BA Athletics Club News Digest 7th January 2013
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Forthcoming Events
Don't forget the following priority club events:
- Saturday 12th January 2013 - BA hosted Men's Surrey League Cross
Country at Cranford Park 14:30 or earlier. Ladies at Mitcham Common - see last
week's digest.
- Wednesday 16th January - Forrester "4-Way Folly" from Concorde Centre
from 18:00. Social afterwards.
- Tuesday 22nd January - Round-the-Block - Traditional 3 mile race
round the Concorde Centre from 12:30 (see below)
New members and non-members of all fitness levels and abilities are welcome
at all of these events.
The full events diary is on the club website at:
http://www.barunner.org.uk/Event Diary.shtml.
Editorial - Club Membership
The British Airways Athletics Club has fewer members than it used to
have and this is impacting the range and depth of the activities available
to you. Our best recruitment agents should be our existing members.
What can
YOU do
to attract additional members? Here are some suggestions:
- Propose potential members - email their details to the membership secretary at
a.friar1@ntlworld.com.
- AND/OR Suggest additions to the distribution list - email
news@barunner.org.uk (as a courtesy
please copy in your proposed additions so that they can decline if they so
wish).
- Promote the club at events you take part in.
- Join the club yourself (this digest is sent to non-members
as well as
members).
- Promote the club's events to other runners you know.
Consider the following:
Men's and Ladies' Cross Country races this
Saturday 12th January,
Round-the-Block race on Tuesday lunchtime on 22nd January,
5 mile handicap run on Wednesday 30th January,
Next club parkrun at Woodley near Reading on Saturday 2nd February.
Details of how to join the club and club benefits are held on the website:
http://www.barunner.org.uk/Club_Membership.shtml
Roderick Hoffman |
Round-the-Block Race Tuesday 22nd January 2013 - Details
Happy New Year to you all.
What better way to get improve your fitness and kick start 2013 with this
years Round-The-Block event. Its now less than 3 weeks away and will be
taking place on Tuesday 22nd January 2013 at 12:30 . As in past years the
race is a single lap course of around 5k, around the Heston area. The start is a short 10
minute walk from the Concorde Centre, so please leave enough time to get to
the start. Anybody is welcome to take part. This is a fun event and
ALL levels of runners/joggers are welcomed.
On arrival to the Concorde Centre you are reminded to swipe in at the
reception. Those people who are NOT BA Clubs members, will need to sign the
team declaration sheet instead.
The entry fee is £1 per person and all proceeds go to the White Lodge
Charity.
You can either enter the race as an individual or as part of a
team. Teams are to be made up of 4 runners, including at least one
male and one female. Please enter your teams on the day at the start at the
Concorde Club. Don't forget your entry fee.
To make life a little easier, if your entering as a team can you please
complete the
attached form and have it ready with your money on arrival.
There is ample parking at the Concorde Club for your cars and the
Concorde Club changing facilities will be available for your use. Please
don't leave any valuables in the changing rooms OR car keys.
If you have any further questions please don't hesitate to ask.
Regards,
Paul
Knechtl
PS Please feel free to pass this on to anybody else who may be
interested. |
Cunning' Marathon Training
Ian Cunningham is in training for this year's London Marathon and the year
has started well On January 1st we reported that he had run both the Bushy
and Kingston parkruns. How did he get from one to the other, 2.5 miles away,
in under half an hour? He ran of course. He was accompanied by Piers Keenleyside
who also has a Marathon place - this time through the club. I didn't ask
how they got home afterwards.
Last Saturday Ian was part of the biggest ever parkrun field at Bushy
along with John Coffey - 1051 runners in all. parkrun just keeps growing and
growing with a total of 27,782 runners worldwide last Saturday - excluding a
couple of events with late results {ED - One such exclusion was Pymmes that I ran at - not that
that excludes many runners...I finished eighth}.
Tadworth 10
On Sunday Ian was the only BAAC registered runner at the Tadworth 10 on Epsom
Downs. He says:
"I had a couple of warnings that the course was hilly rather than
undulating and they weren't wrong. Fortunately I was running it as a
training run rather than full on race so my 1 hour 20 mins finish was pretty
much what I was hoping for. Unfortunately the fog on the Downs spoilt the
views and took the edge off the temperature, but it's certainly a good
testing race to start the year off.
Cheers
Ian" |
Running Shorts
There is an old Chinese proverb that says "Before you
comment on another runner's running style it is important that first you
should run a mile in their shoes. That way, when you comment on their
style, you will be a mile away...and you have their shoes!"
I taught my
mother-in-law the importance of fitness. At age 60 I got her to run
five miles every day. That was eight years ago so I've no idea where
she is now.
Q: What's the best advice for someone who wants to take up cross country
running?
A: Emigrate to Luxemburg.
Peter, "I used to enjoy Marathons but I had to give them up."
Paul, "Why was that?"
Peter, "They changed their name to Snickers."
And continuing a theme from previously...
Q: What do you get when you try to keep pace with an old racehorse?
A: Knackered.
Anon (bad? then send me better!) |
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