BA Athletics Club News Digest 13th May 2019
Events:
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Sat/Sun 18th/19th - Green Belt Relay
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Monday 20th May - Track&Field Grand Prix - 1000m, Shot, Long Jump, Welie
Wanging! Uxbridge from 18:00 (see below) *#
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Monday 27th May - Vitality 10000 - Marshalling event
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We meet at 18:00 at the
Bedfont Club
on most Wednesdays throughout the year including this Wednesday.
New members and potential members of all fitness levels and abilities are welcome at all of these events. The full diary of club featured events is on the club website at: http://www.barunner.org.uk/Event Diary.shtml.
Last updated: 4th April.
* Club Event Map: [Clickable link to Google Maps]
(parkrun details updated 12th May) /
# Club Points event.
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BARunnerUK/ (formal
"front window" club page), BA Runner Facebook Group (informal
"back office" - ask to join).
Inclusions, with photos, please to Roderick Hoffman at news@barunner.org.uk.
Wellie Wanging – what’s not to like? # (Club CIE
for May)
Monday 20th May, Uxbridge – a highlight of this great sporting summer.
We will be staging an extended Grand Prix event at Hillingdon track,
featuring those famous Olympic events: 1000m, Shot, Long Jump and Wellie
Wanging. All ages and abilities (or non-abilities) are welcome. Full
instructions will be provided regarding the rules and techniques of throwing a
wellie (and the other events). You are welcome to enter as many or as few
of the four events as you wish.
Don’t miss this opportunity! Bring some friends. The action starts at
18:00. There is a small fee to park your car next to the stadium and a small fee
to enter but save your receipt because club members will be given 50% back!
Steve Hillier
Speedbird Ladies results and thanks #
Last Wednesday we saw a record field of 72 runners brave the threatening
weather and have a thoroughly enjoyable 5k ladies race around Harmondsworth
Moor. There were nine BA runners of sufficient quality as well as quantity that
for the first time in my memory we won the team prize!
Results BA Highlights:
| Place |
Bib |
Name |
First name |
Last name |
Team name |
Category |
Gender |
Time |
| 1st |
165 |
Sarah Urwin-Mann |
Sarah |
Urwin-Mann |
Reading AC |
F 45 |
Female |
19:46.6 |
| 2nd |
202 |
Maria Jovani |
Maria |
Jovani |
British Airways AC |
F 35 |
Female |
21:02.5 |
| 3rd |
164 |
Helen Pool |
Helen |
Pool |
Reading Roadrunners |
F 45 |
Female |
21:16.3 |
| 5 1st F55 |
193 |
Julie Barclay |
Julie |
Barclay |
British Airways AC |
F 55 |
Female |
22:18.8 |
| 6 1st F35 |
179 |
Emma Moreton |
Emma |
Moreton |
Shepperton Running Group |
F 35 |
Female |
22:46.1 |
| 7 1st F45 |
222 |
Tanya Snook |
Tanya |
Snook |
Shepperton Running Group |
F 45 |
Female |
22:52.0 |
| 16 |
163 |
Melanie Holman |
Melanie |
Holman |
British Airways AC |
F 35 |
Female |
25:32.2 |
| 33 |
203 |
Trish McCabe |
Trish |
McCabe |
British Airways AC |
F 35 |
Female |
27:57.6 |
| 49 |
214 |
Helen Smith |
Helen |
Smith |
British Airways AC |
F 55 |
Female |
31:49.2 |
| 57 |
211 |
Christine Munden |
Christine |
Munden |
British Airways AC |
F 45 |
Female |
32:29.3 |
| 61 |
54 |
Kelly Davis |
Kelly |
Davis |
British Airways AC |
F 35 |
Female |
32:54.6 |
| 62 |
215 |
Marion Woodhouse |
Marion |
Woodhouse |
British Airways AC |
F 55 |
Female |
33:00.1 |
| 67 |
161 |
Janet Smith |
Janet |
Smith |
British Airways AC |
F 45 |
Female |
35:32.8 |
 72
finished.
