BA Athletics Club News Digest 10th October 2022
Events marked "#" are points scoring for the club's participation trophy
- for the 2022 title.
Club Event Map:
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For future weeks: inclusions, with photos, please to Roderick Hoffman at news@barunner.org.uk.
This Week's Events
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.
Monthly Mile (submit by end of Sunday 23rd October):
Run one mile and send me your time or add the details to the
Facebook prompt.
The mile can be somebody else's formal event or even one mile within a longer run.
I'll then produce a fancy graph showing your time this month compared to those
of other people and previous runs over the last year.
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Location |
Date |
How Measured |
Duration/Time |
Comment: e.g. event |
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Weekly Athletic Achievement (by Sunday evening) or use the Facebook
group prompt:
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Event |
Distance |
Location |
Day/Start |
Time or Duration |
Details or comment, and other achievements |
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Editorial
Those of us not at the World Airline Road race next weekend may have
the opportunity to represent us closer to home in the first of this
year's Cross Country races. These are team events and the team member
who finishes lowest will score more points for the team than if they hadn't been
there, and hence contribute positively to the team's final result. Paul and Amanda
will have reached out to likely suspects but, if they haven't contacted
you and you fancy a go, please get in touch. Spectators are also welcome
at these events to cheer on our runners.
I ran today 10km up and down next to the Adobe Creek that gave its
name to the company behind Photoshop. But since I don't have Photoshop
on my laptop I won't be including many pictures over the next three
issues - though I was able to prepare a couple in advance for this
issue.
Roderick Hoffman
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CROSS COUNTRY NEWS Including Saturday's fixture for Men and Ladies
Surrey Cross Country League 2022/23 Fixtures:
- Saturday 15th October
- Saturday 12th November
- Saturday 14th January
- Saturday 11th February
New for this season, our men’s and ladies’ teams will be running at the same
venue. Match 1, this Saturday 15th October, is at Reigate Priory Park at the
following times:
- Men (division 4) Noon – 5 miles
- Ladies (division 2) 2pm – 3.75 miles
All members very welcome!
Amanda Coombs and
Paul Knecthl
London Marathon 2022 More Results, Photographs and Reports
I've added Keith Johnson and Olivier Mathai to this list.
| Place (Overall) |
Place (Gender) |
Place (Category) |
Name |
Runner Number |
Category |
Event |
Race Status |
Halfway |
Time |
| 13274 |
9915 |
1143 |
Johnson, Keith (GBR) |
4797 |
50-54 |
Mass |
Finished |
01:49:44 |
04:01:37 |
| 22548 |
15474 |
166 |
Mathai, Oliver (GBR) |
16702 |
65-69 |
Mass |
Finished |
02:03:10 |
04:39:57 |
| 5978 |
3007 |
37 |
Otto, Petra (GER) |
V8133 |
70-74 |
Virtual |
Finished |
20k in 04:59:44 |
12:28:16 |
| 16901 |
4771 |
107 |
Martin [Lash], Christine (GBR) |
45699 |
60-64 |
Mass |
Finished |
02:06:59 |
04:17:21 |
| 8511 |
6706 |
168 |
Dennison, Mike (GBR) |
2404 |
60-64 |
Mass |
Finished |
01:43:48 |
03:43:56 |
| 4477 |
2437 |
243 |
Kelly, Christopher (GBR) |
V6310 |
55-59 |
Virtual |
Finished |
25k in 02:34:33 |
07:40:10 |
| 36742 |
22370 |
314 |
Modaher, Jasvir (GBR) |
10140 |
65-69 |
Mass |
Finished |
02:42:37 |
06:01:44 |
| 9589 |
2158 |
398 |
Moreton, Emma (GBR) |
34045 |
40-44 |
Mass |
Finished |
01:46:45 |
03:48:36 |
| 25470 |
8391 |
485 |
Reid, Jain (GBR) |
46089 |
55-59 |
Mass |
Finished |
02:14:19 |
04:51:55 |
| 14626 |
3891 |
653 |
Jovani, Maria (ESP) |
42187 |
45-49 |
Mass |
Finished |
01:53:23 |
04:07:52 |
| 19884 |
13944 |
886 |
Taylor, Stephen (GBR) |
3219 |
55-59 |
Mass |
Finished |
02:09:53 |
04:28:54 |
| 30063 |
10620 |
1161 |
Jhooti, Harjit (GBR) |
21147 |
50-54 |
Mass |
Finished |
02:29:57 |
05:14:15 |
| 18716 |
13248 |
1564 |
Leung, Chi (GBR) |
34184 |
50-54 |
Mass |
Finished |
02:03:10 |
04:24:30 |
And thanks to Melanie Miller, Mike Thorn and Joe Nolan I've got photographs of
three of our Marathon crossing teams.
