BA Athletics Club News Digest 4th November 2019
Events:
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Wednesday 6th November - informal run and club evening (see below) from
18:00
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Thursday 7th November - Run-of-the-Month, Dream Mile on the Bath Road from
12:45 # (see below)
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Saturday 9th November Men (Epsom Downs 15:00) and Ladies (Mitcham Common
11:00) Cross Country League matches # (see
below)
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Wednesday 13rd November - NOW run at Rickmansworth from 12:00
Our next Bedfont Club
meeting will be on Wednesday 6th November for an informal run, then on the 20th
for the Five-Mile Handicap and Quiz. All members
are welcome.
New members and potential members of all fitness levels and abilities are welcome at
most of our events. The full diary of club featured events is on the club website at: http://www.barunner.org.uk/Event Diary.shtml.
Last updated: 1st November.
* Club Event Map: [Clickable link to Google Maps]
(parkrun details updated 23rd Sept 2019) /
# 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.
November Run-of-the-Month - Bath Road Dream Mile Thursday 7th November from
12:45 #
The event will start at 12:45 by the Newport Road Junction-->http://www.streetmap.co.uk/map.srf?x=507119&y=176891&z=110&s….Route(http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=6061575)
then heads back towards Waterside on the Bath road, stopping just before the
Thistle hotel.
Either meet at the start or outside the WTS gym at 12:25 for a
gentle jog to the start. It’s a self-timed event. Email me afterwards with your
time for the records. NEWCOMERS of all standards welcome. If you are based at
Waterside it is a 1.5mile jog to
the start and 0.5mile back from the finish.
This event is held on the first Thursday of each month.
Neil Frediani
{NeilF@barunner.org.uk}
Men's Surrey League Cross Country 2019/20 Div 4 Match 2 Details #
Hopefully we can have another good turnout for the second match of the
season, newcomers are welcome (please let me
know in advance if you might
come).
Details are as follows:
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Start Fitness Men’s Surrey Cross Country League Divisions 3 and 4
Match, Epsom Downs Saturday 9th November 2019, 3pm start
RACE INFORMATION
Start time: 3pm
Location: Start and Finish is adjacent to Epsom Racecourse at the
Tattenham Corner end (nearest postcode KT18 5PP).
Course
Course distance: Approximately 8km (5miles). There are two equal
laps.
The course has long sections of steady incline and decline, plus a
few sharp turns. The terrain is mainly grass and gravel but can also
have soft sand and stones. It is suitable for spikes, but long spikes
are not advised. Please keep alert for tree roots and other trip
hazards.
Competitors must be considerate and watch out for other users of
Epsom Downs, especially on the intersections where walkers, cyclists and
horse riders frequently use these paths. Runners do not have the right
of way.
Travel
Cars: Epsom Downs is just a few minutes from Epsom Town Centre on the
B290 Epsom Downs Road or alternatively just off junction 9 of the M25.
Tattenham Corner (KT18 5PP) is about half a mile past the entrance to
the Grandstand with the racecourse on the right.
Public Transport: Tattenham Corner Station is approximately 1/3 mile
walk to the start. Epsom Downs Station is approximately a 1 mile walk.
Epsom Station (2.5 miles away) is connected by both South West Trains
and Southern Trains. Metrobus operates a 460, 480 and 406F service which
runs from Epsom Town Centre to Tattenham Corner Station.
Facilities
There is free public parking at two car parks, either side of the
B290 at Tattenham Corner but we recommend sharing as these are popular
car parks for visitors to the Downs. Refreshments are available from the
Tea Hut at Tattenham Corner (in one of the car parks).
Public toilets are located to the west of the Tea Hut. There are no
changing facilities.
First Aid will be provided by Medical Despatch Event Services and
available onsite. In the event of an injury out on the course runners
should advise the nearest marshal. The nearest hospital with an A&E
service is two miles away at Epsom Hospital, Dorking Road, Epsom KT18
7EG.
Details can also be found at :
https://surreyleague.org/slm/match/120/
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Any other info required or if you need help arranging a lift then call or
email:
Neil Frediani
{NeilF@barunner.org.uk} - 07882 655864
Surrey League Ladies XC Event 2 Mitcham Common, 9th November 2019
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Hosts: Clapham Chasers and Herne Hill Harriers
Venue: Mitcham Common, Millhouse Ecology Centre Windmill Road,
Mitcham CR4 1HT
Start times:
11am Senior D2
Travel & Parking
DIRECTIONS: The Eco Centre is located on Windmill Road, off the A236
(Croydon Road). There is a car park at the Eco Centre but THE NUMBER OF
SPACES IS EXTREMLEY LIMITED. Please do not use the Harvester Pub Car
Park next to the Eco Centre. There is also no street parking near the
start.
