail route running parallel to Fairy Meadow
beach (pictured). |
| Chris Kelly |
Cycling |
90.8miles |
Ridgeway |
2 Days |
18:25:00 |
Belated update from last week (Summer in UK) got lucky with the
weather for two days to finish off the Ridgeway - started 2020 - 90.8
miles in 18.25 hours over two days, including gorgeous Beech woodlands,
like this near Tring, and back along the Grand Union. |
| Emma Moreton |
Running |
13.1miles |
To and From Homewood parkrun |
Sat am |
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13.1 mile run to and from Homewood parkrun… I have entered Beachy
Head marathon which is about 7 weeks away! [Ed: I don't think that that
is as flat!] |
| Harjit Jhooti |
parkrun |
5km |
Millennium (Canada) |
Sat am |
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In Canmore an hour and 15 minutes drive away from Calgary. It was
their second event. The most scenic I have done - but don't forget your
bear spray! |
| Jain Reid |
Race |
Half-M |
The Big Half |
Sun am |
02:09:00 |
It was a glorious day but hot for running. Thanks for all the BA
volunteers at the end, it was great to see some smiley faces. I managed
2:09 but pleased with that in the heat. |
| James Edwards |
Running |
14.7km |
Coed y Wenallt via Castell Coch. |
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01:49:00 |
14km loop trail run to Coed y Wenallt via Castell Coch (last week). |
| Janet Smith |
Throwing |
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British Masters, Derby |
Sun |
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Double British Masters champion in Derby, in hammer and discus. Back
over 40m in the hammer for the first time this year . |
| Julie Barclay |
Running |
10km |
Rushmoor |
Thur |
01:00:00 |
Slow 3k warm-up from Ash Lock to Rushmoor. 4x1k fast reps with 2
minute recovery and slow 3k back to the car at Ash Lock… |
| Paul Watt |
Running |
10km |
Rushmoor |
Thur |
01:00:00 |
...Reps were along the undulating pavement by the dual-carriageway
along the far side of Rushmoor parkrun, for those who know the area.
Delighted with the reps as all were within our targets. |
| Petra Otto |
parkrun |
5km |
Wisbech |
Sat am |
00:43:12 |
Can one get injured at a parkrun walking? Yup! Ended up in hospital
later, with an extremely painful sciatic nerve, which had been grating
over the ‘sitting bone’, I was told, caused by overstriding - I had
chased a new PB, and had to settle with 43:12 mins, hobbling through the
finish line… Other than that very good, tough workouts at the gym during
the week. |
| Roderick Hoffman |
Running |
17.62km |
Grand Union and Brent River loop |
Wed |
02:11:32 |
Again the slowest I'd ever done this…but I still covered the
mileage. Photo shows why I never want to permanently live on a boat. |
| Stephen Taylor |
Running |
9miles |
Grand Union, West London |
|
01:41:03 |
A loop around the canal in the warm sun, is this the warmest it's
been all summer? 9 miles in 1:41:03. |
| Steve Hillier |
Cycling |
21km |
Hillingdon and Harrow |
Mon |
01:25:00 |
Around the parks and cycle tracks of Hillingdon and Harrow. |
parkrun Results for Saturday 2nd September
40 activities are recorded below. Please get in touch if your activity is
missing.
