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BA Athletics Club News Digest 4th October 2021For future weeks: inclusions, with photos, please to Roderick Hoffman at news@barunner.org.uk.
Events marked "*" are points scoring for the club's participation trophy. Club Event Map: [Clickable link to Google Maps] This week is quiet but the following week it gets busy...
This Week's EventsPlease help me by sending in your results, for instance by filling in the tables below and forwarding to News@barunner.org.uk. Some events will have "Prompts" set up in Facebook. These allow the posting of a single image and some text and make it easy to flip through everyone's entries. Monthly Mile (submit before Monday 18th October):Run one mile and send me your time or add the details to the Facebook prompt. I'll then produce a fancy graph showing your time this month compared to those of other people and previous runs over the last year.
Weekly Athletic Achievement (by late Sunday) or use the Facebook group prompt:
London Marathon ResultsCompleting the marathon is the achievement, the time taken less so. I've sorted the table on finish time so that you can see who you would have been near to at the finish had you started together. I wonder how many of our runners saw our other runners during the run? Obviously Frankie and Murray ran together. I noted at the 30km mark that Mike Dennison had almost the same time as the Hogges.
I'll include some photos next week, once Facebook is back up and running. Please let me know if other members or friends or distant relatives also ran, with their results.Plus any stories from the runners. Stop Press - Graham Taylor is first in with this... "The first British male runner was Phillip Sesemann. He is Mark Taylor’s daughter Rhiannon’s cousin!!!" [see also: London Marathon 2021: Junior doctor Phil Sesemann first British male to finish - BBC Sport, though Rhiannon doesn't get a mention]
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| Colleague | Activity | Distance | Course | Start Time | Duration | Comments |
| Andy Rayner | Running | 4miles | XC | Wed | 00:52:04 | Very muddy. Also 52:10 on Saturday. |
| Denis Foxley | parkrun | 5km | Harrow | Sat am | 00:27:51 | My fastest since 2017. |
| Julie Barclay | Race | 10km | Inverness | Sun | 00:47:19 | Baxter’s River Ness 10k (see below). |
| Paul Watt | Race | 10km | Inverness | Sun | 00:40:44 | Baxter’s River Ness 10k….(10k PB) |
| Roderick Hoffman | Steps | 21,420 | London Marathon Volunteering | Sun | 07:00:00 | To, from and between Canary Wharf, Greenwich and Canada Water including walking the 5km between the last two (trying not to embarrass runners by overtaking them) |
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A double-run weekend starting with the new Torvean parkrun. This is the relocated Inverness parkrun at what was a golf course. A new bridge over the adjacent Caledonian canal meant a revision to the course’s layout and the small patch of vacated land was developed with parkrun being a major contributor to the design of this two and a half lap circuit. Sunday morning was the Baxter’s Loch Ness festival of running which also included a 5k and a marathon. The weather forecast was for rain and wind but luckily we had blue skies and a stiff breeze. A beautiful all-road course through the countryside, along River Ness and along the closed roads of the town to the finish in Bught Park, the former parkrun venue. A successful weekend for us and sorry to have missed our friends running in London. Paul and Julie |
39 runners and volunteers listed below - get in touch if your activity is missing.
