BA Athletics Club News Digest 1st January 2024
Club Event Map:
[Clickable link to Google Maps]
[parkrun run by club members updated 4th October 2023]
For future weeks: inclusions, with photos, please to Roderick Hoffman at news@barunner.org.uk.
Results for Next Week
Please help me by sending in your results, for instance by filling in the tables below and
forwarding to
News@barunner.org.uk. Some events will have "Prompts" set up in
Facebook.
These allow the posting of a single image and some text and make it easy to flip
through everyone's entries.
Your Athletic Achievement of the Week (or use the prompt in the BAAC Facebook
group):
| Participant |
Event |
Distance |
Location |
Day/Start |
Time or Duration |
Details or comment, and other achievements |
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e.g. Running |
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Back to Serious Business! #
The Surrey League Cross Country matches return on Saturday, at
Oxshott Woods. If you want to know more then contact our men's or
ladies' captains who will be delighted to hear from you. The more the
merrier, as they say.
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Recent Activity Achievements
18 members' achievements were communicated to me before this week's
early publication time. [I could have probably found some more, had I
searched harder, but it is late where i am and I've not eaten yet!]
| Colleague |
Activity |
Distance |
Course |
When |
Duration |
Comments |
| Andy Rayner |
Various |
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Starting 2024 as he finished 2023 |
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Mon 1st Cycle 11m 1s plus estate fast walk 10m 3s / Wed 3rd an
Estate Fast Walk 10m 12s plus dog trot same 9m 31s / Fri 5th Fast walk
to and around Cox Green Park plus dog trot home in 27m 36s. |
| Barry Walters |
Running |
10km |
Bracknell |
Thur |
00:55:46 |
Ran over to almost the entrance to Ladyhill Park before retracing my
steps back home. Speeded up over the second half which is always
pleasing. Splits were 28:40 and 27:06. |
| Benita Scaife |
Running |
4.2miles |
Virginia Water |
Fri am |
00:45:02 |
We ran at Virginia Water Lake on Friday morning. The lakeside paths
had in places only a thin strip that wasn’t inundated but we got round
without wading. c. 4.2 miles 45:02. |
| John Scaife |
Running |
4.2miles |
Virginia Water |
Fri am |
00:45:02 |
As Benita |
| Chris Kelly |
Running |
9Miles |
Dunsden |
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Largest deer herd spotted this year - on a 9 mile run up Dunsden
with Ben this morning - wild! |
| Fiona Bishop |
parkrun |
5km |
Kirkdale (Melbourne, Victoria) |
Sat am |
00:26:20 |
I did the Kirkdale parkrun straight after having covid for a week.
The parkrun is fairly flat with a hill 800m from the finish. I did 26:20
mins and got 76.96% and 33rd out of 121. |
| Harjit Jhooti |
parkrun |
5km |
Richmond Park |
Sat am |
|
Did Richmond Parkrun and bumped into Jain Reid. We had a chat about
marathon training as she is also doing London |
| Janet Smith |
parkrun |
5km |
Ganger Farm |
Sat am |
|
Some more tourism for me, down on Ganger Farm before visiting
friends in Southampton. Luckily, the one I had chosen still went ahead
in these flooded times. It was soggy but not too bad ♀️ |
| Julie Barclay |
Running |
10km |
Tongham |
Tue |
01:03:00 |
Road-running loop around Ash and Tongham. |
| Paul Watt |
Running |
10km |
Tongham |
Tue |
01:03:00 |
As Julie. |
| Melanie Miller |
Race |
10km |
Tadworth 10 |
Sun |
01:23:37 |
A 1 or 2 loop route over the Epsom Downs depending on whether you
did the 10k or 10m. Just shy of 10k I opted for that the single loop.
