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BA Athletics Club News Digest 11th July 2022
Events marked "#" are points scoring for the club's participation trophy - for the 2022 title. Club Event Map: [Clickable link to Google Maps] For future weeks: inclusions, with photos, please to Roderick Hoffman at news@barunner.org.uk. This Week's EventsPlease 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 8pm Sunday 17th July):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.
Weekly Athletic Achievement (by late Sunday) or use the Facebook group prompt:
Speedbird Ladies Race - Wednesday 3rd August #We now have permission from the landowner to hold the Speedbird Ladies race on Harmondsworth Moor on Wednesday 3rd August with a start time of 7pm. We need:
We are not quite ready to release the publicity for the event (we need to sort out the entry system as a priority). As soon as we do we'll update the Speedbird Ladies website page and post a PDF handout on Facebook for distribution - please anticipate this being ready before Wednesday evening and think about who you can pass it on to. > Roderick Hoffman (Speedbird Ladies Race Director) AGM Mile Event results #The inaugural Orchard Mile was held prior to the AGM on Wednesday 6th July 2022. Results:
Starter: Steve Newell Marshal: Alan Friar Timekeeper: Stephen Taylor Course: Hatton Road/Wellington Road, Orchard Avenue, A30, Myrtle Avenue. Ed: It may have been a two horse race but neither competitor is ready for the knackers yard just yet. PS More news from the AGM next week. Final call for T&F competition 2022! #Thank you to everyone who has already committed to compete on Wednesday evening (13th). Here's one more chance to put you hand up. BAAC will be competing at Walton track, in the Rosenheim League, AND at Perivale track, in the Vets League. If you would like to join us for one last social evening at the track, please let me know. Thanks, Big Half 2022 - 4th September - Volunteers neededOur club supports the London Marathon organisation in marshalling five events during the year. On Sunday 4th September we have been invited to return to Greenwich. We will be looking after the pedestrian crossing, close to the end of the Big Half race at the Cutty Sark. Competitors this year will include Sir Mo Farah, who is in training for his next tilt at the London Marathon a month later. The day is hectic, but fun and rewarding, and gives you the best possible view of the race. We need twenty volunteers who are prepared to give up their morning. If demand is sufficient, we will lay on transport from the Bedfont area to Greenwich. Please could you consider offering your time for this event, and contact me as soon as possible, so that we can put together a marshalling team. Thanks, Recent Activity AchievementsI picked up on 18 club members and friends reporting recent activity achievements this week.
Roderick Hoffman parkrun Results for Saturday 9th July 202228 activities are recorded this week. Please get in touch if your activity is missing. If [*] appears in the comment then please ensure that you have paid your subs and let me know.
On what is one of the longest Saturdays of the year, it is still far too early to accept that the days are now shortening. Instead, there is still plenty of time to enjoy these bright sunny mornings which really do highlight natures bright colours and make the birds louder. The weather recently has been warm and very dry making for firmer and faster courses. No, it’s not a race: there was a thin layer of cloud that kept the direct sun-rays at bay and with a slight cooling breeze, the conditions were ideal for a run, jog or walk last Saturday. Whatever the weather though and whatever the conditions, isn't it nice to get out into the fresh air on a Saturday morning; and again, many of us did. Well enough of what we all know and enough of selling parkrun to a group who are already fans of the events but instead, welcome you a different than normal report. Steve is away and I am covering him for this week. As alluded to earlier there was again a good representation of our Club around the country this week with two more venues being added to the Club total. We debuted at Ludlow with Piers Keensleyside running at his 55th venue and Melanie Miller flew the flag at Chevin Forest which is now Club parkrun #661. Barry Walters attended the Abingdon event for the first time but the rest of us stayed much closer to home. Alan Anderson, with Anne, also attended a new course, Southall. This was run #619 for Alan on what was his parkrun birthday having started on 07July 2007….15 years of parkrun and no sign of stopping. Trish McCabe is continuing her quest to become Londone by running at Raphael and only has nine more to do. Julie and I are also looking to complete the London set. We ran at Clapham Common but we have the