| Club parkrunner |
parkrun 10th June |
Run# |
Pos |
Time |
Age Grade |
Comment |
| Stephen K
TAYLOR |
Bedford |
557 |
182 |
0:28:52 |
55.54% |
first run at Bedford, park #20 |
| Joe NOLAN |
Black Park |
675 |
227 |
0:29:17 |
58.91% |
pacer day at Black Park |
| Ian Haylock |
Bushy Park |
946 |
94 |
0:20:53 |
71.75% |
run #378 |
| Diana
Smith |
Bushy Park |
946 |
1350 |
0:48:46 |
48.84% |
run #39, now consistently under 50 minutes |
| Paul
TIMMS |
Cirencester |
209 |
44 |
0:23:20 |
68.71% |
51st run at Cirencester, average has been 25:04 |
| Ian
CUNNINGHAM |
Clair |
462 |
39 |
0:24:54 |
64.99% |
first run at Clair, park #65 |
| Fiona
Bishop |
Clair |
462 |
62 |
0:26:43 |
75.86% |
First BA lady and club best age grade (from David Cowell), run #249 |
| Mike
DENNISON |
Crane Park |
521 |
6 |
0:20:43 |
80.93% |
40th run at Crane Park, average has been 20:57 |
| Maria
JOVANI |
Crane Park |
521 |
33 |
0:24:00 |
67.50% |
78th run at Crane Park, average has been 23:42 |
| Scott
DAVISON |
Crane Park |
521 |
70 |
0:27:35 |
54.32% |
91st run at Crane Park, average has been 25:12 |
| Paul
WATT |
Finsbury Park |
601 |
46 |
0:21:23 |
73.73% |
first run at Finsbury Park, park #157, Wilson Index is 26 |
| Julie
BARCLAY |
Finsbury Park |
601 |
139 |
0:24:36 |
77.78% |
No records this week - Frankie and Dave Dixon retain their club
records. Park #160 |
| Alastair
HESLOP |
Guildford |
485 |
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Barcode Scanner at Guildford. |
| Denis
FOXLEY |
Harrow |
363 |
157 |
0:30:28 |
61.16% |
The one that got away - tripped just before the finish so the wrong
side of 30mins. |
| Joan
FOXLEY |
Harrow |
363 |
237 |
0:37:39 |
63.26% |
Enjoying the flatter run (after Church Mead last week) |
| Alice
BANKS |
Higginson, Marlow |
162 |
89 |
0:28:07 |
75.46% |
59th run at Higginson, Marlow |
| Steve
NEWELL |
Hogmoor Inclosure |
214 |
220 |
0:52:01 |
39.47% |
Annual autumnal trip to the sand dunes, same time as last week,
elsewhere. A Moorhog day. |
| Sarah
GORDON |
Holbrooks |
5 |
108 |
0:35:41 |
58.57% |
run #345, park #144, New BA parkrun, #756. Wilson Index is 20 |
| Emma
Moreton |
Homewood |
291 |
38 |
0:28:55 |
54.01% |
run #336, 18th at Homewood |
| Keith
Johnson |
Houghton Hall |
224 |
38 |
0:23:44 |
63.69% |
run #119 |
| Harjit
Jhooti |
Millennium |
2 |
19 |
0:34:22 |
51.99% |
run #211, park #95. New BA parkrun, #757 [another Boeing airliner] |
| Elise
LAWRENSON |
Nonsuch |
548 |
166 |
0:24:27 |
66.94% |
Fastest time at Nonsuch this year. |
| Benita
SCAIFE |
North Wollongong |
241 |
249 |
0:41:37 |
51.78% |
Back in New South Wales. Park #104, New BA parkrun, #755. |
| John
SCAIFE |
North Wollongong |
241 |
250 |
0:41:45 |
41.76% |
park #112 |
| Bob
BANNISTER |
Osterley |
439 |
55 |
0:24:52 |
68.70% |
45th run at Osterley |
| Oliver
MATHAI |
Osterley |
439 |
105 |
0:27:28 |
63.47% |
7th run at Osterley |
| Anne
Bannister |
Osterley |
439 |
138 |
0:29:26 |
71.01% |
38th run at Osterley |
| Alan
ANDERSON |
Osterley |
439 |
260 |
0:45:57 |
59.30% |
122nd run at Osterley, average time is 46:34 |
|
Christopher T KELLY |
Reading |
606 |
34 |
0:22:23 |
70.44% |
fastest Reading parkrun since last September. |
| Ben
Kelly |
Reading |
606 |
94 |
0:25:57 |
49.78% |
68th run at Reading |
| Murray
Hogge |
Reading |
606 |
182 |
0:29:45 |
54.85% |
310th run at Reading |
| Barry
WALTERS |
Reading |
606 |
185 |
0:29:55 |
57.10% |
9th run at Reading, P-Index is 7 |
| Trish
MCCABE |
Reigate Priory |
422 |
178 |
0:27:56 |
57.40% |
first run at Reigate Priory, park #128 |
| Steve
Waite |
Riddlesdown |
587 |
152 |
0:33:13 |
56.10% |
run #44, all at Riddlesdown |
| David
DUGGAN |
Southall |
82 |
49 |
0:32:46 |
50.25% |
15th run at Southall plus event day course check (v) |
| Roderick
HOFFMAN |
Stockley Country |
34 |
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Run Director at Stockley Country. |
| Petra
OTTO |
Wisbech |
3 |
176 |
0:43:12 |
52.39% |
more crowded than last week, 15 secs slower (see above), Wilson Index is 5 |
|
Jacqueline MUSSELWHITE |
Woking |
382 |
173 |
0:28:06 |
63.58% |
107th run at Woking |
| Melanie
Miller |
Wolford Wood |
28 |
49 |
0:44:40 |
40.52% |
First BA lady at Wolford Wood, park #131 |
| David
Cowell |
Wollaton Hall |
109 |
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Funnel Manager at Wollaton Hall |
 parkrun Review 2nd September 2023
The relentless urge to seek out un-run parkruns continued this week.
