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BA Athletics Club News Digest 7th October 2019Events:
We will be meeting at 18:00 at the Bedfont Club this Wednesday and have a committee meeting in the bar afterwards. 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: 29th July. * 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. Dream Mile Results for Thursday 3rd October
The next Dream Mile will be on Thursday 7th November and is currently in the diary as our Run-of-the-Month for November hence will be a points scoring event #. Hopefully we'll get back to the ten runner field size we were having recently. The December event (traditionally with added Christmas spirit and mince pies) is likely to be on Thursday 5th December. Roderick Hoffman obo Neil Frediani Milocarian AC Home Match at RMA Sandhurst on Sat 26th Oct 2019 (BAAC Run-of-the-Month #)Reminder to get your details on this event to Simon Turton at: simon.turton@ba.com Simon Turton Club parkrun results for Thursday 3rd October and Saturday 5th October 2019
Volunteers include...[remember, we can only guarantee to include your volunteer efforts if you email us about them]
The fifteenth anniversary of the first Bushy Park time-trial attracted a bumper attendance of 1838 at the spiritual home of parkrun. The only time that figure has been topped was on Christmas Day last year (just over 2000). We were represented by Mike Dennison (19:42), Colin Haylock (20:08) and Ian Cunningham (23:52). Earlier in the week, Thursday to be precise, David Duggan and Roderick Hoffman travelled to Germany to join in the Unification celebrations and added some new parkruns to our list. On the day itself, 3rd October, (30 years since the Berlin Wall crumbled (assisted)), Roderick ran 29:07 at Neckarufer Park in Stuttgart, while David Duggan finished in 29:19 at West Park in Munich leaving Roderick’s club record of 27:24 there intact. Both stayed on until Saturday when David Duggan (29:09) was at Nidda in Frankfurt and a little quicker than Roderick Hoffman (29:36) at the Globe, Schwabisch Hall in the state of Baden-Wurttemburg {Roderick adds - did you get it, I was a World parkrun Tourist Globe Trotting on International parkrun Day}. Jain Reid had been astonishingly loyal to Richmond Park until when she became infected with the tourist bug. This week she became our first member to run at Inverness (34:12). There was a record attendance of 442 there, beating the previous high of 307. parkruns beginning with the letter “I” are quite rare so to get two on the same day is certainly unique for us. Inverness has had a parkrun for eight years. Adrian Haines (18:55) made his first visit to Ifield Mill Pond in Crawley which started only last month. Alphabet collectors have never had it so good. “J” is also available now at Jersey Farm near St Albans. At Black Park it was pacer day once again (first Saturday of the month). The comprehensive scheme choreographed by Joe Nolan (29:07) and he tagged along for the ride himself this week and was pleased with his time. In December it will be the fifth anniversary of Joe setting up his pacer squad! It was quite a good week for pbs and club records. See table above. Steve's parkrun stats - club parkrun stats - UPDATED Full club parkrun database - {read access to new club parkrun database} - UP TO DATE - Download and explore. Steve Newell / Roderick Hoffman * Special Day parkrunsHow come David and I were able to do an extra parkrun last Thursday? Each parkrun country is able to nominate a day in the year for a Special Event. For the UK this is Christmas Day and most parkrun countries initially went with this also but they are now selecting their own special days. For Germany it was the Unification Day - celebrating that 30 years ago Germany was unified after 25 years of disunity. The next opportunity for an extra parkrun will be in the USA on Thanksgiving Day (28th November, also a Thursday) but please note that not all events will operate on a country's Special Event day (due to core team availability, volunteers and/or lack of permission from course owners and authorities). Some events may be announced late or initially announced and then cancelled. After Thanksgiving Day there is the theoretical possibility of running on Christmas Eve in Norway, on Christmas Day in the UK and then Boxing Day in Poland (on a Thursday, so you have a chance to recover before the regular Saturday parkrun). You can bet your life that some parkrun tourists will attempt the treble and succeed. Next year the German Unification Day falls on a Saturday so the German teams are assuming that they won't have an opportunity for an extra parkrun next year, not in Germany anyway. For the full list see: https://wiki.parkrun.com/index.php/Special_Events Each country is also permitted to host an additional parkrun on New Year's Day and to vary the start times to allow participants to achieve two finishes (max). Roderick Hoffman Events Coming Up - all linked in some way to BA or BAAC members
UK Fire Services Cross Country Championships - 6th October
Home to the 1990 National Cross Country Championships, the very hilly course was extremely challenging with uneven ground covered in molehills and stinging thistles. The men completed four laps (8.65km), the ladies three (6.46km). A kind official was informing athletes that they could retire before completing the requisite number of laps. I ignored this advice as I did not want to become a repeat recipient of the Endeavour Medal which is awarded to the slowest guest and fire-service runners of the day. Tyne and Wear Fire & Rescue Service took the top three places in the men’s race with the winner, Graeme Taylor achieving a time of 32:19. The winner of the women’s race was Natalie Batey from Tyne and Wear Fire & Rescue in 27:17. The entry-fee included a post-race dinner of Lincolnshire sausages, chips and beans in the school refectory. Thanks to Sarah Kelly for supporting us during the race. Finishers
Christine Munden Marathon ResultsThere have been several marathons over the last couple of weekends. Whilst I referenced Ian at Berlin I missed three other runners, though note the different clubs being run for, the correct typing of our club name for affiliated entries is "British Airways AC":
Hawaii Ironman this Sunday
Running shorts
Next Digest - Results, news, pictures, feedback, jokes, stories - send them to the editor, Roderick Hoffman, at news@barunner.org.uk. Not for you, no longer interested? remove me please. Difficulty viewing this? Read it from the website:- http://www.barunner.org.uk/News Latest.shtml. Club website: www.barunner.org.uk.
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Sunday 6 October Chris Kelly, Steve Norris and myself competed in the 44th UK
Fire Services Cross Country Championships, incorporating the Andy Brown Memorial
Run at Stowe School in Buckinghamshire.