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BA Athletics Club News Digest 11th October 2021

For future weeks: inclusions, with photos, please to Roderick Hoffman at news@barunner.org.uk.

Events marked "*" are points scoring for the club's participation trophy.

Club Event Map: [Clickable link to Google Maps]

I highlighted the Street-O and the Cross Countries last week [note that the men's cross-country start time is now 2pm]. Also coming up is a club "Run-of-the-Month" of the Cabbage Patch 10 from Twickenham on Sunday - ask Piers Keenleyside for additional details on this one. Then next week we have a NOW event on the Wednesday hosted by Paul & Julie (see below) and a club featured parkrun at Maidenhead hosted by John and Benita.

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 before Monday 18th October):

Run one mile and send me your time or add the details to the Facebook prompt. 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:

London Marathon Photos

I think that the only result I missed last week was that of Chris Kelly who ran the virtual London Marathon before, during and after his volunteering stint. A selection of photographs below of runners, volunteers, virtual runners, runners virtually running and even one from the Jersey Marathon.

And to save you puzzling over the third group photo - this was one of the teams I was consultant for, over at Greenwich, so I wouldn't expect you to recognise any of the faces. But most of the faces shown in the other pictures should be know to some.

I've received about half a dozen reports and I'll find a way to include them in next week's digest (i.e. editing to fit, but with links to the full write-ups). Please submit other reports to Steve or myself.

> Roderick Hoffman

Manchester Marathon Results - Sunday 10th October

Jas was over forty minutes slower for this one compared to the Jersey Marathon the week before. He suspects that his body simply hadn't recovered but he was okay for the first half so hopefully his next race, the Swansea Half next weekend, will go alright. As usual the organisers are already using Jas' image to promote next year's event! On the other hand Chris was over eight hours faster - though perhaps not a like for like comparison!

NOW, Aldershot: from 12:00 on Wednesday 20th October.

The Course

The course is 5126m (5.1k) long. This has been accurately measured by us with a professional measuring wheel. The course is along the Basingstoke Canal and Wellesley Trail, Ash, Surrey. The course is run on a mixture of canal towpaths and forest trail paths. Some sections of the course may accumulate mud, leaves and puddles after rain. There are options to run longer or to undertake a shorter walk instead.

Facilities

Accessible toilets are available within the Lake House Cafe.

Getting There

Location of start - The event starts close to the entrance of the car park.

Getting there by road - If using SATNAV, the nearest postcode is: GU11 2NZ on Camp Farm Road.  Turn into Camp Farm Road from Government Road by Ash Lock. Follow for 300m and by the first speed hump there is a small free carpark on the righthand side.

Post Run Coffee & Cake

We will grab a post run coffee at The Lake House, Goldvalley Lakes GU11 2PT - please come and join us! This is 400m from the meeting point carpark but does have its own carpark should you wish to drive there after the run. The cafe does not allow dogs as the lake is owned by a private angling club.

NOW Principles

Remember that this is a run, not a race. Most of us will probably jog round together. If you let us know to expect you then we'll look out for you before we start.

Volunteer Roster

Paul Watt & Julie Barclay

Activity Achievements over the two weeks 27th September to 10th October 2021

So the following includes those recorded the previous week but not transferred to the digest due to the Facebook outage.

* Mike writes "My first London Marathon, and second actual marathon. My Seville time (3:34) gave me a good for age time that got me the place in London 2020, then deferred to 2021. This was a better run than Seville, in that I managed to keep a reasonable pace to the end rather than having to walk, although I did have brief walks at 2 or 3 water stations towards the end, in order to be able to drink more comfortably, and I'd planned to do this ahead of time. I was pleased to be several minutes faster, finishing in 3:27:09, and be under 3:30, which was my main goal! The second medal is for the Age Grade World Championships, and was given to good for age qualifiers over 40 - we had to run with a second race bib on our backs for this one!"

Roderick Hoffman

parkrun results for Saturday 9th October 2021

40 runners and volunteers listed below - get in touch if your activity is missing.

* Joan reported that her Timekeeping stint didn't go particularly well (though the results have been published). Joan recommends proper training and wearing the right glasses! I recommend doing Timekeeping first at a low numbers Junior event.

** John Taylor runs four parkruns in four weeks for the first time ever and, consequently, gets his third consecutive week-on-week improvement, albeit only by 1 second this week. How long will he keep this streak going for?

Comments by Steve Newell and Roderick Hoffman (not the usual text because Steve is back on a boat again this week and next).

Full club parkrun database - {read access to club parkrun database} - Download and explore.

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