Planning on walking it after nearly tripping on parkrun yesterday I
opted to walk it and now wished I’d run it…the uphills are long n
sweeping n gradual punctuated by short steep downhills, which I had to
run…a very interesting course it has varied terrain too and wot a
beautiful day 4 it….next year I shall have to run it…lol |
| Neil Frediani |
Running |
12miles |
up 'north |
Sun |
02:13:40 |
After 2 poor runs this week including parkrun yesterday I managed 12
miles at a decent 11min per mile pace today. That is 23miles for the
week, not a bad start to the year. |
| Petra Otto |
Nordic Skiing |
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00:06:04 |
I improved on my Nordic Ski Erg PB - 6:04 mins. Down from 6:26
minutes. |
| Piers Keenleyside |
Race |
Marathon |
Dubai Marathon |
|
04:13:49 |
2nd in the MV65-69 age category. Started at 7am before sunrise and
first 2 hours were OK but by the 2nd half things had warmed up too much
for me! I bumped into Tim Bellars at the bag drop as he was also running
the marathon today. |
| Tim Bellars |
Race |
Marathon |
Dubai Marathon |
|
04:23:19 |
Dubai Marathon 4.23.19. Great conditions for me but not quite back
to full fitness. |
| Roderick Hoffman |
Running |
10km |
Halls Gap, Victoria |
Thur |
01:09:05 |
On a shared path…though it wasn't explained to me that I'd be
sharing the path with Emus. |
| Stephen Taylor |
Running |
13.1miles |
Richmond and back |
Sat |
02:20:35 |
My week 1 marathon training long slow run was down to Richmond and
back, avoiding the canal as it was definitely going to be too muddy.13.1
miles in 2:20:35. |
| Steve Hillier |
Cycling |
35km |
Harrow & Brent |
Wed |
02:36:00 |
With the winds staring to abate, I cycled east along the Grand Union
Canal to Old Oak Common, lifting my bike over a few fallen trees.
My return was through the pot holed and flooded streets of Harlesden and
Wembley, very slowly into the remaining breeze, but overtaking heavy
traffic all the way. Wembley Hill was higher than I remembered. |
I'm out of the country this week therefore limited in the way
I can include pictures. I'll leave you to work out which are deer and which are
emus.
      
parkrun Results for New Year's Day 1st January 2024
31 activities are recorded below. Please get in touch if your activity is
missing.
| Club parkrunner |
parkrun |
Run# |
Pos |
Time |
Age Grade |
Comment |
| Fiona
Bishop |
Altona Beach |
390 |
54 |
0:27:52 |
72.73% |
first run at Altona Beach Victoria, AU), park #87, New BA parkrun -
#786 |
| Joe NOLAN |
Black Park |
693 |
254 |
0:31:04 |
55.53% |
| Sarah
GORDON |
Braunstone |
617 |
364 |
0:37:23 |
55.91% |
| Ian Haylock |
Bushy Park |
965 |
76 |
0:20:21 |
74.28% |
| Trish
MCCABE |
Bushy Park |
965 |
508 |
0:27:25 |
58.48% |
6th New Year run at Bushy Park |
| Ian
CUNNINGHAM |
Bushy Park |
965 |
969 |
0:34:55 |
46.35% |
8th New Year run at Bushy |
| David
Cowell |
Forest Rec |
461 |
5 |
0:20:27 |
69.85% |
M5, run 80, 4th at Forest Rec (Nottingham) |
| David
DUGGAN |
Hoblingwell |
276 |
73 |
0:38:31 |
42.75% |
first run at Hoblingwell (St Pauls Cray), park #136 |
| Vicky
McFarlin |
Horsham |
422 |
17 |
0:22:24 |
76.71% |
F1, Joining the club. New PB at Horsham by 3s (and 5% improvement in
Age Grade). New BA ladies record (from Jacque). |
| Janet
Smith |
Huntingdon |
483 |
257 |
0:41:30 |
45.46% |
first run at Huntingdon, park #70. Petra retains her club records. |
| Keith
Johnson |
Luton Wardown |
382 |
41 |
0:23:40 |
63.87% |
run #124, 1st at Luton Wardown, park #11 |
| Benita
SCAIFE |
Maidenhead |
390 |
224 |
0:33:38 |
64.07% |
299th run |
