BA Athletics Club News Digest 7th January 2019
Events:
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Saturday 12th January - Men's Surrey League Cross-Country at Oxshott at
14:30 (see below) #
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Wednesday 16th January - Club CIE event and social at the Bedfont Club -
details next week #
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Saturday 19th January - Club Featured parkrun at Higginson, Marlow for
09:00 - details below #
We are meeting at the Bedfont Club on Wednesday 9th January 2019 and 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: 10th December.
* Club Event Map: [Clickable link to Google Maps]
(parkrun details updated 10th December) /
# 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.
# Round-the-Block Points Table 2019 #
The club gains by having club members taking part together in various
targeted events as listed below. At events you would earn one point if you
run at the event, two points if you marshal without running and four points
if you are the organiser of such an event. Not all events have organisers,
some don't require marshals and others don't require runners (the
marshalling events). The club diary and this digest should indicate all club
points events with the "#" symbol.
CIE
Once a month there will be a "Club In-house Event" organised by a club
member, usually based around the Bedfont Club on a Wednesday evening. This
could be a race, a training event and/or a fun event. Points are awarded for
Organising, Marshalling or Running. The list of monthly CIE includes some of
the events listed in other categories below.
ROM
Once a month there will be a club recommended "Run-of-the-Month", usually
an externally organised race or event. All runners will be awarded one
point. Club vests should be worn - though if members have a different
first-claim club then that club's vest may take precedence. The list of
monthly ROM includes some of the events listed in other categories below.
Club Organised External Events
The Speedbird Ladies (May) and Concorde Five (normally June) events are
external events organised by the club. Points are awarded for Organising,
Marshalling or Running.
XC Men's and Ladies' Surrey Leagues
The club enter a team in each of the Men's and Ladies' Surrey Leagues
which engages in four matches each, each winter season. Since the winter
season overlaps two calendar years it is possible for there to be any number
of points scoring matches from two to six. Note that club runners would
score points even if they finish in non-scoring positions in the league
match. Club vests should be worn. Some members may be required
for marshalling at such events - with two points awarded in such cases. The
BA team is organised by the BAAC XC team captain - a committee post so no
points are awarded.
Marshalling
BAAC is asked to provide marshals for the following events and two points
are awarded for each marshal and four points for the organiser for each
event. Note that points are not awarded for running unless the event is also
a CIE or ROM:
- The Big Half
- London Marathon
- Vitality 10000
- BA Fun Run
- Great City Race
- Ride London
Track & Field Rosenheim and Veterans Leagues
The club enters teams in the Rosenheim and Veterans Track&Field Leagues
which engage in up to ten matches each summer season. Note that club
runners would score points even if their performances are "non-scoring".
Club vests should be worn. Some members may be required for marshalling at
such events - with two points awarded in such cases. The BA team is
organised by the BAAC T&F team captain - a committee post so no points
awarded.
CFp
The club organise Club Featured parkruns over the year. One point will be
awarded to each club runner at each event. Club vests should be worn.
Five Mile Handicap
The Five Mile Handicap is a series of runs held over the winter so split
between two calendar years. Organiser points will be awarded for one event
each series, and marshal and runner points will be awarded at each event.
Specific events
The following will be points events though often these will be the ROM or
CIE for the specific month. Organiser, marshal and runner points will be
awarded:
- Round-the-Block race (January),
- BA Cross Country Championships,
- Green Belt Relay (May),
- Round-the-Park (August),
- WARR (World Airline Road Race - this year in Amsterdam in early
September),
- One of the monthly Dream Mile events,
- BA T&F Day (not held recently).
Additional events may be added during the year through the Club
Committee.
Roderick Hoffman
Men's Surrey Cross-Country - Div 3/4 - Fixture 3 - Oxhott Woods - 12th
Jan - 14:30
Attached are the details of the next Surrey League cross-country race.
NOTE the start time is 14:30 NOT 15:00 as previously publicised. Anyone who
is travelling by public transport will be happy to know that it is right
next to Oxshott railway station.
I won’t be there because I accidentally booked a holiday which clashed.
Don’t forget to bring the numbers that you have previously used this season.
I will pass the rest of the numbers to one of the team (probably Ian
Cunningham) to enable any season first timers to pick up theirs.
Neil Frediani
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Dream Mile Thursday 3rd
January Results
03-Jan-19 |
Matthew Stratful |
00:06:20 |
03-Jan-19 |
Ian Cunningham |
00:06:30 |
03-Jan-19 |
Chris Kelly | 00:07:30 (approx.) |
03-Jan-19 |
Roderick Hoffman |
00:08:15 |
03-Jan-19 |
Steve Hillier |
00:08:54 |
03-Jan-19 |
Steve Newell |
00:10:25 |
The first dream mile of the year was held on Thursday 3rd January in cool
temperatures and with next to no wind. It was
neck and neck between the Office Workers and Non-Office Workers with three from
each, though not surprisingly the three younger Office Workers were faster than the
Non-Office Workers.
