BA Athletics Club News Digest 7th September 2015Events:
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news@barunner.org.uk. Reminder: Round-the-Park THIS WEEK Tuesday 8th September Harmondsworth Moor start 12:30The event starts near the wooden bridge behind the main car park. It is a 2 lap course and is approximately 3 miles in length, so just a bit shorter than 5 Km. This is a fun event and ALL levels of runners/joggers are welcomed.
Those not at Waterside wishing to take part will not be able to park in the parkland car parks. You should either use the bus to get to Waterside or consider parking in the eastern side of Moor Lane, assessable only from Harmondsworth village. There is a single yellow line here with parking permitted between 10:30 and 15:30 and spaces are freely available. The entry fee is £1 per person and all proceeds goes 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 mixed runners, including at least one male and one female. Entries will still be taken on the day. Regards, Paul Knechtl mailto:paul.a.knechtl@ba.com Results: BAAC Track & Field Championships & Fun Day at Eton on Sunday 6th SeptemberThames Valley Athletics Centre. Pococks Lane, Eton.
^Superstars event – Steve Hillier triumphed over Eddie Giles by four victories to two. Blue sky, sunshine & still conditions (is this England in summer ?) was with us at this year’s BA Champs. Just 5 men & 2 Ladies were there to tackle all the events. Steve Hillier is the new Superstars champion, gaining 4 wins out of the 6 chosen events over 2nd placed Eddie. So prizes for Steve Hillier Superstar champ & Eddie 2nd , Steve Taylor for some superb throwing in all those event, Roderick for completing all the track sprinting & running events {see below}, Harry for a great job at Marksman, Starter & great competitor for his age and a prize for our timekeeper and Ladies Javelin winner, Lesley Giles.
[left to right, Steve Taylor, Eddie Giles, Roderick Hoffman, Harry Wild and Steve Hillier. Photo by Lesley Giles] Pity there weren’t more athletes or families to enjoy the superb track conditions we had there this Sunday. Thanks to everyone that has supported the Track & Field section this year, it has been a tough one to get through this season. Regards: Eddie Giles Mo ComparisonYou may have seen Mo Farah featured on the BBC website recently with one of his training sessions listed: http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/athletics/34096616 "A mile knocked out in three minutes 55 seconds. Two-lap jog as recovery. Then a 1,200m run in 2:57. Same recovery. Then 1,000m in 2:27, two laps recovery; 800m in 1:57, two laps recovery; 600m in 80 seconds, two laps; 400m in 50.4, two laps; 200m in 25 seconds." So how can a mere mortal compare?
Roderick Hoffman September Magic Mile ResultsWell the weather last Thursday can definitely be described as Autumnal! There was a bit of a chill in the air (not cold), but lovely and warm in the sunshine, when it shone through the cloud. There was a noticeable absentee and expected PB with Vaneeta Cro not taking part. So it was a good job Colin Russell run as he knocked 22 seconds off his PB taking him under 8 minutes for the first time (7:51). Sharon Kassemzadeh continued to show how well she is running breaking 7 minutes (6:59) for the first time this year. A special mention must go to Ian Cunningham who recorded the fastest time of the day (6:20) and the second (6:25) and the third (6:30)! He was doing some mile efforts and managed to beat everybody’s time thrice. Same next month ???
Next event will be on Thursday 1st October 2015. Paul Knechtl Club parkrun results for Saturday 5th September 2015The main concentration of our members, albeit mostly the older ones, this week was at Maidenhead. First home was the youngest and the only under 60, Alice Banks who had arrived in plenty of time to take up a good position at the start and immediately gained an advantage over course debutant Alan Friar which she never gave up in spite of complaining of feeling sore after a recent out-of-season skating tumble. The other three, Alan Anderson, Steve Newell and Tony Barnwell were all on a mission to post better times than on their visit to Braywick Park back in the Spring. All succeeded. Alan Anderson set a new VM80 record which is faster than the VM75 record which he still holds. Steve improved his time by an astonishing two minutes. Last week I mentioned a certain Tony Merritt (VM75) of Burnham Joggers and his pb sequence at Northala Fields. Well this week he was at Maidenhead helping set up the course from early on as a volunteer and joined us on the start line. Yes, you've guessed it - he grabbed another pb by just three seconds. That is the way to do it. Mind you, he will need to carry on improving at that rate for six months to catch Alan Anderson. Note that Gunnersbury parkrun had been cancelled to make way for the London Mela - with Osterley also cancelled due to another event there were larger than recent turnouts at several nearby parkruns including Northala Fields and Wormwood Scrubs though no records were set. Elsewhere Roderick Hoffman made a routine visit to a park he's not been to before in Hertfordshire, this time Panshanger (Hertford) to take his score to 122 parks. Judy Turton visited Woodley for the first time, it was her first parkrun for almost two years. (Simon hasn't been to a parkrun for almost three years so maybe it's not really their idea of a perfect Saturday morning...or isn't allowed to be due to childcare requirements!). John Coffey was at Woking again. This could become a habit. Denis and Joan Foxley (tailrunner) were both at Harrow where Fiona Smith set a pb and went under 30 minutes for the first time. Fiona used to be a visitor to the Speedbird Club as a teenager. She is the daughter of Jean and the late George Smith. Piers Keenleyside broke new ground and visited the fast flat course at Fulham Palace and recorded his best parkrun anywhere so far in 2015. Janet Smith visited Havant for the first time and loved the course though has rarely been slower - she states that she was still hurting from the mountain walking the previous weekend.
I had hoped to bring you news of the youngest Newell at a parkrun but that will have to wait a week or two as the first attempt failed due to appalling pace judgment. It must be difficult the first time for a four year old more used to sprinting half the length of a football pitch to step up to 2km when everyone zooms off at the start. His barcode, now a passport to hundreds of junior and full parkruns around the world, is number 1879371, nearly two million. Among our early adopters John Coffey is 1018, Janet Smith 2341 and Alan Anderson 5556. Updated club parkrun stats: www.barunner.org.uk/results/ba_parkrun_park_totals.xls Steve Newell (mainly)
Running Shorts
Born to run?Ealing half marathon promotion (Youtube so won't work across the BA Intranet) Keep watching (and listening) to the end and you'll get to see a BA vest. Thanks to Piers Keenleyside for passing on. News for the next BAAC News Digest?Please send items for inclusion in the next Digest. Results, news, pictures, feedback, jokes, stories - send it to us at news@barunner.org.uk. Club website:
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