Simon Turton writes:
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On behalf of the BA Athletics Club, I’d like to thank you for your
support on Sunday at the marathon. The weather defied the forecasts of
rain, the crowds returned and you all contributed to ensuring runners
and spectators enjoyed the spectacle that is the iconic London Marathon.
It wasn’t all plain sailing and to be honest, I think London Marathon
Events (LME) set themselves a very hard task of delivering six LME
events (Vitality 10km, Ride London, Big Half, City Race, Swim Serpentine
(subsequently cancelled due to the Queen’s funeral) and the Marathon in
the space of just 153 days. Coupled with this there’s been changes of
staff at LME (including the Course Director) that’s meant having to go
over processes and procedures that have been established in previous
years. So, despite the best laid plans, there were problems with the kit
(sorry about there being no caps) and lunch-packs but hopefully you all
got something. Feedback is being compiled so be assured, negatives and
positives from the day will be discussed with LME.
As hopefully you’re aware, pre-event I act in the role of
coordinating the 120+ volunteers for the x5 ‘Disley’ crossings we manage
but on the day I’m a sector manager on the Victoria Embankment, ably
supported by Alan Friar. I therefore don’t get the opportunity of seeing
first-hand how things are going in Parliament Square and Birdcage Walk
but I have been assured by Melanie Holman and Steve Hillier that
together with the crossing team leaders, you supported, you cheered, you
helped and hopefully enjoyed your day. I was also made aware that Colin
Bloomfield took a bit of a tumble at Birdcage 1, which required
treatment and he’s now recovering; we wish him a speedy recovery and
thank you to Graham Taylor for stepping in to lead the team.
You’ve no-doubt heard that a 36year old runner passed away on the
Embankment after getting into difficulties. Obviously a tragic loss but
thankfully rare at the marathon and our thoughts are with his family.
The reason for mentioning this is because Alan and I were involved and
what I take away with me is the tremendous teamwork between the
emergency services and the volunteers; it’s not the outcome anyone
wanted but he had the best support. There were other runners in distress
on the course (including at your crossings) and it’s heartening to know
that that level of support was being repeated around the course… that’s
why I volunteer.
The marathon returns to its traditional date of 23 April in 2023; St
George’s Day. I’m going to strike while the iron’s hot and say if you’re
interested in helping again, you can let me know now.
Thanks again for your help and support, we really couldn’t do it
without your help.
Regards,
Simon Turton
Ed: And let us not forget to thank Simon for setting
all of this up and being active on the day and in the preparation days.
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Maria writes:
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TCS London Marathon 2022 done and dusted in 4:07:52. It was a very enjoyable
day in the office. Every runner should run a marathon for fun. I highly
recommend it, specially when the race is the London Marathon. I know there are
many other marathons but the buzz you get from the crowds in London is electric.
I had so much support from friends and family. Having them in strategic points
kept me going and made the miles go “faster”. I also spotted many more friendly
faces encouraging along the way, I even stopped for chats and selfies,
definitely the right approach when you aren’t going for a fast time.
Last week I didn’t know I could even be at the start line. Finishing the race in
one piece was a victory for me. I’ve had knee issues for the last few weeks and
parkrun has been my only training. I guess that having GFA sorted for 2023 also
helped yesterday’s mindset so I could run relaxed and enjoy (and drink).
For the 1st time I was in the Red start and now I can say that Blue start stands
as my favourite. Tower Hill was again one of the highlights (I didn’t cry this
time) and obviously the Prosecco stop. One of the golden rules on a marathon is
“don’t try anything new on the day”, but how could I resist a glass of Prosecco
at km 25?
The weather forecast was much better than predicted specially
for spectators and volunteers. It got a tad warm for runners towards the end so
maybe a bit of drizzle would have been nice and refreshing.
A big thank you to all the volunteers who made this amazing race
possible. It was very nice to see so many of you in the last stages of
the race when the energy is running low.
