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BA Athletics Club News Digest 10th July 2023
Events marked "#" are points scoring for the club's participation trophy - for the 2023 title. The Vitality 10k on 24th September is no longer indicated as a "Volunteers Required" event. Anyone able to attend WARR in Calgary on that day is encouraged to do so, but those who can't may chose to enter the Vitality 10k to run, or could enquire of other running groups to see if they are supporting the event with marshalling teams - or could have a rest day instead! Club Event Map: [Clickable link to Google Maps] For future weeks: inclusions, with photos, please to Roderick Hoffman at news@barunner.org.uk. Results for Next WeekPlease 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. Weekly Athletic Achievement (by Sunday evening) or use the Facebook group prompt:
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| David Cowell | 5:35 |
| Stephen Taylor | 7:54 |
| Roderick Hoffman | 8:32 |
| Alan Friar | 12:39 |
Steve Newell - Timekeeper
Those times will carry forward into the club July mile results - unless beaten later on in the month.
We have two more matches to complete our season. I hope we can get out a big team out for both. Please let me know if you are available.
Events:
Javelin / 800m / High Jump / 200m / Hammer / Long Jump / 3000m / 4 x 100m
Events:
Sprint hurdles / High Jump / Hammer / 800m / 100m / 400m / 1500m / Discus / Triple Jump / 200m / 3000m / 4 x 200m
Thanks!
Ed: Remember, lack of capability or being out of your comfort zone won't mean you can't earn points for the club! Picture - Jolien Boumkwo in the sprint hurdles at the European Athletics Team Championships, earning a point for her country.
There is a NOW run in the calendar for Tuesday lunchtime on August 22nd - hosted by Piers Keenleyside at the renovated Boston Manor House. More details nearer the time. The picture is of a footbridge over the Grand Union Canal on the proposed route.
Anyone is welcome to propose a NOW run - we could have one of these once a
month. For instance, there currently isn't one towards the end of July. Similarly,
anyone can propose a club featured parkrun event.
Calendar: Club online diary - check that the date is free.
Digest: >>> Digest Input - send me some details.
We currently have 13 of us signed up for the Calgary event in September. Could anyone else who is still considering joining us let me know so that I can include you in team communications.
Signed up are: Roderick H, John S, Benita S, Ben C, Paola H, Phil H, Paul W, Julie B, Rita C, Finbarr C, Tim B, Stephen T, Marion T.
You are being asked to sign-up for the post race dinner at the Calgary Zoo by 30th July. I've signed up for this and would hope that it will be as good as, though very different to, the Waikiki dinner/show last year.
>> Roderick Hoffman (Team Captain)
14 members' achievements were communicated to me. Your achievement not listed? It could be because you didn't submit it.
| Colleague | Activity | Distance | Course | When | Duration | Comments |
| Andy Rayner | Running | XC | Thur | 01:04:00 | Three reports: Wed 5th July Cox Green cycle in 19m 45s and fast walk 11m 50s, Thurs 6th July XC 64m and Sat 8th July Cox Green cycle including Ockwells in 19m 20s. | |
| Chris Kelly | mixed Run/Walk | 7.5miles | Dunsden | Sun | 02:20:00 | Starting off slowly again, up our local hill at Dunsden 7.5 miles in 2:20 |
| Emma Moreton | Race | 10km | Asics 10k (London) | Sun | 00:45:24 | My second fastest 10k time. Crowds and marshals were not as good as LM |
| Harjit Jhooti | Walking | 10km | Santorini | Walked 10K from Oia to Fira along the Caldera in Santorini | ||
| James Edwards | Running | 17.3km | Brecon Beacons | Tue pm | 02:45:00 | Tuesday night after work hills loop with taped up calf! Then straight to McDonalds. ⛰️ Corn Du (872 m) • ⛰️ Pen y Fan (886 m) • ⛰️ Cefn Cul (740 m) • ⛰️ Rhiw yr Ysgyfarnog (736 m) • ⛰️ Craig Gwaun Taf (826 m) |
| John Taylor | parkrun | 5km | Hafan Pwllheli | Sat am | "Hi Rod, John ran the Hafan Pwllheli parkrun this morning so forwarding a couple of photos, Regards Mark" | |
