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BA Athletics Club News Digest 13th June 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. Next Week's Digest - early publication warningI'm busy next Monday so next week's digest will be published last thing on Sunday or first thing on Monday. Please ensure that all contributions are with me by Sunday evening. 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 19th June):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:
Future EventsSome events have been added to the club calendar. As well as next week's Monopoly run and social (details follow) I've added an evening Orienteering event in Langley Park for 10th August, the Equinox 5k has been scheduled for 21st September and Amanda has started to add details of next season's Cross Country events. Note that for the cross country season we are anticipating our men and ladies running at the same venue and on the same day - so might even see each other.
Roderick Hoffman
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| June 15th | Ewell (E&E) | |
| Time | Events | |
| 6.45 | 400m Hurdles | Pole Vault |
| Javelin | ||
| 6.55 | 800m | |
| 7.05 | 100m | |
| 7.20 | ||
| 7.30 | 400m | |
| 7.45 | 1500m | Shot |
| Triple Jump | ||
| 8:05 | 200m | |
| 8.20 | 3000m | |
| 8.30 | 4x200m | |
Ewell track is at King Georges Recreation Ground, Poole Road, West Ewell, KT19 9RY. Nearest station is West Ewell.
I picked up on 15 club members and friends reporting recent activity achievements.
| Colleague | Activity | Distance | Course | When | Duration | Comments |
| Adrian Haines | Race | 1500m | British Masters Championships, Derby | 00:04:43 | 1500m Gold 4:43 / 800m Silver 2:19 (with sprint finish) | |
| Barry Walters | Running | Avignon | Mon | 00:40:00 | With Duncan Wright, relaxing on the Rhone River after a 40 minute run near Avignon, the bridge in the background. | |
| Benita Scaife | Running | 4miles | New York | Sun | Our activity was a run from New York’ East Village across the Williamsburg Bridge then north through McCarran Park (pictured) to Greenpoint for coffee at Cafe Grumpy… | |
| John Scaife | Running | 4miles | New York | Sun | ...Walked the last half a mile as in full sun, very humid and a bit dehydrated after yesterday’s flight. Time not recorded. | |
| Emma Moreton | parkrun | 5km | Hazelwood | Sat am | 00:23:43 | Flying feet at Hazelwood parkrun and fastest time this year (and great to be pain-free!!) |
| Harjit Jhooti | Ultra-run | 100km | South Downs | Weekend | 24:58:00 | Race to the King. 100K over two days. A very hilly course some of it on the South Downs. |
| Jain Reid | Running | 19km | Marble Arch to Hammersmith | Sun am | 02:12:27 | Social 19k run from Marble Arch to Hammersmith. 2'12 moving time but another half hour of stops for crossing roads & meet-up points en route |
| Julie Barclay | Running | 11km | Ash and Rushmoor | Tue | 01:06:00 | Tempo run along Basingstoke Canal. |
| Paul Watt | Running | 12.5km | Ash and Rushmoor | Tue | 01:07:00 | Threshold run with Fartlek along Basingstoke Canal. |
| Kelly Davis | Cycling | 10.1miles | Ashford to Kingston | Mon | 01:07:00 | Quick ride to work for a free bike check and a free coffee. I'll do anything for free stuff. |
| Petra Otto | Gym | Gym | Wed | The gym will have to be ‘it’ for some time. Private diagnosis is of tendinopathy, so lots of exercises to do. Likely to have been caused striding out too much during my Nordic Walking PB. Well, better than having a dodgy hip, I think. | ||
| Piers Keenleyside | Race | 10km | Osterley Park Summer 10k | Sat | 00:54:04 | Perhaps I shouldn't have done the Osterley parkrun as a warm-up? Last week at the Stockholm Marathon I did 51:15 for the first 10K so was hoping to be near 50 minutes today. Nice medal though..... |
| Roderick Hoffman | Running | 14.8km | Windsor Great Park | Wed | 01:45:25 | Long Walk run - 3.75k to the castle and back (plus the 7k loop back to Savill Gardens). Tourist views of the castle, the Copper Horse Statue and deer in the park. |
| Stephen Taylor | Running | Lammas Park | Mon | Squeezing one in, today's run to Lammas park and incorporating a mile run using the Ealing mile course (7:47 - to be reported on next week) | ||
| Steve Hillier | Walking | Local | Weekend | Three very gentle walks with Linda (and a solo mile to be reported on next week) |
Roderick Hoffman
Be aware that Steve and I will be flagging those of you who have been slow to renew your membership of the club this year. Please correct us if we are wrong since the supply of information from the bank account can be slow (so slow in fact that it hasn't arrived yet this week, so this flagging will start next week).