Maria Jovani
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Roderick
Hoffman
Recent Activity Achievements
18 club members and friends achievements listed below.
| Colleague |
Activity |
Distance |
Course |
When |
Duration |
Comments |
| Adrian Haines |
Race |
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Two relays |
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I missed last week, but two successes in two weeks. On Saturday the
Sussex Cross Country Relays(4K x 4)Team Gold M50 and previous Saturday
Team Gold M55 at Aldershot Southern Road Relays(6k x 4). |
| Andy Rayner |
Various |
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[for last week] |
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Three reports please: Tues 27 Sept- cycle 3.5 M=17m 2s; Thurs 29
Sept 4 M XC fast walk =57m 28s: Sat 1 Oct- cycle 3.5 M=18m 10s. |
| Andy Rayner |
Various |
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[for this week] |
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Wed 5 Oct- 1.5M quick walk (no time): Fri 7 Oct 3,5M XC fast walk
(no time) plus 'dog trot' park to home .5M (11m 6s). |
| Barry Walters |
Running |
8km |
Bracknell |
Tue am |
00:58:37 |
Ran an easy 2.5k warm-up over the forest to the start of my reps.
Did 8x2mins with one minute recovery before running 2.5k back as my
warm-down. In the evening did a one-hour pilates session (lots of
stretching) at Bracknell Leisure Centre. |
| Ben Cooper |
Running |
12.75km |
Cardiff |
Fri |
01:10:00 |
Long training run in Cardiff |
| Chris Kelly |
Race |
Marathon |
Munich |
Sun |
03:43:40 |
Was hopelessly unable to consume anywhere near enough of the
provided supplies of apples, bananas, cake, protein bars, bretzen,
weissbier (alcoholic or not). Tried to make amends after at the
Hofbrauhaus! Nice trying |
| Clara Halket |
Running |
33km |
Local |
Sat |
03:51:19 |
There is magic in misery' ... A slow plod along the roads with a lap
round the country park |
| Emma Moreton |
parkrun |
5km |
Bedfont Lakes |
Sat am |
00:23:44 |
Not a bad post-London parkrun. Proud of my splits (not the actual
splits, cos you know, hamstrings…) - 4:39 / 4:42 / 4:44 / 4:44 / 4:33 |
| Jacqui Haines |
Gym |
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Workouts and Yoga |
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I’m still not running but I am enjoying workouts at the gym and
yoga. I refuse to run in pain so waiting for that day! |
| Janet Smith |
parkrun |
5km |
Itchen Valley Country Park |
Sat am |
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Not a bad time considering how twisty and turney is was, not to
mention the tree roots I now have just 4 letters to get my Alphabet, and
I'm 1 new parkrun off a half cowel ♀️ |
| Julie Barclay |
Running |
8km |
Hampstead Heath |
Mon |
00:45:00 |
Staying in Belsize Park after the marathon we had an early
morning run exploring the Heath - not a Freedom Run of the parkrun
course. |
| Michael Ball |
Sprints |
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This week's activity 100mtrs 10 seconds rest 50 mtrs 1min rest x3
then 4 min rest x3 |
| Paul Watt |
Running |
8km |
Hampstead Heath |
Mon |
00:45:00 |
Staying in Belsize Park after the marathon we had an early
morning run exploring the Heath - not a Freedom Run of the parkrun
course. |
| Petra Otto |
Gym |
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Weights |
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Only one gym session with heavy weights, as still recovering from
the marathon. Have asked surgery for an x-ray on my groin. |
| Piers Keenleyside |
parkrun |
5km |
Pegwell Bay (near Ramsgate) |
Sat am |
00:25:37 |
Put in a bit of effort for once and ran my fastest parkrun since
2019. Must be one of the flattest courses in the country which helped me
get the time, also not too crowded. [also Thursday LSD run of 15.34
miles in 2:39:17] |
| Roderick Hoffman |
Running |
5km |
"Ross Barkley" |
Tue |
00:26:08 |
13 sprints which between them totalled 5km. The time sprinting was
26:08, although this was over an elapsed time of almost 45minutes. |
| Steve Hillier |
Running |
7.2km |
Slough, including Salt Hill Park and Chalvey |
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01:01:00 |
A jog through Slough, including salt hill park and chalvey. |
| Trish McCabe |
Race |
Half-M |
Royal Parks |
Sun |
unknown |
Royal Parks Half Marathon done and dusted. Amazing atmosphere
through the city streets taking in the iconic sights of London and Royal
Parks. I really enjoyed the day. My training and pacing today was bang
on the time I was hoping for. We were blessed with the weather. |
No pictures this week for the reasons stated above. Andy's emails went astray
last week but he has assured me that he also made it to the Cutty Sark last
week...though not whilst he was running the marathon, he had got the Clipper
boat from Westminster.