| Julie Barclay | Walking | 4miles | Isle of Wight | Thur | 02:00:00 | A leisurely stroll up to the monument at Tennyson Downs that included a ‘parkwalk’ of the alternative course of Medina parkrun ("Isle of very light grey") |
| Paul Watt | Walking | 4miles | Isle of Wight | Thur | 02:00:00 | With Julie |
| Melanie Miller | Walking | 14.29km | Hayling Island | Sat | 03:04:00 | Hayling Island Walkaround beautiful place home to ye oysterbeds but very windy |
| Petra Otto | parkrun | 5km | March | Sat am | 00:45:22 | It was a hot, and incredibly muggy Parkwalk. A very disappointing time, having felt tired and lethargic. {Ed: (photo) I remember those steps at March!} Plus, the very tough Tuesday circuits (15 secs plank between all the exercises) and gym. |
| Piers Keenleyside | parkrun | 5km | Margate | Sat am | 00:27:03 | A long weekend celebrating my mother-in-laws (Bernie) 91st birthday with family. We all did the parkrun on Saturday and Bernie now has the WV90-94 age group record for Margate whilst I did my course PB. Picture is Bernie at the finish. |
| Roderick Hoffman | Orienteering | 12.3km | Hounslow / Isleworth | Fri | 01:32:30 | Solo postbox orienteering. 27 postboxes visited including the gold one awarded to Mo Farah for his 10,000m win at the London Olympics. A good memory - BA had given me a ticket above the finish line. His run was somewhat faster than mine! |
| Steve Hillier | Running | 4.2km | Roxbourne Park | Sat | 00:30:51 | A new loop in Roxbourne Park. Also on Sunday cycling 32Km in 2hrs 15mins exploring more HS2 construction (photo), the Grand Union Canal, and some "island" communities in New Denham, almost entirely surrounded by rivers. |
| Trish McCabe | parkrun | 5km | Zuiderpark (Netherlands) | Sat am | 00:27:13 | A trip to Zuiderpark Parkrun to get my Z. |
Roderick Hoffman
38 activities are recorded below. Please get in touch if your activity is missing.
| Club parkrunner | parkrun 10th June | Run# | Pos | Time | Age Grade | Comment |
| Paul WATT | Barking | 506 | 4 | 0:20:33 | 76.72% | BA male record and grade record. Run#251, 1st at Barking, park #149 |
| Julie BARCLAY | Barking | 506 | 45 | 0:25:58 | 73.68% | BA female record. Park #152 |
| Joe NOLAN | Black Park | 667 | 254 | 0:32:20 | 53.35% | Only 441 runners, half last week's 881. |
| Sarah GORDON | Braunstone | 592 | 243 | 0:37:30 | 55.73% | 120th run at Braunstone |
| Murray Hogge | Bushy Park | 938 | 193 | 0:22:24 | 72.84% | run #346, first visit to Bushy |
| Frankie HOGGE | Bushy Park | 938 | 194 | 0:22:24 | 66.07% | run #95, first visit to Bushy |
| Ian CUNNINGHAM | Bushy Park | 938 | 375 | 0:24:50 | 64.56% | run #513 |
| Christopher T KELLY | California Country | 155 | 177 | 0:36:59 | 42.63% | 15th run at California |
| Ben CHAYTOW | Crane Park | 513 | 9 | 0:22:50 | 62.55% | run #339, 282nd at Crane |
| Alan ANDERSON | Dinton Pastures | 193 | 269 | 0:50:11 | 54.30% | run #665, 3rd at Dinton Pastures |
| Steve NEWELL | Dinton Pastures | 193 | 270 | 0:50:12 | 40.90% | 10th run at Dinton Pastures, Wilson Index leaps up to 204 |
| Melanie Miller | Doddington Hall | 113 | 271 | 0:38:41 | 46.19% | run #149, park #123, new BA parkrun #744, John Wright barcode scanning |
| Barry WALTERS | Edenbrook Country | 56 | 180 | 0:29:04 | 58.77% | run #180, 14th at Edenbrook, P-Index is 7, Wilson Index is 4 |
| Kevin HOLLAND | Guildford | 478 | 346 | 0:36:35 | 51.80% | first run at Guildford this year, faster than 2022 |
| Alastair HESLOP | Guildford | 477 | Finish Tokens at Guildford | |||
| John TAYLOR | Hafan Pwllheli | 123 | 9 | 0:25:15 | 62.44% | run #54, park #17, new BA parkrun #743 |
| Scott DAVISON | Hanworth | 142 | 24 | 0:28:07 | 53.29% | 9th run at Hanworth, P-Index is 6 |
| Sue Dennison | Hanworth | 142 | 33 | 0:33:26 | 54.89% | [Non-member] |
| Denis FOXLEY | Harrow | 355 | 121 | 0:29:46 | 62.60% | run #223, 188th at Harrow |
| Joan FOXLEY | Harrow | 355 | 194 | 0:38:24 | 62.02% | run #262, 226th at Harrow |
| Benita SCAIFE | Maidenhead | 363 | 232 | 0:35:16 | 61.11% | run #273 |
| John SCAIFE | Maidenhead | 363 | 233 | 0:35:17 | 49.41% | run #298 |
| Petra OTTO | March | 306 | 108 | 0:45:22 | 49.08% | 99th run at March |