| John
SCAIFE |
Maidenhead |
390 |
225 |
0:33:39 |
51.81% |
| Alice
BANKS |
Margate |
496 |
58 |
0:28:50 |
73.58% |
F11, run #249, 1st at Margate |
| Roderick
HOFFMAN |
Mullum Mullum |
306 |
69 |
0:32:07 |
51.27% |
Au, Victoria. So good they named it twice - and a palindrome as the
course is out and backs in each direction. park #368, New BA parkrun
#787. |
| Elise
LAWRENSON |
Nonsuch |
566 |
151 |
0:27:25 |
59.70% |
250th parkrun! |
| Scott
DAVISON |
Osterley |
457 |
124 |
0:26:44 |
56.05% |
15th run at Osterley |
| Bob
BANNISTER |
Osterley |
457 |
128 |
0:26:47 |
63.78% |
54th run at Osterley |
| Ben
CHAYTOW |
Osterley |
457 |
142 |
0:27:23 |
52.59% |
3rd run at Osterley, P-Index is 3, next at Crane will be 300th |
| Anne
Bannister |
Osterley |
457 |
252 |
0:32:15 |
64.81% |
| Alan
ANDERSON |
Osterley |
457 |
345 |
0:47:13 |
57.71% |
| Steve
NEWELL |
Osterley |
457 |
346 |
0:47:39 |
43.09% |
4th New Year run at Osterley |
| Ben
Kelly |
Reading |
623 |
23 |
0:24:16 |
53.23% |
|
Christopher T KELLY |
Reading |
623 |
28 |
0:24:58 |
63.15% |
5th New Year run at Reading |
| Mike
DENNISON |
Richmond Park |
790 |
21 |
0:20:45 |
80.80% |
ninth run at Richmond Park, P-Index up to 9. |
| Maria
JOVANI |
Richmond Park |
790 |
47 |
0:22:36 |
71.68% |
tenth run at Richmond Park. P-Index is 8. |
| Jain
REID |
Richmond Park |
790 |
224 |
0:29:55 |
62.17% |
140th run at Richmond, P-Index is 2 |
| Denis
FOXLEY |
Rickmansworth |
286 |
272 |
0:30:57 |
60.20% |
18th run at Rickmansworth, P-Index is 3 |
| Joan
FOXLEY |
Rickmansworth |
286 |
373 |
0:38:52 |
62.39% |
25th run at Rickmansworth, P-Index is 4 |
| Paul
WATT |
Wickford Memorial |
131 |
12 |
0:21:28 |
73.45% |
Essex. Park #178, New BA parkrun #788. |
| Julie
BARCLAY |
Wickford Memorial |
131 |
28 |
0:23:32 |
81.30% |
F2, park #180 |
parkrun Review New Year’s Day Monday 1st January 2024
The days of the New Year doubles are (sadly …!) now in the past but
many members still enjoy a 9 a.m. 5km on whatever day of the week it is if it is
1st January. Looking through the records of the likely suspects I found
evidence that some of us have run 18 or even 19 times on New Year’s Day since
that first New Year parkrun at Bushy in 2005 which was a Saturday anyway and
only attracted 20 runners! Eight of those runners have gone on to join the 500
club in the meantime. Paul Sinton-Hewitt was particularly fond of a double and
since they were stopped he has reduced his New Year’s Day runs - the last being
on 1st January 2022.. If anyone has done 20 or more
please let us know.
Vicky McFarlane, a new member who joined wef 0001, 1/1/24 celebrated joining
our club with PB at Horsham parkrun. Just a reminder that anyone joining
us between now and the end of March will not have to pay another sub until 1
April 2025.
Our two “first-footers” and adding to the club’s different parkruns total
were in Victoria Australia (GMT +11) at diametrically opposite fringes of
Melbourne. Fiona Bishop (27:52) at Altona Beach (slightly North and East)
and Roderick Hoffman (32:07) at Mullum Mullum (South and West).
Most members
stayed fairly close to home but Paul Watt (21:28) and Julie Barclay (23:32) went
to Wickford Memorial, near Basildon, in Essex which none of us have been
to before.
Elise Lawrenson (27:25) completed her 250th run at Nonsuch. Mike
Dennison (20:45) ran at Richmond Park for the ninth time and his P-Index has
moved up to 9 (nine different parkruns run at least nine times each).
parkrun Results for Saturday 6th January 2024
32 activities are recorded below. Please get in touch if your activity is
missing.