Roderick Hoffman
parkrun Results for Saturday 8th October 2022
32 activities are recorded this week. Please get in touch if your activity is
missing.
| Club parkrunner |
parkrun |
Run# |
Pos |
Time |
Age Grade |
Comment |
| Sarah
GORDON |
Braunstone |
550 |
211 |
0:35:09 |
58.56% |
Missed last Saturday 1st October - late published result |
| Melanie
Miller |
Tidworth |
14 |
91 |
0:39:08 |
45.66% |
Missed last Saturday 1st October - late published result. First BA lady at Tidworth. |
| Emma
Moreton |
Bedfont Lakes |
612 |
18 |
0:23:44 |
65.31% |
| Ian
CUNNINGHAM |
Bracknell |
319 |
153 |
0:33:14 |
48.24% |
run #474, park #59 |
| Alastair
HESLOP |
Broadwater |
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Marshal at Broadwater (Guildford planned cancellation) |
| Ian Haylock |
Bushy Park |
897 |
81 |
0:20:33 |
72.34% |
| John
COFFEY |
Bushy Park |
897 |
881 |
0:34:47 |
60.42% |
| Roderick
HOFFMAN |
Byxbee |
93 |
46 |
0:29:18 |
55.69% |
BA event #681. park #339 |
| Ben
CHAYTOW |
Crane Park |
474 |
53 |
0:26:48 |
53.30% |
| Mike
DENNISON |
Gunnersbury |
490 |
16 |
0:19:34 |
84.92% |
PB by 30 seconds on 3rd run at Gunnersbury. New BA Age Grade record.
Run #471 |
| Maria
JOVANI |
Gunnersbury |
490 |
94 |
0:23:21 |
68.67% |
| David
DUGGAN |
Hanworth |
105 |
44 |
0:34:57 |
46.69% |
| Benita
SCAIFE |
Harcourt Hill |
332 |
103 |
0:31:41 |
66.96% |
First BA lady to run at Harcourt Hill, park #87. |
| John
SCAIFE |
Harcourt Hill |
332 |
104 |
0:31:41 |
54.45% |
First run at Harcourt Hill, park #96 |
| Denis
FOXLEY |
Harrow |
317 |
106 |
0:28:59 |
63.31% |
| Joan
FOXLEY |
Harrow |
317 |
207 |
0:55:04 |
42.52% |
Tailwalker at Harrow |
| Scott
DAVISON |
Hazelwood |
158 |
97 |
0:36:46 |
40.44% |
run #389, 4th at Hazelwood |
| Steve
NEWELL |
Hazelwood |
158 |
109 |
0:47:54 |
41.93% |
Wilson Index up to 162 |
| Trish
MCCABE |
Hoblingwell |
208 |
31 |
0:29:07 |
54.55% |
One to go? Fastest BA lady (from Caroline Cockram) |
| Janet
SMITH |
Itchen Valley Country |
65 |
74 |
0:35:16 |
52.74% |
park #49, First "I", Itchen Valley is proving popular with the club
these days. |
| Sarah
GORDON |
Leicester Victoria |
285 |
248 |
0:32:34 |
63.20% |
| Harjit
Jhooti |
Maidenhead |
324 |
320 |
1:05:40 |
26.85% |
parkwalker at Maidenhead [having recovered from the London Marathon
AND a midweek bout of Covid19] |
| Bob
BANNISTER |
Osterley |
392 |
83 |
0:26:31 |
63.86% |
| Anne
Bannister |
Osterley |
392 |
157 |
0:31:17 |
65.80% |
| Piers
KEENLEYSIDE |
Pegwell Bay |
419 |
46 |
0:25:37 |
65.45% |
park #57, 4th BA runner at Pegwell Bay but fastest BA male and best
age grade. |
| Neil
FREDIANI |
Prudhoe Riverside |
231 |
54 |
0:31:46 |
52.78% |
| Ben
Kelly |
Reading |
570 |
52 |
0:22:41 |
56.87% |
| Jain
REID |
Richmond Park |
722 |
168 |
0:28:45 |
62.96% |
Fastest parkrun since March 2020 |
| John
TAYLOR |
The Wammy |
166 |
11 |
0:21:13 |
73.68% |
knocks nearly 20 minutes off the BA record and best Age Grade. Park
#15 |
| Paul
WATT |
Tooting Common |
273 |
27 |
0:20:02 |
78.04% |
First run at Tooting Common, park #104. Fastest BA male. |
| Julie
BARCLAY |
Tooting Common |
273 |
111 |
0:23:07 |
81.61% |
First run at Tooting Common, park #108. Best BA age grade. |
| Barry
WALTERS |
Upton Court |
438 |
68 |
0:27:40 |
61.75% |
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Christopher T KELLY |
Westpark |
123 |
154 |
0:36:43 |
42.58% |
4th BA runner at Westpark (Munich). Slowest and lowest grade - not
really trying! (but it isn't a race). |
| David
Cowell |
Wollaton Hall |
66 |
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Barcode Scanning at Wollaton Hall |
parkrun Review Saturday 8th October 2022
Congratulations to Trish McCabe (F4, 29:07) who ran at Hoblingwell after
earning a volunteer credit for helping with the event setup. The parkrun
in the Far East of South London (beyond the Chiselhurst Caves) started in the
summer of 2017 and has averaged only 71 runners a week since then. This
week there only 65 finishers so if you don’t like crowded mega-parkruns this
could be one for you to try. Much of the course is on grass and there are
a few hills. Trish is on a tourist streak of 25 different parkruns with no
repeats starting back on 9th April at Charlton and getting tantalisingly close
to a “Londone” badge for completing the 59 5km parkruns in the London boroughs.