| Club parkrunner | parkrun | Pos | Time | Age Grade | PB? | Comment |
| Alice BANKS | Bath Skyline | 83 | 00:27:36 | 74.58% | First run at Bath, park #47, BA ladies and grade record [and volunteer at Higginson Marlow last week] | |
| Adrian Haines | Bedfont Lakes | 1 | 00:19:20 | 78.79% | 1st finisher - by my reckoning BAAC has had four different first finishers at Bedfont Lakes, Gary Rushmer, James Shoulder (twice), Paul Prescott and now Adrian. Adrian has been first finisher at six different parkruns. | |
| Paul PRESCOTT | Bedfont Lakes | 5 | 00:21:02 | 61.65% | ||
| Mike Dennison | Bedfont Lakes | 10 | 00:21:50 | 75.42% | 10th finisher…but only 3rd BA! | |
| Bob Bannister | Bedfont Lakes | 25 | 00:24:02 | 69.76% | ||
| Maria Jovani | Bedfont Lakes | 28 | 00:24:17 | 65.41% | Run 321 | |
| Scott DAVISON | Bedfont Lakes | 50 | 00:25:57 | 56.84% | Has now run all 13 years of Bedfont parkrun | |
| Anne Bannister | Bedfont Lakes | 53 | 00:26:05 | 77.70% | ||
| Trish MCCABE | Bedfont Lakes | 131 | 00:39:54 | 39.43% | Just a marathon warm-up | |
| Emma Moreton | Bedfont Lakes | Funnel Manager at Bedfont Lakes | ||||
| Joe NOLAN | Black Park | 180 | 00:29:40 | 57.08% | We should have had pacers today | |
| Barry WALTERS | Bracknell | 118 | 00:28:49 | 58.76% | ||
| Christopher T KELLY | Broadwater | 41 | 00:23:49 | 65.08% | New BA parkrun (#591), 57th variety for Chris | |
| John Lennon | Broadwater | 157 | 00:37:19 | 42.97% | New BA parkrun (#591), park #37 | |
| Andrew William Jordan | Bushy Park | 241 | 00:23:20 | 65.86% | ||
| Ian CUNNINGHAM | Bushy Park | 560 | 00:27:35 | 57.64% | ||
| Ben Chaytow | Crane Park | 23 | 00:23:21 | 60.74% | Best time at Crane Park since the restart | |
| Steve NEWELL | Dinton Pastures | 174 | 00:46:31 | 42.28% | Misjudged distance from car park - late starter! | |
| Keith Johnson | Dunstable Downs | 21 | 00:25:15 | 58.88% | ||
| Jacqueline MUSSELWHITE | Frimley Lodge | 54 | 00:23:40 | 73.59% | ||
| Alastair Heslop | Guildford | Time Keeper at Guildford | ||||
| David DUGGAN | Hanworth | 45 | 00:32:15 | 50.18% | ||
| Denis Foxley | Harrow | 89 | 00:27:51 | 64.93% | Getting faster week by week | |
| Joan FOXLEY | Harrow | 189 | 00:36:34 | 62.94% | ||
| John COFFEY | Hazelwood | 82 | 00:32:31 | 63.15% | Run #372, 84th at Hazelwood | |
| Petra OTTO | Manor Field, Whittlesey | 62 | 00:47:31 | 46.09% | ||
| Piers KEENLEYSIDE | Margate | 91 | 00:30:21 | 54.75% | First run at Margate, park #50 | |
| Melanie Miller | Moors Valley | Barcode Scanning at Moors Velley | ||||
| Roderick HOFFMAN | Northala Fields | Funnel Manager at Northala Fields | ||||
| Harjit Jhooti | Osterley | 175 | 00:30:51 | 56.46% | ||
| Anne ANDERSON | Osterley | 263 | 00:44:33 | 64.68% | (Assisted) | |
| Alan ANDERSON | Osterley | 264 | 00:44:34 | 56.51% | Assisting Anne | |
| Alan FRIAR | Reading | 193 | 00:35:10 | 55.92% | ||
| John TAYLOR | Rickmansworth | 20 | 00:20:42 | 74.88% | Fastest time since lockdown | |
| Neil FREDIANI | Riverside | 216 | 00:29:52 | 55.64% | First run at Riverside, Chester Le Street, park #60 | |
| Paul TIMMS | Tetbury Goods Shed | 17 | 00:23:24 | 67.38% | ||
| Paul WATT | Torvean | 21 | 00:21:13 | 73.06% | Replacement parkrun for Inverness, but counts as a new BA park (but not an "I") (#592). | |
| Julie BARCLAY | Torvean | 50 | 00:23:21 | 79.66% | Replacement parkrun for Inverness, but counts as a new BA park (but not an "I") (#592). | |
| Sarah GORDON | Watermead Country Park | Marshal at Watermead Country Park (not yet run by BAAC) |