Public Transport: Please use public transport where possible: By
Rail/Tram The nearest station is Mitcham Junction. Mitcham Eastfields is
also a short walk away. Trains leave Clapham Junction every half an hour
for both Mitcham Junction and Mitcham Eastfields. The nearest tram stop
is Beddington Lane. If walking from Mitcham Junction there is a footpath
inside the common running parallel to Croydon Road. Once you arrive at
the junction of Carshalton Rd and Croydon Rd, the footpath to Windmill
Road is clearly signposted. Also be aware the walk from Beddington Lane
Tram Stop is on a very narrow path next to a busy road. By Bus 264
(Croydon to Tooting), 118 (Brixton to Morden), 127 (Purley to Tooting),
and the S1(Banstead to Mitcham) all stop within walking distance to the
Common.
Course: Mitcham Common provides a wide variety of undulating terrain
and underfoot conditions. Depending on the weather prior to the event,
there may be some deep mud. Wearing spikes is advised but please be
aware that there are 2 sections of stony paths where you cross a disused
road. Courses will be fully marshalled on the day.
Facilities: Race HQ is at the Millhouse Ecology Centre Windmill Road.
There are limited toilets at the Eco Centre but no changing facilities
so you are therefore advised to come ready to race. Mitcham Common is a
public space so all runners and spectators are asked to respect the
rights of other users. Competitors are responsible for their own safety,
before during and after the competition.
First Aid: Qualified first aiders will be in attendance should
medical assistance be required. If hospital treatment is required, the
nearest Accident and Emergency department is St George's Hospital
Tooting.
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Christine Mundan will be at the Ecology Centre at 10.15am on Saturday
morning to distribute the numbers. Her telephone number is 07949 423405
Wednesday Evening Club Run and BA Clubs' "Mingle"
On Wednesday we were planning a "normal" club evening at the Bedfont Club
(click through for details of where this is and how to get there) though
knowing that over the dark winter evenings the "normal" will be the exception.
The "normal" plan is to meet and get changed to set-off from 18:00 either
singularly, in pairs or small groups and either run one of the round-the-block
routes or use the lit off-road footpath/cyclepath for interval training. After
changing, with a shower, meet in the bar for a chat and a drink.
But this Wednesday there is a complication because there is also a BA Clubs
event on in the back bar from 18:00 to 20:00. Details of that event is in the
box below:
BA Clubs members: You Are Invited!
It's safe to say that 2019 has been a challenging year for BA Clubs,
but we have survived and we are ready to move forwards.
We have always committed to keeping members informed and we are
announcing two "Member Mingles" to be held at our new Club facilities in
Bedfont.
Dates are as follows:
- 6 November 18.00 -
20.00
- 20 November 18.00 - 20.00 {nb -
this is the Athletics Club's Quiz evening, the Quiz will therefore
start at 20:00}
We have planned two dates to ensure members have the maximum
opportunity of attending.
The session will be very relaxed with no formal presentations, but
you will have the chance to discuss recent events with senior management
and to learn how BA Clubs are moving forwards into 2020.
Each member attending an event will be offered a free drink and
snacks on arrival - all we ask is that you confirm your contact details
when you arrive as this helps keep our database up to date.
To allow us to make sure we have the correct arrangements in place,
please confirm your attendance by email to membership@ba.com or
by phone on 020 3691 3215 during normal business hours.
We thank you for your continued support over the past months and we
look forward to welcoming you at Bedfont soon.
Regards
Alison Hartigan
General Manager BA Clubs Ltd
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So, after our run, BA Clubs members are welcome in the back bar and can get a
drink on the club and attend the informal "Mingle". Any non-members who are
running with us are welcome to get themselves a drink from the front bar and I
would suggest, if it isn't too busy, that you then come into the back bar and
use the occasion as an opportunity to find out what membership of BA Clubs could
give you. There should be some members of other BA Clubs' sections there as well
as the BA Clubs' management team.