| Club parkrunner |
parkrun |
Run# |
Pos |
Time |
Age Grade |
Comment |
| Emma
Moreton |
Bedfont Lakes |
674 |
12 |
0:23:16 |
67.12% |
F2, 278th run at Bedfont |
| Roderick
HOFFMAN |
Belair National Park |
5 |
187 |
0:33:44 |
48.81% |
Slowest "run" parkrun since Bevendean Down (Brighton) but pleased
with time. park #478, New BA parkrun. #790 |
| Alice
BANKS |
Black Park |
694 |
284 |
0:28:52 |
73.50% |
250th run completed (on dry land) |
|
Jacqueline MUSSELWHITE |
Brooklands |
176 |
364 |
0:27:58 |
63.89% |
third run at Brooklands |
| Ian
CUNNINGHAM |
Bushy Park |
966 |
583 |
0:26:23 |
61.34% |
run #537, 527th at Bushy |
| Diana
Smith |
Bushy Park |
966 |
1593 |
0:48:15 |
49.36% |
run #52 (all at Bushy) |
| Ben
CHAYTOW |
Crane Park |
540 |
25 |
0:21:58 |
65.55% |
300th run at Crane Park |
| Maria
JOVANI |
Crane Park |
540 |
30 |
0:22:52 |
71.57% |
F1, 81st run at Crane Park |
| Scott
DAVISON |
Crane Park |
540 |
85 |
0:26:26 |
56.68% |
run #448 |
| Janet
Smith |
Ganger Farm |
60 |
153 |
0:36:16 |
52.02% |
first run at Ganger Farm (Romsey), park #71 |
| David
DUGGAN |
Hanworth |
168 |
26 |
0:36:01 |
45.72% |
36th run at Hanworth plus First timers briefing (v) |
| Denis
FOXLEY |
Harrow |
381 |
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Timekeeper at Harrow |
| Joan
FOXLEY |
Harrow |
381 |
|
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Timekeeper at Harrow |
| Steve
NEWELL |
Hazelwood |
218 |
94 |
0:52:01 |
39.47% |
4 lap course, slippery in places, Wilson Index up to 224. The
quest for finish token "097" goes on for another week! |
| Mike
DENNISON |
Heslington |
224 |
21 |
0:19:55 |
84.18% |
run #540, first at Heslington, park #79. BA new parkrun #791 |
| Elise
LAWRENSON |
Kingston |
643 |
222 |
0:28:25 |
57.60% |
Nonsuch waterlogged!, 4th run at Kingston |
| Fiona
Bishop |
Kirkdale Reserve |
82 |
33 |
0:26:20 |
76.96% |
run #265, park #88, New BA parkrun #789 |
| Paul
WATT |
Lancing Beach Green |
185 |
11 |
0:21:53 |
72.05% |
first run at Lancing Beach Green, park #179. Ian Cunningham retains
the BA fastest men's time. |
| Julie
BARCLAY |
Lancing Beach Green |
185 |
22 |
0:22:41 |
84.35% |
333rd parkrun, park#181. BA fastest lady (from Harjit) and new BA
Age Grade record (from Ian C). |
| Benita
SCAIFE |
Newbury |
548 |
423 |
0:34:19 |
62.80% |
run #300, 2nd at Newbury |
| John
SCAIFE |
Newbury |
548 |
424 |
0:34:19 |
50.80% |
run #325, 3rd at Newbury |
| Bob
BANNISTER |
Osterley |
458 |
91 |
0:25:16 |
67.61% |
run #493, 55th at Osterley |
| Trish
MCCABE |
Osterley |
458 |
130 |
0:26:57 |
59.49% |
run #449, 61st at Osterley |
| Oliver
MATHAI |
Osterley |
458 |
141 |
0:27:35 |
63.93% |
run #96, 13th at Osterley |
| Anne
Bannister |
Osterley |
458 |
189 |
0:29:20 |
71.25% |
run #309, 45th at Osterley |
| Alan
ANDERSON |
Osterley |
458 |
346 |
0:48:35 |
56.09% |
run #693, 139th at Osterley |
| Neil
FREDIANI |
Prudhoe Riverside |
292 |
105 |
0:37:15 |
45.46% |
34th run at Prudhoe Riverside |
| Jain
REID |
Richmond Park |
791 |
363 |
0:30:25 |
61.15% |
run #151, 141st at Richmond |
| Harjit
Jhooti |
Richmond Park |
791 |
488 |
0:35:01 |
51.69% |
2nd run at Richmond Park |
| Melanie
Miller |
Royal Tunbridge Wells |
416 |
274 |
0:52:29 |
34.49% |
run #177, first run at Royal Tunbridge Wells, park #151 |
| Sarah
GORDON |
University of Northampton |
22 |
262 |
0:39:54 |
52.38% |
run #361, first run at University of Northampton, park #150. BA new
parkrun #792. "Visited on the way to Waitrose", or something like that. |
|
Christopher T KELLY |
University Parks |
101 |
450 |
0:38:12 |
41.27% |
run #592, fifth run at University Parks (Oxford). Alternative
"dry" course. |
parkrun Review Saturday 6th January 2024
Fiona Bishop (26:20) started our first Saturday of the year off in Melbourne
with a visit to Kirkland Reserve at 8 a.m. (GMT +11.00). Roderick Hoffman
(33::44) followed half an hour later in Adelaide with a visit to Belair National
Park which only started in December but is already attracting large numbers each
week, again with an 8 a.m. start. (GMT +10:30). Nobody was in Europe
as far we know!