There was a timing issue with Chris Kelly's run but the
photographic evidence shows that he finished shortly ahead of Steve Newell. Then
again, perhaps they didn't start together.
Roderick Hoffman
The next Dream Mile will be held on Thursday 7th February.
The Vitality Big Half 10th March 2019 #
It's just under four months to go until our major marshalling event of the
year, the London Marathon. Prior to that, we've again been asked to
marshal one crossing at this year's Big Half. We had a team in Greenwich
in 2018 to manage a busy crossing near Cutty Sark, and the London Marathon
organisation have asked to help again in 2019.
The race is described as a "Community Running Festival" from Tower Bridge to
Greenwich. It's a lively, noisy day out. If you would like to help
by marshalling at The Big Half, please can you let me know?
Many thanks,
Steve
Hillier {stevehillier@msn.com}
Club parkrun results for New Year's Day 2019
In the interests of space and balance, the parkrun results for last Saturday will
be included with next Saturday's in next week's digest.
Start | 1st January | parkrunner |
Time |
parkrun |
Comment |
Age Grade |
08:30 |
Richard |
Ruffell |
22:01 |
Dinton Pastures (8:30) |
1st run at Dinton Pastures, park #83 (Record 597) |
71% |
08:30 |
Barry |
Walters |
24:23 |
Dinton Pastures (8:30) |
1st run at Dinton Pastures |
68% |
09:00 |
Chris |
Kelly |
20:36 |
Andover (9am) |
1st run at Andover, club course record |
73% |
09:00 |
Roderick |
Hoffman |
28:49 |
Billericay (9am) |
1st run at Billericay, club rec, park #256 (Record 361) |
55% |
09:00 |
Anne |
Bannister |
27:17 |
Bushy Park (9am) |
4th run at Bushy Park, course pb |
71% |
09:00 |
Bob |
Bannister |
23:15 |
Bushy Park (9am) |
6th run at Bushy Park, course pb |
70% |
09:00 |
John |
Coffey |
28:43 |
Bushy Park (9am) |
238th run at Bushy Park |
67% |
09:00 |
Ian |
Cunningham |
24:29 |
Bushy Park (9am) |
291st run at Bushy Park |
63% |
09:00 |
Trish |
McCabe |
27:17 |
Bushy Park (9am) |
15th run at Bushy Park |
56% |
09:00 |
Denis |
Foxley |
29:24 |
Canons Park (9am) |
1st run at Canons Park |
59% |
09:00 |
Joan |
Foxley |
38:46 |
Canons Park (9am) |
1st run at Canons Park |
57% |
09:00 |
Caroline |
Cockram |
25:26 |
Fareham (9am) |
1st run at Fareham, club rec(F) |
65% |
09:00 |
Ian |
Cockram |
23:27 |
Fareham (9am) |
1st run at Fareham, club course record |
63% |
09:00 |
David |
Duggan |
28:44 |
Fareham (9am) |
1st run at Fareham plus run report writer |
55% |
09:00 |
Alastair |
Heslop |
volunteer |
Guildford |
run director |
run director |
09:00 |
John |
Lennon |
30:43 |
Guildford (9am) |
4th run at Guildford, course pb |
51% |
09:00 |
Piers |
Keenleyside |
27:04 |
Highbury Fields (9am) |
3rd run at Highbury Fields |
60% |
09:00 |
Kelly |
Davis |
31:24 |
Hove Promenade (9am) |
1st run at Hove Promenade (Record 787) |
48% |
09:00 |
Sarah |
Gordon |
31:39 |
Leicester Vic. (9am) |
25th run at Leicester Victoria (Record 500) |
61% |
09:00 |
Scott |
Davison |
24:45 |
Old Deer Park (9am) |
2nd run at Old Deer Park |
58% |
09:00 |
Maria |
Jovani |
23:33 |
Old Deer Park (9am) |
20th run at Old Deer Park |
66% |
09:00 |
Steve |
Newell |
37:45 |
Old Deer Park (9am) |
18th run at Old Deer Park |
49% |
09:00 |
Ben |
Chaytow |
23:31 |
Richmond Pk (9am) |
1st run at Richmond Park (Record 575) |
59% |
09:00 |
Julie |
Barclay |
23:25 |
Rushmoor (9am) |
39th run at Rushmoor |
76% |
10:00 |
Monica |
Alonso |
31:52 |
Kingston (10am) |
2nd run at Kingston (Record 502) |
53% |
10:30 |
Sarah |
Gordon |
33:52 |