An inaugural for a new one at this stage would be “character building” ! [Ed:
I'm no longer confident that that could be possible before Christmas]
Two others chasing the Londone challenge - with a bit further to go but doing
it is style at the popular Tooting Common parkrun this week, were Paul Watt
(20:02, 78.04%) and Julie Barclay (23.07,81.61%) both first in their age groups
form a field of 582 finishers and indeed both top of their genders when judged
on %grade rather than time. Tooting Common was one of the parkruns with
several “parkwalker” volunteers this week, in fact three of them as well as a
tailwalker. A glitch with token distribution (shuffled) resulted in the
last thirty finishers all being given a time of 55 minutes. It could have been
worse – Julie’s son Lewis ran there once and no-one was given a time. Many of us
will have horror stories from the early days when “things went wrong”.
Mike Dennison (19:34) ran a pb at Gunnersbury on his third visit. With
the “Festival” season over the parkrun course has reverted to the well
established one on the website. The first km is mainly down a gentle slope
and the last km is coming back up. Mike is placed 9th out 462 in the all
time (nearly 11 years) list for his age group (MV60-64).
Roderick Hoffman (29:18) stopped off in the San Francisco area on his way to
WARR (next week) and ran at Byxbee parkrun in Palo Alto. That takes his
collection to 339 parkruns and the club total to 681. Byxbee parkrun
started in the fall of 2019 and had a typical turnout of 50-60 before the
Covid19 interruption. Numbers have been building steadily since the
restart and this week’s attendance of 93 was the best since the inaugural (130).
It was run number #93 as well so that could be a new game for somebody!
Barry Walters (27:40) ran at Upton Court for the 24th time. It has proved to
be his favourite parkrun over the years. His P-Index is 6 – that is to say
he has run at least six times at six different parkruns.
Steve Newell
Matters Arising - parkrun Country Pyramid
All challenges are unofficial, apart from the 25, 50, 100, 250, 500
run/volunteers clubs. So one parkrunner's invention is as good as another
parkrunner's application supported achievement. By running another parkrun in
the US I've now run...
- 10 (and more) different UK parkruns,
- 9 (and more) Australian parkruns,
- 8 US parkruns,
- 7 German parkruns (thanks to last Monday's special),
- 6
Irish parkruns,
- 5 French parkruns,
- 4 Polish parkruns,
- 3 Canadian parkruns,
- 2 New
Zealand parkruns
- and 1 Norwegian parkrun (and 1 or 2 in several other parkrun
countries).
I'm not claiming that this achievement is the greatest but for a parkrun statistician it is neat.
Matters Arising - Consecutive different parkruns
All I can say is don't go for the record. I achieved 52 different parkruns as
my first 52 but that was a long time ago now. The record for consecutively
different parkruns, ignoring repeats from earlier, is in the region of 575! Paul
FREYNE hasn't repeated a parkrun since 18th December 2010 and he runs almost
every week.
Roderick Hoffman
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> Roderick Hoffman
Letters to the Editor
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Dear Club Secretary,
The SEAA are trying to find some more marshals for the SEAA cross
country relays. Would you see if any of your club members would be
interested in helping on the day?
The event details are:-
- Venue: Wormwood Scrubs
- Date: Saturday, 22 October
- First race: 11.00am
- Final race should finish c.4.00pm
Marshals will be needed from 10.15am, meeting at the TVH Clubhouse at
the Linford Christie Stadium
Any volunteers can contact Malcolm French on malcolmfrench@aol.com.
Many thanks,
John Falvey
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