Alice Banks (28:52) might have been expected to run her 250th parkrun over
her home course at Higginson, Marlow but with the Thames covering much of the
course she chose to go to Black Park and the scene of her very first parkrun
almost ten years ago. Marlow was just one of scores of events called off
this week because of the weather. Benita Scaife(34:19) sought out a dryish
parkrun at Newbury for her 300th run on a second visit after eight years away.
Mike Dennison (19:55, 84.18%) had a good run at Heslington in York. The
“York” York parkrun was cancelled with the race course described as a lake.
Mike’s search for a “Y” has been extended for at least another week.
Chris Kelly (38:12), with his favourite courses at Reading and Dinton
Pastures flooded, ran at University Parks (Oxford) where a thoughtfully designed
dry route was used for the first time.
Meanwhile back at Bushy Park there were 1662 finishers which made it one of
the ten busiest Bushy parkruns of all time. The first and second Saturday
runs in January have often been very busy. No top thousand finish for Di
Smith (48:15) this week. You needed to be under 30 minutes to get a three figure
finishing place. We didn’t have anyone running at Gunnersbury this
Saturday but it is interesting to note that there was an attendance of 686 this
week, that is the biggest since just before the pandemic when 700 people ran
each week at the beginning of 2020. Is something happening ? There
were almost 1300 runners at Clapham Common, close to an all-time record.
Steve Newell
Matters Arising - New Year's Day Events (run, so excluding non-running
volunteering)
| Member |
Count of Event ↓ |
| Christopher T KELLY |
18 |
| Ian CUNNINGHAM |
18 |
| Roderick HOFFMAN |
17 |
| David DUGGAN |
13 |
| Richard RUFFELL |
12 |
| Steve NEWELL |
11 |
| Ben CHAYTOW |
11 |
| Neil FREDIANI |
10 |
| Sarah GORDON |
10 |
| Scott DAVISON |
10 |
| Trish MCCABE |
10 |
[also excluding runs when not a member]
Large Finish
1662 at Bushy sounds a lot of finishers but it wasn't the highest last
Saturday. 1792 finished at Voortrekker Monument parkrun in South Africa, on its
second return after a closure gap, this time of 199 weeks. The Run Director
reports "It was crazy. I was NOT expecting these numbers! I thought 800, maybe a
thousand and then this happened. We actually delayed the start by 10 minutes as
the queue to get in was over 1km long! I have to hand it to our over 50
volunteers. It was an extraordinary restart (and took me over 2 hours to edit
excel files with the results) for an extraordinary parkrun venue!"
Special Achievements Numbers
25, 50, 100, 250, 500 are special achievement numbers and some consider the
Fibonacci and Prime Number sequences also. But as an airline running club we
have other numbers to celebrate. The last new aircraft I worked on for British
Airways was the Boeing 787 (Dreamliner). I was delighted therefore to have run
event number 787 for the BAAC. This is a list of such achievements - let me have
any other number requests:
| BAC 1-11 |
111 |
Northala Fields |
21Jun2014 |
Richard Ruffell |
| Trident HS-121 |
121 |
Chichester |
9Aug2014 |
Mark Turner |
| Embraer 190 |
190 |
Dartford |
8Aug2015 |
Roderick Hoffman |
| Rolls Royce RB211 |
211 |
Hamilton |
5Dec2015 |
Daniela Mayerova |
| Airbus A319 |
319 |
Hove Promenade |
11Feb2017 |
Roderick Hoffman |
| A320 |
320 |
Bestwood Village |
11Feb2017 |
Sarah Gordon |
| A321 |
321 |
Belfast Victoria |
18Feb2017 |
Roderick Hoffman |
| A350 |
350 |
Willoughby |
29Jul2017 |
Benita Scaife |
| A380 |
380 |
Ballito |
6Jan2018 |
Tim Bellars |
| Boeing 707 |
707 |
Kroonstad |
25Feb2023 |
David Duggan |
| 727 |
727 |
Mersea Island |
13May2023 |
Harjit Jhooti |
| 737 |
737 |
Forfar Loch |
10Jun2023 |
Ray Hampton |
| 747 |
747 |
The Cinder Track |
22Jul2023 |
Piers Keenleyside |
| 757 |
757 |
Holbrooks |
2Sep2023 |
Sarah Gordon |
| 767 |
767 |
Waterakkers |
30Sep2023 |
Melanie Miller |
| 777 |
777 |
Five Arches |
28Oct2023 |
Harjit Jhooti |
| 787 |
787 |
Mullum Mullum |
1Jan2024 |
Roderick Hoffman |
We are also getting close to event #800. I'll try to update the map later on
this week so that you can see what events haven't been done.
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leisure.
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Roderick Hoffman
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