parkruns in UK are beginning to settle down to a new norm as we learn to live with what looks like being a long drawn-out tail of the Covid pandemic. Cancellations for weather have been few and far between so far but we must anticipate gales, floods and snowdrifts in the months ahead as the climate becomes more extreme. Some parkruns have yet to restart and it is becoming clear that quite a few will just be no more. Yeovil Montacute, Cuerden Valley and Catterick have recently been dropped from the parkrun map. The battle for Tring (cold logic vs environmental argument) continues and in the meantime the newly authorised one at Amersham has not yet started. The original Cambridge parkrun appears lost to us but has been replaced by others close by. At Inverness, the well established run in Bught Park has been wound up after 432 runs and alphabeteers need to look elsewhere for an “I”. A replacement parkrun within Inverness has started at Torvean Park (about half a mile away) already but it is a new event (inaugural was on 21st August). Paul Watt (21:13) and Julie Barclay (23:21) followed up their recent run in Edinburgh to add to their Scottish collection. With Chris Kelly (23:49) and John Lennon (37:19) running at Broadwater in Surrey the club parks total has moved up to 592 (including the discontinued ones). As Scottish runs start at 9.30, Broadwater is logged #591 and Torvean #592.
Steve Newell
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Last weekend Julie and I continued our series of football runs. We stayed in North London at Belsize Park from Saturday to Monday as we planned to run from Trafalgar Square to Tottenham on Sunday and then to The Emirates on Monday.
The weekend started with an early start on Saturday with Grovelands parkrun being our target….a scenic park with a challenging yet lovely run. We spent the afternoon on HMS Belfast and by exploring the river before an early rise the next morning.
Sunday began with a short Northern Line trip to Charing Cross and then a short walk to Trafalgar Square. We headed north along Charing Cross Road and Tottenham Court Road to Camden Town. We turned right onto Camden Road which took us all the way to Seven Sisters, passing Finsbury Park on the way. Then the final mile along Tottenham High Road which is not far to go but the stadium did not seem to be getting closer! A photo opportunity followed by a cool down walk back to Seven Sisters station.
We spent a leisurely afternoon on Hampstead Heath and traced the parkrun course that we will need to run for our "Londone" badge. Roderick warned us of the hill at Grovelands but just a mere slope compared to Hampstead….can’t wait!
An
earlier start on the Monday morning at 04:45. Free parking ceases at 09:00 and
coupled with Monday rush hour, we wanted to be finished early.
The same train journey and we were running at 06:10, covering the 4.2 miles to the smaller stadium of North London by 06:55. In fact, we started so early that we could actually run as far as Euston along the road….streets were very quiet and it was great. Another photo opportunity at the ground: it was starting to get light and then a jog to Holloway Station just as the rain started to fall.
I thought the planning for this weekend was excellent by managing to avoid
the London Marathon, but not so…..
I had forgotten the Anthony Joshua fight
at Tottenham on Saturday night and the (not to be mentioned again) North London
derby match on Sunday. And to top it all off, some roads en-route to Spurs were
closed for the Hackney Half Marathon necessitating a reroute.
A busy but very satisfying weekend with all objectives met. Three grounds ticked off the list…..Chelsea next.
Wednesday morning and off to Stamford Bridge. Another early start, catching the Tube from Hatton Cross and we began running at 08:05. Much busier but still enough space for us to run on the pavement. An easy route of 3.7 miles taking us past Buckingham Palace, Marble Arch, Hyde Park and Harrods in 32 minutes. A stop for coffee and a cool down walk to Earls Court for the train back to Hatton Cross.
We always planned to run Crystal Palace and Tottenham first because of our allegiances but from my perspective, I never dreamt that Tottenham’s first three league defeats would be the first three other grounds that we run to…..I'm not really looking forward to Brentford and West Ham!
Paul and Julie
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Julie and I had been due to marshal at the London Marathon but when
our postponed 2020 Loch Ness 10k was rescheduled for 3rd October we
decided to make the trip to Scotland.