Roderick Hoffman obo Athletics Club Committee
Club parkrun results for Saturday 2nd November 2019
| Member |
2nd Nov. |
parkrun ↓ |
Pos ↓ |
Time ↓ |
Grade↓ |
PB↓ |
Comment |
| TRUE |
Bob Bannister |
Bedfont Lakes |
26 |
00:24:21 |
67.62% |
|
| TRUE |
Caroline Cockram |
Bedfont Lakes |
51 |
00:26:25 |
63.47% |
|
| TRUE |
Maarten Stenham |
Bedfont Lakes |
16 |
00:22:46 |
60.83% |
|
| TRUE |
Ian Cockram |
Bedfont Lakes |
31 |
00:24:41 |
60.70% |
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Run #499 - he is on "Finish Tokens" next Saturday so we'll have to
keep guessing. |
| TRUE |
Scott DAVISON |
Bedfont Lakes |
27 |
00:24:22 |
59.58% |
|
| TRUE |
Kay Trinder |
Brooklands |
16 |
00:21:32 |
81.89% |
|
| TRUE |
Mike Dennison |
Bushy Park |
41 |
00:20:07 |
80.45% |
|
| TRUE |
Roderick HOFFMAN |
Dean Castle Country Park |
66 |
00:31:43 |
50.13% |
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Club park #537 / Venue #286 / 8th in Scotland |
| TRUE |
Christopher T KELLY |
Fletcher Moss |
38 |
00:23:59 |
63.52% |
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First "run" since 3rd August / Club run #536 |
| TRUE |
David DUGGAN |
Fontainebleau |
6 |
00:29:25 |
54.05% |
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Club park #535 / Venue #76 (first in France, 8th country) |
| TRUE |
Alan & Ann ANDERSON |
Gunnersbury |
394 |
00:47:35 |
57.34% |
|
assisted (probably) |
| TRUE |
Paul Davis |
Hanworth |
17 |
00:22:27 |
60.36% |
|
| TRUE |
Denis Foxley |
Harrow |
98 |
00:28:53 |
61.05% |
|
| FALSE |
Joan FOXLEY |
Harrow |
162 |
00:38:05 |
58.47% |
|
| TRUE |
Benita Scaife |
Maidenhead |
106 |
00:33:30 |
60.50% |
|
| TRUE |
John Scaife |
Maidenhead |
107 |
00:33:32 |
50.00% |
|
Average performance (50.00%) |
| TRUE |
Petra OTTO |
Manor Field, Whittlesey |
43 |
00:34:26 |
61.62% |
|
| TRUE |
Maria Jovani |
Old Deer Park |
56 |
00:29:44 |
52.52% |
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| TRUE |
Julie BARCLAY |
Queen Elizabeth |
9 |
00:25:21 |
71.40% |
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First lady / Club record (L) from Janet Smith |
| #N/A |
Darren WOOD |
Queen Elizabeth |
5 |
00:22:30 |
59.33% |
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run 745 ! / Venue 42 |
| TRUE |
Paul WATT |
Queen Elizabeth |
17 |
00:26:22 |
57.77% |
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First "Q", now up to 17 letters in the parkrun alphabet. |
| TRUE |
Tim Bellars |
Reigate Priory |
72 |
00:30:19 |
49.86% |
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First repeat after 14 venues / First run for Nancy |
| TRUE |
Ian CUNNINGHAM |
Roundshaw Downs |
27 |
00:24:49 |
63.00% |
|
| #N/A |
Erin JOHNSON |
Sittingbourne |
132 |
00:40:34 |
41.00% |
|
First run, JW11-14 |
| TRUE |
Keith Johnson |
Sittingbourne |
133 |
00:40:35 |
36.06% |
|
30th run |
| TRUE |
James Shoulder |
Southwark |
9 |
00:19:47 |
65.21% |
|
Club record from Ian Cunningham |
| TRUE |
Janet Smith |
Telford |
342 |
00:43:33 |
41.03% |
|
40th event |
| TRUE |
Trish MCCABE |
Whitstable |
111 |
00:29:54 |
51.84% |
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Club record (L) |
No volunteer efforts reported.
Several of us took shelter from the storm (and/or watched the Rugby) but those
who didn't can feel thankful you weren't trying to cross the Bay of Biscay in a
boat. Steve Newell should be back next week, if he has recovered his land legs.
Personally I found the weather in Scotland to be much better - no rain and
virtually no wind either.
I added Dean Castle Country Park (Kilmarnock) to our list following Chris Kelly
adding Fletcher Moss (Manchester) and David Duggan adding Fontainebleau
(France). David's is the headline for the club because that means we have now
run all nine of the eight parkruns in France, our only country 100%. Perhaps
that is more of a reflection on the growth, or lack of, of parkrun in France but
we still had to run all of those parkruns (including the one that closed). For
the record we have run 59.5% of the UK's parkruns, but there are more starting
up all of the time, including next Saturday at Land's End (but don't all rush
there to do the inaugural). Oddly the next highest country we've run in is Italy
where we have run at 37.5% of the Italian parkruns. We have then run at 36.6% of
the USA's parkruns. parkrun is continuing to expand in the USA with 41 events
now and six of them had more than 90 participants last Saturday - including the
111 at the Delaware and Raritan Canal parkrun which literally had a coach load
of parkrun tourists delivered from New York (it was Marathon weekend).