| Piers KEENLEYSIDE | Margate | 469 | 59 | 0:27:03 | 62.60% | 2nd run at Margate. PB by 3 minutes. |
| Harjit Jhooti | Marine Parade | 67 | 125 | 0:30:46 | 58.07% | BA female and grade record (from Melanie). |
| Stephen K TAYLOR | Northala Fields | 401 | 104 | 0:27:53 | 57.50% | 102nd run at Northala, P-Index is 4, Wilson Index is 1 |
| Bob BANNISTER | Osterley | 431 | 80 | 0:25:29 | 66.45% | run #466, 42nd at Osterley |
| Oliver MATHAI | Osterley | 431 | 100 | 0:26:34 | 65.62% | 5th run at Osterley. PB by 12 seconds. |
| Anne Bannister | Osterley | 431 | 193 | 0:31:11 | 67.02% | run #290, 35th at Osterley |
| Neil FREDIANI | Prudhoe Riverside | 266 | 139 | 0:38:02 | 44.52% | [Membership check] * |
| Jain REID | Richmond Park | 763 | 249 | 0:31:33 | 58.16% | 128th run at Richmond |
| Mike DENNISON | Southall | 75 | 1 | 0:20:16 | 82.73% | First finisher. Another double first for BAAC. |
| Maria JOVANI | Southall | 75 | 4 | 0:22:03 | 73.47% | [Membership check] * First lady. 3rd run at Southall. PB by 25seconds. |
| David DUGGAN | Southall | 75 | 48 | 0:34:38 | 47.55% | 13th run at Southall. |
| Roderick HOFFMAN | Stockley Country | 26 | Finish Tokens at Stockley Country | |||
| Fiona Bishop | Woking | 374 | 88 | 0:24:57 | 81.23% | run #243, 97th at Woking |
| Jacqueline MUSSELWHITE | Woking | 374 | 168 | 0:28:34 | 62.54% | [Membership check] * |
| Trish MCCABE | Zuiderpark | 86 | 47 | 0:27:13 | 58.91% | Z - 6th BAAC runner at Zuiderpark, alphabet challenge complete (except "X"!) |
* [Membership check] - Steve and I have yet to have confirmation from the treasurer that individuals have renewed their membership for the year 2023-24.
Life as we knew it has come to an end, but as with Covid we will adapt and carry on.
At the request of parkrun, the controllers of the widely used “5k app” have removed aspects of the Nelson, Primes and Fibonacci challenges from the app - they will no longer be available by default. Further communication will be coming from parkrun in the coming weeks. It doesn’t mean that you are breaking any laws if you continue to complete a challenge and achievements will continue to get a mention in this weekly summary. Overcrowding at certain events on certain dates/numbers has caused problems in recent months. The doubling of runners for a Nelson (666) week at Black Park serves as a good example.
Paul Watt (20:33) and Julie Barclay (25:58) continue to chisel away at the “Londone” prize (not outlawed) and travelled eastwards to Barking parkrun and set new club records. They still have a dozen or so more London region parkruns to run including Stockley Country and Wormwood Scrubs. A couple of new London parkruns could still spring up in the meantime.
Trish McCabe (27:13) travelled to Zuiderpark (Netherlands) to pick a “Z” and complete the alphabet as far as you can. (Hopes of a Xerox parkrun in California have faded but it could do the airline industry a power of good).
Club members visited two previously not run parkruns this week. John Taylor (25:15) went to Hafan Pwllheli, his third different parkrun in Wales. Melanie Miller (38:41) went to Doddington Hall in Lincolnshire. That makes 744 different venues between us although sadly a few are no longer operating. Good news however from Cranleigh which has been in hibernation for 18 months – a grand restart is promised for 23rd August. It will be #316, not a prime, not a Fibonacci, not a Nelson, just a rebirth inaugural.
Steve Newell
A double first for the second week running - and at a different parkrun and with two different first finishers!
Full club parkrun database - {read access to club parkrun database} - Download or save a copy, and explore at your leisure.
Club Event Map: [Clickable link to Google Maps]
Roderick Hoffman
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Hi Rod, thanks as always for the digest. Distant memories of the 1990 mile run - where has the time and speed gone. ! Best wishes Malcolm Field |
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The bottle of Champagne on offer for the first woman to run the mile in under
six minutes is back in the fridge for another year!