Team Competition (top three of seven):
| 1st |
British Airways AC |
1:08:53.5 |
| 2nd |
Shepperton Running Group |
1:10:19.9 |
| 3rd |
Datchet Dashers |
1:11:50.0 |
Full results at
http://www.barunner.org.uk/Event_Ladies.shtml.
The event was made possible by all of our helpers including (and let me know
if I've missed you off):
Ann Coffey, Annette Williams, Bob Bannister, Clara Halket, Graham Taylor,
Harry Wild, Jane Harris, Joe Nolan, John Coffey, Ken Saunders, Marion Taylor,
Mike Dennison, Neil Frediani, Paul Brandon, Paul Watts, Piers Keenleyside,
Roderick Hoffman, Simon Turton, Steve Hillier, Steve Taylor, Toby Houghton, Tom
Rowley.
Sadly for the volunteers the "Speedbird" Beer Mike Thorn and I sourced for
the event proved too popular with the winning teams.
 Roderick
Hoffman
# Round-the-Block Points Update
The annual Round-the-Block competition runs from January through to December
each year and rewards club members and friends with points for taking part in
club competitions and featured events (one point), marshalling (two points) or
managing a club event (four points). The highest placed club member gets the
trophy at the end of the year but also all those who accumulate ten or more
points gets a shout-out here. There has been quite a bit of activity recently,
including the London Marathon, Speedbird Ladies and the 1st Rosenheim match, so
the first shout-outs can be made to the following:
Roderick Hoffman on 17 points, Steve Newell
on 15 points, Steve Hillier with 14 points and Simon
Turton with ten points. There are also three members on 9 points and
two on 8. Impressively Steve Hillier's points have been accumulated from 12
different events - there have only been 16 scoring events so far this year and
two of them were ladies only!
Rosenheim Meeting 1 at Sutton 1st May Results #
We had a great turnout of 7 plus 2 supporters at our furthest away fixture in
Sutton and ended the night in 4th (men) and 5th (ladies) positions in the
leagues . Strangely for us we had 4 sprinters among the group including two
youngsters. We welcomed Michael Ball and son Kenny Ball who come as a result of
our links to Woking. Paul Watt (injured) and Tom Rowley were our spectators,
thank you for coming. Many of us doubled up but star performer of the evening
goes to Danny Treherne (membership form on its way) who won the long jump and
came second in the javelin as well as running the non-scorers 100m and the
relay. Kenny won the non-scorer’s 100m and 200m and took part in the relay while
his dad ran in the scorers 100m/200m and relay. Kenny achieved the rare feat of
running a ‘dead’ number of seconds, not once but twice. 12.00 for 100m and 24.00
(pb) for 200m. Thank you to regulars Steve Hillier, Jacqui Musselwhite and Julie
Barclay for taking part in 2 events each.
Full results are available at: https://www.thepowerof10.info/results/results.aspx?meetingid=291729
Selected results follow.
Next meeting is
at Epsom and Ewell on 29th May. Let me know if you are interested and let’s see
if we can keep in respectable mid-table.
Neil Frediani
Ladies:
| Event |
Team member |
Position |
Time/Distance |
| 800m |
Jacqueline Musslewhite |
2 |
03:00.2 |
| 100m |
Julie Barclay |
3 |
17.2 |
| 200m |
Jacqueline Musslewhite |
4 |
33.1 |
| 3000m |
Julie Barclay |
4 |
12:35.5 |
Resulting team position: 5th of six teams.
Men:
| Event |
Team member |
Position |
Time/Distance |
| 80800m |
Neil Frediani |
6 |
03:12.3 |
| 100m |
Michael Ball |
5 |
15.5 |
| 400m |
Neil Frediani |
4 |
85.6 |
| 200m |
Michael Ball |
6 |
32.2 |
| 4 x 200m Relay |
British Airways |
2 |
02:02.4 |
| Discus |
Steve Hillier |
4 |
17.78 |
| Long Jump |
Danny Treherne |
1 |
4.61 |
| Javelin |
Danny Treherne |
2 |
23.53 |
Resulting team position: 4th of six teams.