problem of not prioritising too well as we want to be Londone, fill in Wilson Index gaps and to run in each English county….Sandringham next week, Belvoir Castle the following week and so on! We had four participants at Black Park and six at Crane Park where Mike Dennison and Maria Jovani both finished in the top six. A very big well-done goes to John Scaife who began parkrunning in October 2013 and today reached run #250. This includes 91 venues within eight countries. Could this have been a Club featured parkrun John? As Steve mentioned last week, we are in the middle of the ‘everybody else wants to use the green spaces’ season meaning that there are cancellations every Saturday. Please check the parkrun cancellation page before planning your weekend. Cancellations next week that are nearer home include Rushmoor which is serving as a carpark for the Farnborough Airshow and Osterley is still a film set. Prospect and Winchester are cancelled and in London, Ally Pally, Brockwell, Catford, Finsbury, Fulham, Harrow Lodge and Victoria Dock are all cancelled. If your plans include the use of a passport, please note that all French parkruns are cancelled until at least 30th July due to ‘liability issues’. Well done to all of you who ran, jogged and walked this week and good luck with your efforts next Saturday, about which we need a volunteer to report on. I am in Norfolk and Steve is still away and so, if interested, please advise Roderick. Paul Watt Roderick adds: I've updated the parkrun results files with the latest membership statuses. That enabled me to spot some errors in reporting since June. Current members of the club have now completed 661 different parkruns and the last few have been as follows [Steve Newell to confirm when he returns from his cruise]:
** Alice is approaching her 200th parkrun. There is such a thing as the "Arbitrary 200th parkrun shirt"! It is shared around members of the UK Tourists Group. I spoke on Saturday to a lady who was doing her 198th parkrun and has the shirt booked for two week's time! Link to Arbitrary Shirt Facebook item Full club parkrun database - {read access to club parkrun database} - Download and explore. Club Event Map: [Clickable link to Google Maps] Caption CompetitionI haven't had many entries for caption competitions in the past but I can't resist trying again with this photograph. What is Adrian thinking or saying? Or perhaps someone chasing him has something to say? Or is it a shout from the crowd that has caught Adrian's attention? A free copy of the digest to all those who enter. You are welcome to enter multiple times.
Letters to the EditorAdrian's shifting in more than one way... Training/Running campsI am delighted to announce I am retiring from British Airways after 38years on the 15th July. I can forget my 12 hour shifts and 2 to 3 hour commutes around the M25. In my new adventure I intend to set up training/running camps at my house in the Dordogne, France. I would like to make it simple with training, relaxing, socialising, eating and maybe even enjoy some of the French wine. I have easy/long runs, tempo runs, intervals, hill sessions and a local cinder track and bikes to amble the beautiful scenery. There is also a parkrun 30 miles away at Les Dougness. You can also follow me on Strava to see some of the routes There is the Medoc marathon in September [10th Sept, but entries closed for this year, but it is probably a spectacle worth watching]. The house has 4 en suite bedrooms and large loft space. Initially I would charge £40 a room per night. Internet is good for working from home. I am 55 miles from Bordeaux/Bergerac airport. If you are interested please show your interest [contact Adrian on Facebook] and I will send you an assortment of photos and more information. Please forward to fellow runners if you think anyone will be interested. Thank you, Adrian Haines Roderick Adds: It would be good for the club to support Adrian in this venture - perhaps with a coordinated visit in September? Let me know if you might be interested in that. Middlesex 10k Championships - 24th September 2022, Hackney.Dear colleague, The online entry system for our 10k road championships is now open - please
use the link below. This is also an "open" event. We hope to see many of you in September. Regards Malcolm French, Middlesex County athletics www.runbritain.com/races and type "Middlesex" in the Keyword box. If anyone wants to enter by post, a postal entry form is available. Next Digest - Results, news, pictures, feedback, jokes, stories - send them to the editor, Roderick Hoffman, at news@barunner.org.uk. Not for you, no longer interested? remove me please. Difficulty viewing this? Read it from the website:- http://www.barunner.org.uk/News Latest.shtml. Club website: www.barunner.org.uk.
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