Braunstone (10:30) |
67th run at Braunstone (Record 753) |
57% |
10:30 |
Kelly |
Davis |
44:01 |
Brighton&Hove(10:30) |
1st run at Brighton & Hove (with Chloe) (Record 826) |
33% |
10:30 |
Paul |
Davis |
29:53 |
Brighton&Hove(10:30) |
1st run at Brighton & Hove |
45% |
10:30 |
John |
Taylor |
20:11 |
Cassiobury (10:30) |
2nd run at Cassiobury |
75% |
10:30 |
Marion |
Woodhouse |
31:47 |
Cassiobury (10:30) |
2nd run at Cassiobury |
56% |
10:30 |
Ben |
Chaytow |
32:28 |
Crane Park (10:30) |
187th run at Crane Park (Record 489) |
43% |
10:30 |
Jonathan |
Cox |
28:35 |
Crane Park (10:30) |
80th run at Crane Park |
55% |
10:30 |
Ian |
Cunningham |
25:31 |
Crane Park (10:30) |
3rd run at Crane Park |
61% |
10:30 |
Scott |
Davison |
25:34 |
Crane Park (10:30) |
32nd run at Crane Park |
56% |
10:30 |
Neil |
Frediani |
50:10 |
Crane Park (10:30) |
8th run at Crane Park |
32% |
10:30 |
Trish |
McCabe |
28:47 |
Crane Park (10:30) |
34th run at Crane Park |
53% |
10:30 |
Chris |
Kelly |
21:24 |
Eastleigh (10:30) |
1st run at Eastleigh, club course record |
71% |
10:30 |
Denis |
Foxley |
30:31 |
Harrow (10:30) |
103rd run at Harrow |
57% |
10:30 |
Joan |
Foxley |
41:08 |
Harrow (10:30) |
108th run at Harrow |
54% |
10:30 |
Caroline |
Cockram |
25:37 |
Lee-on-Solent (10:30) |
1st run at Lee-on-Solent, club rec(F) (Record 777) |
65% |
10:30 |
Ian |
Cockram |
23:36 |
Lee-on-Solent (10:30) |
1st run at Lee-on-Solent, club record |
63% |
10:30 |
David |
Duggan |
28:28 |
Lee-on-Solent (10:30) |
1st run at Lee-on-Solent |
55% |
10:30 |
Maria |
Jovani |
22:24 |
Osterley Park (10:30) |
7th run at Osterley (Record 514) |
69% |
10:30 |
Steve |
Newell |
40:49 |
Osterley Park (10:30) |
6th run at Osterley |
46% |
10:30 |
Steve |
Taylor |
25:50 |
Osterley Park (10:30) |
3rd run at Osterley |
59% |
10:30 |
Richard |
Ruffell |
23:54 |
Prospect Park (10:30) |
1st run at Prospect Park, park #84 |
65% |
10:30 |
John |
Lennon |
33:29 |
Reigate Priory (10:30) |
1st run at Reigate Priory, park #31 |
47% |
10:30 |
Roderick |
Hoffman |
29:37 |
South Woodham Ferrers (10:30) |
1st run at South Woodham Ferrers, club rec (Record 248) |
53% |
10:30 |
Eddie |
Giles |
27:43 |
Salisbury (10:30) |
31st run at Salisbury |
64% |
10:30 |
Petra |
Otto |
34:06 |
Whittlesey (10:30) |
6th run at Whittlesey |
61% |
10:30 |
Alan |
Friar |
30:56 |
Woodley (10:30) |
83rd run at Woodley (Record 659) |
60% |
An extraordinary day for parkrun with at least 150 UK venues attracting
record attendances and many runners taking advantage of the variety of start
times and running 5km twice on the same morning. Starts of 9 a.m. and 1030
a.m. were the most popular combination. No club runner attempted a 9
a.m./10 a.m. pairing this year. Club members contributed to 13 records as noted
in the table above, including airline familiar numbers of 777 and 787. Flows
between parkruns are shown in this table:
[Google Map by Charlie Pearce, Data from Ian Rutson] and of club runners
Kelly Davis was in the biggest crowd - 457 from Hove Promenade to Brighton &
Hove. John Lennon was in the smallest - just one other person made it from
Guildford to Reigate Priory.
It was good to see Barry Walters (24:23 at Dinton Pastures) in the results
after a break of six months and he and Richard Ruffell had the earliest run start
time of 08:30.
Maria Jovani (23:33 at Old Deer Park followed by 22:24 at Osterley Park) was
the only member to achieve a better time on the second run, and she ran from
Richmond to Osterley as well so she had a busy morning.