Non-scorer results:
| Event |
Group |
Competitor |
Team |
Time/Distance |
| 100m |
U20M |
Kenneth Ball |
BA |
12.0 |
| 100m |
U20M |
Danny Treherne |
BA |
13.3 |
| 200m |
U20M |
Kenneth Ball |
BA |
24.0 |
Volunteers and entry for Vitality 10K and Prudential Ride London
Clara could still do with a handful of extra volunteers for the Vitality
10k on Bank Holiday Monday 27th May. Email her at Clara
{Clarapn@aol.com}. If you'd rather run then the London Marathon group
are offering us £5 off entry -
Enter Now and use the code "thankyou5" – entries close at 17:00 on
Friday 17 May. "Taking place on bank holiday Monday 27 May, the race starts
on The Mall and takes in some of the most iconic landmarks London has to
offer, including Admiralty Arch, Trafalgar Square, St Paul’s Cathedral and
the Houses of Parliament before a stunning finish opposite Buckingham
Palace. Afterwards there is a free Vitality Wellness Festival in Green
Park."
Steve Hillier
also needs to know if you are interested in one of the spaces we have in the
4th August Prudential Ride London event. This is needed by 17th May.
He also will want to have volunteers for marshalling.
London Marathon 2019 Reports (part two of several)
Cheryl Ogle...
I had a great time yesterday. I found it was all pretty okay. A few more
hilly bits than I’d hoped though ha ha. The crowd were a great support, the
marshal teams throughout working tirelessly to give out water and gels were
just brilliant!
I seemed to pace well throughout. I had a stiff hip around mile 24, so
just slowed for 700 yards and then got my head down and in the zone.
Is
it strange I can’t remember a lot of the city sites? I do remember seeing a
huge Nando’s and had that on my mind for a few miles!
Hopefully I’ll be marshalling next year!
Well done everyone!
Cheryl
Jain Reid...
Thanks so much for the place - it was everything I imagined and more,
even though my run didn't go quite to plan. It was quite emotional in parts.
Firstly when the green, blue and red starts merged, running in parallel,
then together. I started in the smaller green start, so this was the first
time I was really aware of the size of the thing and it was quite
overwhelming. Secondly running over Tower Bridge - I couldn't stop smiling.
All those years watching it on TV and finally being a part of it. Thirdly
the entire end section from Blackfriars Bridge onwards when I was
struggling, the crowd were incredible and kept me going. Apologies I didn't
stop to say hello at the crossing points in the last mile. I was pretty
focused on just getting to the end at that point.
I've already entered for next year - fingers crossed!
Jain
Ian Cunningham...
So .. a few thoughts a day on from VMLM 2019.
My 20th marathon / ultra and 4th London was different and actually quite
enjoyable in places!
- First time I’ve run to the start (from Waterloo..). Was good
to see the course quiet around Tower Bridge before the bedlam there 4
hours later,
- First time I’ve done some pacing - I set a parkrun friend up over
the first 9 miles on PB target before (supposedly) easing back my pace,
- First time I’ve stopped during London - at mile 16 for a glass of
fizz with some friends and then at mile 25 for the obligatory selfie
with my wife who was marshalling on Birdcage Walk,
- First time I’ve done London and had the time to enjoy the
crowds and the atmosphere.
So what did I learn this year...
- That treating London as a training run (for Comrades) is next
to impossible. The atmosphere dragged me round faster than I intended!,
- That what makes London great (for me) isn’t just the crowds - it’s
the friends strategically placed around the course to give a lift when
it’s required and the sure fire knowledge the last mile is non stop BA
faces on the crossings.. and the friends you get passed by / pass around
the course if any extra encouragement is required,
- That I was right to skip the Lucozade option.
The dull facts and figures - 3:50:55 overall. Halfway in 1:51 and 2nd
half 1:59 with a couple of stops
Next up Richmond Park Marathon in 3 weeks then it’s off to Durban for
Comrades
All the best
Ian
Results:
| Place (Overall) |
Place (Gender) |
Place (Category) |
Name |
Runner Number |
Category |
Race Status |
Time |
| 11777 |
8819 |
403 |
Cunningham, Ian (GBR) |
60427 |
55-59 |
Finished |
03:50:55 |
| 32373 |
11678 |
6124 |
Ogle, Cheryl (GBR) |
60438 |
18-39 |
Finished |
05:11:21 |
| 29208 |
10095 |
883 |
Reid, Jain (GBR) |
60424 |
50-54 |
Finished |
04:55:33 |
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Club parkrun results for Saturday 4th May 2019
Steve's still away so I'm still updating the parkrun results
table. IMPORTANT - if your time on Saturday, or that of someone you think should or
could be included, isn't in the following list, please let me know so that I can
add them next time.