Julie Barclay was first female finisher at the tough Queen Elizabeth parkrun -
more on that below. Keith Johnson ran his slowest parkrun on his 30th but he was
a winner because he ran with his daughter Erin on her first ever parkrun. Tim
Bellars ran with Nancy, who some of us have met, on her first parkrun. That
marks Tim's first repeat having run before at Reigate Priory consequently he is
no longer a candidate for The Hoffman Club (for those whose first 50 parkruns
are all at different venues). He shouldn't be too disappointed by that - with
four new members over the last two weeks it isn't the exclusive club it once
was.
Steve's parkrun stats -
club parkrun stats - NOT updated
Full club parkrun database -
{read access to new
club parkrun database} - UP TO DATE - Download and explore.
Roderick Hoffman
Alphabet Hunters
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Our parkrun schedule (yes we have one) took us to Queen Elizabeth
Park in Hampshire on Saturday.....I am surprised that we are here to
tell the tale!
There were many parkrun cancellations last weekend due to a lack of
marshals because of the rugby, firework displays and the awful
weather....I said that 26th Oct. was the worst weather that we had ever
parkrun in but that only lasted a week....it was awful! We constantly
checked the website for updates and it all looked positive but was
perhaps a gamble as the nearby Portsmouth Lakeside and Alice Holt were
both cancelled. QE2 only went ahead once the race director guaranteed to
the park authorities that everybody would be out of the park by 10:30.
We were muddy, wet and cold before we started and so no pressure
concerning times, just survival. This led to a very sociable and jovial
atmosphere and with 30 of the 68 runners being tourists, there were many
stories to be exchanged.
The wind got worse and the rain heavier as we ran and inevitably,
taking no notice of the warnings concerning the terrain, my legs turned
right on the second lap but my body didn’t and over I went to a mix of
gasps and giggles! Nevertheless I got up and had to complete the course.
Julie of course, had steamed off into the distance and there was no
catching her.
Despite the conditions and the fall, the usual feeling of
satisfaction and anticipation of next Saturday set in.
We did meet and run behind world record holder Darren Wood who was
running number 745 and he began at Bushy Park #2 back in October 2004.
He is organising a new event in Fleet so keep an eye out for another
nearby course.
Paul Watt and Julie Barclay
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Marathon Results
A madness descended upon me after last year’s Beachy Head marathon and I
immediately entered it again. The hot summer meant that early training didn’t
get off the ground and October arrived with my longest run having been the
#BA100 13.5 miles followed 10 days later by a 20miler and a week later by cross
country league and a slow Cabbage Patch 10miler. Training done but not nearly
enough, my target was 6hours, I reckon the nearly 4000’ of climbing would cost
me about an hour and a half.
Race day arrived with the prospect of gales and then heavy rain from 1pm and
a very tempting rugby world cup semi-final to make me stay in bed. Luckily,
headphones were allowed so I didn’t miss hearing any of the game.
By 8 miles my hips were giving me trouble due to lack of training, by mile 15
my hamstring was cramping, the hills felt much bigger than last year due to the
strength of the wind, I think. There is plenty of food and drink en route and
the prospect of currant buns, sausage rolls and coffee at 17miles kept me going.
Once consumed it was onto the last 9 miles and about a dozen hills including
staircases. A number of times I thought that I would have to stop due to pain
but somehow managed to keep going and before I knew it the last mile of downhill
was in sight and I managed to keep going overtaking many on the steep downhill
and sprinted through the finish.
It is a wonderfully scenic and mad event, one couple got married during the
race, a man plays the bagpipes at the top of the first hill etc. My time
was a disappointing 6:18:54 but approx. 12 mins was spent in a queue to get
through a kissing gate which was only part of the course due to flooding and
many reckon the wind cost them another 10mins so I am claiming a sub 6 in my
mind. Luckily the rain didn’t arrive for me.
I thoroughly recommend this event if you want something beautiful and
difficult. I still haven’t seen the lighthouse after 3 trips including the 10k.
Do you think I have entered for next year??
Neil Frediani
Trish McCabe also finished in 06:49:29.
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"Finished the Nice to Cannes Marathon in 4:41:32 - bad day at the
office! Start delayed by about 35 minutes due to flooding on the course!
Poured with rain most of time before start - eased off between 8 and
8:30 when we should have been running. Then 30 seconds before 8:35 start
it started again - buckets - thunder and lightning. Was like that for
first half hour. Kept the worst off me with a throw-away plastic poncho.
Race then went to plan and I managed to get a minute or so ahead of the
4 hour pacer to reach halfway in 2 hours. However at 14 miles my right
leg decided to give me problems. A painful knee - made my leg buckle a
few times, groin strain issues and a bad hip pain. Three weeks to the
next one so may take a week off to try and get over the niggles."
Stolen from Facebook - Piers Keenleyside
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