No new parks were added to the club total but many of our tourists visited
one or two new runs and several new club records have been set :–
- Roderick Hoffman: Billericay (28:49) and South Woodham Ferrers (29:37),
- Ian Cockram: Fareham (23:27) and Lee-on-Solent (23:36),
- Caroline Cockram: Fareham (25:26) and Lee-on-Solent (25:37),
- Chris Kelly: Andover (20:36) and Eastleigh (21:24).
Ed: Some may spot a familiar trend - Roderick taking
records off from Steve Newell but losing them to Chris and Ian.
Happy New Year
Steve Newell / Roderick Hoffman
Updated parkrun stats -
club parkrun stats
Parkrun records
As well as numbers at parkrun, performance records have also been tumbling.
First Alex YEE set the second fastest men's unassisted parkrun time of 13:57 at
Dulwich and then Charlotte ARTER broke the women's record by running 15:50 at
Cardiff. Charlotte broke the previous record held by Hannah WALKER, set at St
Alban's on an occasion when I was there, so I'm sad to see her record broken.
Andrew BADDELEY still holds the men's record, set in 2012 at Bushy.
Club
Featured parkrun Higginson Marlow 19th January #
Higginson parkrun Marlow started in August 2018, the 19th January will be the
22nd running of what has quickly become a very popular event with both locals
and tourists, regularly attracting between 150 and 200 runners.
Parking is available at Court Garden leisure centre though there is a charge,
arrive early and you may be lucky and get 2 hours free parking on the causeway,
either way, it’s a short jog across the park to the start. As the names implies,
the run starts and finishes in Higginson Park, two small laps of the park help
to spread the runners out, look out for the larger than life figure of Sir Steve
Redgrave. It’s then an out and back course along the Thames towpath towards
Hurley where there’s plenty of opportunities to high five or cheer on your team
mates as you pass one another. If you’re not too speedy you’ll see the beautiful
Bisham church and Bisham Abbey across the river. Post run we meet in the Court
Garden coffee shop, the entrance to which is just past the Steve Redgrave
statue.
All in all, Higginson parkrun is hard to beat, we look forward to welcoming
lots of BAAC members on the 19th Jan.. Webpage:
http://www.parkrun.org.uk/higginsonmarlow/
Please note unfortunately the course is not suitable for dogs or buggies.
Alice Banks (also Run Director that day - and there are
unfilled slots on the
volunteer roster if you are unable to run on the day)
Cliveden 10k XCountry 6th January 2019 Results
472nd Trish McCabe 1:05:13
627th Janet Smith 1:51:44
Running shorts...
- Well, I have been preaching for years the importance of smiling as part
of running and it seems that Kipchoge has been listening...
https://www.runnersworld.co.uk/training/motivation/how-smiling-improves-your-running.
Joe Nolan
- Dear Ed. No report of a jog/s this week but an eleven mile cycle was
managed in 53.40. On a general note, if I may, I wish all the best to my old
friend, Tony Barnwell, and also to Steve Hillier and Simon Turton. My new
year's resolution is to have the strength of Brian, marvel at what Piers
does and stand back and applaud the Great Jas. If you have not read it,
peruse the "Clock Of Time" by Rudyard Kipling. Thank you Ed. for your
Promulgations and John Williams for giving me London Marathon entries for
1990 onwards (my first was in 1988). Time flies!
Andy Rayner
- Ealing Street-O Orienteering - Tuesday 8th January, meeting at the
Castle Inn W5 5EU at 18:30.
Want to see someone else's performances here? Send them in...
Tom's back
Happy new year, hoping it’s your best ever,
A couple of parkrun results of non-first-claim BA members. The year
beginning well for Julie Barclay but unfortunately not for Paul Watt.
On Dec. 8th Julie pulled out Osterley 10k prior to start owing to a
painful knee cap. Dec.22th walked the Woking parkrun in 31.46;
Dec. 29th ran Hazelwood on the grass in 23.54, Jan.1st ran
Rushmoor in 23.25, Sat.5th Jan ran Rushmoor in 22.42 - a slow favourable
improvement. Julie starting 2019 a happy bunny.
Paul’s luck not so good after having injections in each knee in mid
Dec. has been grounded as treatment not responding too quickly so does
his share of volunteering.
Jacqui Musselwhite starting her 2019 training (track build up) ran at
Woking on 5th Jan in 23.42.
Tom Rowley
PS: Attended the Surrey XC Championships at Lloyds Park in Croydon
today (Sunday) and again reminded that under local authority's by-laws
it is against the law to start a race/run with a gun, you must use
Claxton/Whistle or shout "Ready, Steady, Go" or any other way.
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