Roderick Hoffman
* The full name for this parkrun is "Millennium Country parkrun, Forest of
Marston Vale". We'll stick to the shortened form.
Volunteers - We can ONLY include specific volunteer efforts
each week if we are emailed about them by 17:00 on the Monday after
the run. I may look to include a periodic report on total volunteer efforts.
| 11th May 2019 |
parkrun |
role |
| none reported |
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Two up Two down
The eagle eyed amongst you may have spotted that for the second week in a row we
have moved up to 496 parkruns completed. This is a case of "two up / two down".
Whereas we have added Millennium Country and Blandford, we lost two, Bellville
in South Africa and Richmond Olympia in Canada. Both of these were due to
reassessment of the date at which people actually left the club. We didn't
lose Minehead parkrun - Ben Chaytow had run this on 31st March 2018, his last
day of membership! If you have not yet renewed your membership, and especially
if it says "False" in the "Member" column above, then now would be a good time
to do so. We will continue to report some runs by non-members but we
reserve the right to be selective and inconsistent.
Roderick Hoffman (also obo Steve Newell)
Steve's parkrun stats -
club parkrun stats - NOT UPDATED
NEW club parkrun database -
{read access to new
club parkrun database} - UP TO DATE
2019 Staines 10k Sunday 13th May
A very successful Staines 10k took place yesterday featuring a number of BAAC
runners some running for other teams or school groups. I noticed a few other BA
people taking part too. Apologies if I missed anyone:
| Posn |
Name |
FinishTime |
ChipTime |
Cat |
Cat Posn |
Club |
| 1 |
Blake, Stephen |
00:32:44 |
00:32:44 |
SM |
1 |
Woking AC |
| 23 |
Prescott, Paul |
00:39:07 |
00:39:06 |
SM |
11 |
St Michael's Runners {before joining us} |
| 34 |
Trinder, Kay |
00:40:49 |
00:40:47 |
F45 |
3 |
Woking AC/BAAC |
| 107 |
Davis, Paul |
00:46:27 |
00:46:18 |
SM |
37 |
Ashford Park Primary School PTA |
| 122 |
Barclay, Julie |
00:47:28 |
00:47:16 |
F55 |
1 |
British Airways AC |
| 197 |
Evans, Chris |
00:50:34 |
00:50:17 |
M50 |
24 |
British Airways AC |
| 216 |
Davison, Scott |
00:51:30 |
00:51:13 |
M40 |
88 |
British Airways AC |
| 362 |
Smith, Gordon |
00:58:01 |
00:56:16 |
M50 |
45 |
BA staff |
| 445 |
Lyons, Alex |
01:00:32 |
00:59:39 |
F35 |
58 |
BA staff |
| 676 |
Davis, Kelly |
01:17:26 |
01:15:44 |
F35 |
134 |
British Airways AC |
Neil Frediani
Tom Rowley also reports that Julie was held back by a
bruised rib obtained the previous day at Banstead. Also he reported that Scott
was running in-between trips to watch Spurs finish their season.
And from Paul and Julie...
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Having never been to Dinton Pastures, I can now say that I have run
there twice in a week. Most of you will know the parkrun course and so I
will not dwell on it but on Thursday, Julie and I entered the Barnes
Fitness Dinton Pastures series. This was race one of four and each has a
finishers medal designed to link with the other three to form a larger
medal. It is not the parkrun course but is very similar. It was raining
all day and the course was more akin to a marshland but the rain stopped
five minutes before the start and resumed five minutes after. We were
lucky with the rain but the course was very wet and made it slow (as if
I need help with that) but very enjoyable. It is not the cheapest of
races but it is well organised, chip-timed and there is fruit and water
to finish. We had a lovely evening there and it is highly recommended.