Benita Scaife (41:37) and John Scaife (41:45) were at North Wollongong, within
sight and sound of the Pacific surf some miles to the south of Sydney in New
South Wales. Nearer to home Sarah Gordon (35:41) tried Holbrooks Park in
Coventry which achieved a quiet inaugural last month with 30 runners but is now
attracting about 150. A few hours later Harjit Jhooti was in Millennium
Park, Canmore, Alberta up in the hills to the west of Calgary having just its
second run (not to be confused with Millennium Country Park with a Milton Keynes
postcode). That was it at club level.
Within UK, members trying out new parks included Stephen Taylor (28:52) at
Bedford, Ian Cunningham (24:54) and Fiona Biship (26:43) at Clair parkrun (Haywards
Heath), Paul Watt (21:23) and Julie Barclay (24:36) at Finsbury Park, Trish
McCabe (27:56) at Reigate Priory and Melanie Miller(44:40) at Wolford Wood (Moreton-in-the-Marsh,
Gloucestershire).
Steve Newell
Matters Arising...
John and Benita have now run at 21 Australian parkruns. Their "Running
Achievements" map shows their coverage of Sydney and surrounds...but also how
much they still have to do!
Apologies to Emma for missing her off the Home Runs table last week - I
hadn't back-loaded her parkruns from before she joined. Let me know if anyone
else is in that situation. Emma should have been sixth in last week's table,
behind Ben Chaytow and ahead of Ian Cunningham (not that it is a race).
| Club Member |
Total Runs |
Max Runs |
Max Venue |
Ratio |
Next max runs / venue |
Venues |
| Emma Moreton |
336 |
270 |
Bedfont Lakes |
80% |
Next commonest parkrun - Homewood, 18 times. |
23 |
Roderick Hoffman
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Roderick Hoffman
Race report from Richard Ruffell who competed in the Ironman 70.3 World
Championships in Lahti Finland last weekend.
 First
all the stats to get those out the way, I was 55th out of 154 in my age group,
2720th out of 3322 overall. In the swim I was 88th, 76th in the bike and 34th in
the run, which shows quite well my relative strengths and weaknesses across
swim, bike and run. The swim was 2min per hundred meters, the bike was 20.1mph
and the run 5.06 per km giving a 1.47.17 half, overall finished in 5hr 26min
58secs.
Quite happy with all of that as nearly top 3rd finish in my AG but now the
humbling bits. First in my AG was 4.31.01, wow, I was beaten by the winner of
the 70-74 AG, ouch, and would have been 4th in my AG if I was female. There are
lot of very strong triathletes out there.
The whole experience is one to remember, Ironman know how to put on an event
and go all out for their championships. With over 6000 athletes Lahti was
transformed into one big athlete village, and they coped admirably. Come race
day I was ready to go. After an early breakfast I wandered down to the swim
start about an hour before my start time. The atmosphere was buzzing. My AG
start time finally arrived and we started in lines of about 6 jumping in off a
platform, you could dive if you wanted to but most opted for the safer approach
and jumped. The rolling start meant quite a lot of space so no real bumping or
barging going on and it was easy to settle into the swim. Things got a bit more
interesting around the 3 turn buoys as everyone converged, but overall the swim
was calm and went well.
The transitions are long, a long way from swim to collect your bike bag, long
to the bike and then long to the mount line. At this time the weather was okay
so I decided against any extra layers. Mistake. 10k into the bike it started
raining, which just got heavier and heavier, by half way the roads were swimming
as water ran across them, and I was cold, along with most others. Nothing could
be done so it was just a case of "head down and keep going". It was a great
course, apart from the weather, the roads are super smooth, which were a joy to
ride on, the course was very rolling but no nasty bits. About 5k from the end of
the bike the rain stopped, typical! After a very spicy little 10% hill into T2
it was off onto another even longer transition. 7 mins later I finally made it
out the other side and off on to the run. The run course was quite challenging,
2 laps that start with a 2k drag up a hill, and the downs were in places quite
steep. I managed a consistent pace, allowing for the hills, and was pleased to
get to the last few km as my legs started to suggest it was time to stop.
Finally over the same finish line where I had watched Taylor Knibb win the day
before.
Overall quite an experience.
Richard Ruffell
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