On Saturday we ran the Banstead Woods parkrun; not for the first
time. It was Julie’s sister Vera Simms’ 50th run and so, Julie, her
other sister Jan Jones, Olivia Jones and myself ran with her to
celebrate. A fourth dispatcher and family friend Mike Cussans joined
also for what was his first tourist parkrun following on from over 100
runs at Woking. We all did well and had a good morning but it is not
about time at Banstead thanks to the steep hills. Anniversary run
announcements were made at the start and the loudest was saved for Neil
Sunderland who was running his 650th which is the second highest in the
world after Darren Wood.
Today Julie ran the the Staines 10k on a warm sunny morning. A very
large field with runners from many clubs. Woking men were first and
second finishers but BA came away with a trophy as Julie finished first
W55 in a time of 47:16 despite having bruised ribs after a fall at
Banstead the day before...well done.
What a busy week and for Julie it started with the Speedbird ladies
race on Wednesday.
If that isn’t enough, we are going to Battersea for the veterans
track event on Monday.
Paul Watt and Julie Barclay.
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 Run
Rabbit Trail Festival
On Saturday my sister and I took part in the first Run Rabbit Trail Festival
which was held at Marston Lodge near Market Harborough.
The particular event that we undertook was a series of five 5k races, each with
a unique course (pictured) and each starting on the hour between 12:00 and 17:00. What they
hadn't told us when we signed up was that the courses featured hills AND that
the starts were each 1km away from the previous finishes. This meant that there
was very little opportunity to recover between races. I would recommend this
event next year to anyone able to complete 5k faster than me but not to those
slower - the lack of recovery time was a big problem. However, they may take the
feedback into consideration in designing next year's event. Note that I had run
a parkrun on the way to the venue and I was by no means the only one to have
done this.
Results in the table below. Distances and elevations from my GPS watch which
normally under records. The third course was definitely long!
The times are clock times and with 226 starters in confined starts there were
some delays. My watch time for the first 5k was very similar to the 31:11 of my
earlier parkrun - despite that parkrun being totally flat! Sarah got a "dnm" for
the 4th 5k. That stands for "Did not middle" since in the confused state of near
exhaustion she missed the turn for the second lap of that course. My niece Emma
was 8th lady of 110.
The festival continued with a hilly 10k, then the next morning with a hilly
half-marathon and then, for anyone who had completed all of the events, a sprint
to win a golden carrot. However, my sister and I went home instead.
| Num. |
Name |
Gend. |
Class |
Club |
Yellow |
Green |
Red |
Blue |
Orange |
Total |
| |
|
|
|
Distance (km): |
4.85 |
4.83 |
5.30 |
4.85 |
4.81 |
24.64 |
| |
|
|
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Elevation gain (m): |
48 |
105 |
43 |
137 |
147 |
480 |
| 45 |
Ben Livesey |
M |
SENM |
RAF |
00:18:18 |
00:18:46 |
00:20:34 |
00:19:54 |
00:20:11 |
01:37:43 |
| 25 |
Claire Fitzpatrick |
F |
SENF |
Race rapid |
00:20:51 |
00:21:35 |
00:23:14 |
00:22:21 |
00:22:48 |
01:50:49 |
| 149 |
Emma Gordon |
F |
SENF |
{my niece} |
00:24:37 |
00:25:00 |
00:27:44 |
00:27:54 |
00:30:00 |
02:15:15 |
| 150 |
Richard Gordon |
M |
SENM |
{my nephew} |
00:23:06 |
00:23:39 |
00:27:27 |
00:30:10 |
00:47:15 |
02:31:37 |
| 159 |
Roderick Hoffman |
M |
M50 |
British Airways AC |
00:31:28 |
00:32:06 |
00:35:28 |
00:38:27 |
00:44:37 |
03:02:06 |
| 262 |
Sarah Gordon |
F |
F60 |
British Airways AC |
00:35:07 |
00:39:21 |
00:47:58 |
dnm |
00:50:28 |
n/a |
Roderick Hoffman
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