40 activities are recorded this week. Please get in touch if your activity is missing.
| Club parkrunner | parkrun | Run# | Pos | Time | Age Grade | Comment |
| Eddie Ketterick | Bedfont Lakes | 597 | 128 | 0:42:38 | 39.33% | First parkrun for nine months. |
| Joe NOLAN | Black Park | 610 | 348 | 0:29:52 | 57.20% | |
| Kevin HOLLAND | Brooklands | 101 | 202 | 0:36:34 | 50.96% | |
| Michael Dennison | Bushy Park | 880 | 27 | 0:19:37 | 84.71% | Highest grade of the week and fastest man. |
| Ian Haylock | Bushy Park | 880 | 91 | 0:21:18 | 69.80% | |
| Maria JOVANI | Bushy Park | 880 | 131 | 0:22:03 | 72.71% | Fastest lady this week. |
| Ian CUNNINGHAM | Bushy Park | 880 | 443 | 0:26:43 | 59.51% | |
| Benita SCAIFE | Didcot | 288 | 165 | 0:32:16 | 65.75% | |
| John SCAIFE | Didcot | 288 | 166 | 0:32:16 | 53.46% | 247th parkrun |
| Trish MCCABE | Gladstone | 456 | 122 | 0:29:16 | 54.27% | |
| Alastair HESLOP | Guildford | 432 | Back at Guildford - Funnel Manager | |||
| David DUGGAN | Hanworth | 90 | 46 | 0:32:09 | 50.75% | |
| Denis FOXLEY | Harrow | 300 | 101 | 0:28:46 | 63.79% | |
| Joan FOXLEY | Harrow | 300 | 178 | 0:36:24 | 64.33% | |
| Sarah GORDON | Hastings High School | 12 | 100 | 0:33:50 | 60.84% | BA park #655. |
| Emma Moreton | Hazelwood | 142 | 21 | 0:23:44 | 64.82% | |
| John COFFEY | Hazelwood | 142 | 79 | 0:35:25 | 59.34% | |
| Keith Johnson | Houghton Hall | 161 | 16 | 0:23:42 | 63.22% | |
| Jeremy SHORT | Osterley | 379 | 121 | 0:28:39 | 56.49% | |
| Piers KEENLEYSIDE | Osterley | 379 | 134 | 0:29:55 | 56.04% | |
| Alan ANDERSON | Osterley | 379 | 254 | 0:52:46 | 49.56% | |
| Anne Anderson | Osterley | 379 | 253 | 0:52:46 | 54.61% | |
| Neil FREDIANI | Prudhoe Riverside | 214 | 61 | 0:29:46 | 56.33% | |
| Christopher T KELLY | Reading | 555 | 299 | 0:36:13 | 42.80% | |
| Jain REID | Richmond Park | 705 | 253 | 0:32:07 | 56.36% | |
| Eddie GILES | Salisbury | 296 | 165 | 0:27:35 | 66.53% | |
| Roderick HOFFMAN | Tremorfa | 57 | 29 | 0:28:57 | 55.90% | BA park #654 / 5th consecutive new to him parkrun - so still sitting on 99 repeats. |
| Paul WATT | University Parks | 18 | 30 | 0:20:12 | 77.39% | BA Male record from Chris Kelly and grade from Alice Banks. |
| Julie BARCLAY | University Parks | 18 | 125 | 0:24:43 | 76.33% | BA Ladies record from Alice Banks. |
| Alice BANKS | Wendover Woods | 123 | 72 | 0:30:28 | 67.56% | First BA lady and new BA grade record from Piers Keenleyside. |
| Jacqui Musselwhite | Woking | 319 | 77 | 0:24:33 | 71.83% | |
| Tony BARNWELL | Wycombe Rye | 438 | 423 | 0:55:14 | 38.05% |
Tony Barnwell (55:14) continued his comeback after a two-year layoff at Wycombe Rye - his 100th finish at Wycombe on a day when the attendance of 427 was the highest so far this year.
University Parks parkrun is now reaching maturity after four months but continues to attract members eager to try somewhere new. Paul Watt (20:12) and Julie Barclay (24:43) visited for the first time and did a spot of volunteering as well. Julie's "Wilson Index" moves up to 21, Paul is still stuck in 17! Alice Banks loses her records at University Parks...but gains them at Wendover Woods.
Fibonacci collectors joined Joe Nolan (29:52) for the 610th edition of Black Park parkrun. For those who missed it there will be another opportunity at Bedfont Lakes in just 13 weeks. Meanwhile Bushy parkrun has reached run 880 and is scheduled to reach 900 at the end of October and, further lockdowns permitting, 1000 in the autumn of 2024.
Steve Newell (last heard from stranded on a train outside Edinburgh - but he has been able to send through the above)
My visit to Cardiff coincided with both of our Cardiff colleagues being unable to join me on a Saturday morning, but at least I can confirm that Tremorfa is flat, fast and friendly. I have written the parkrun report - though it is high on numbers and low on description: news | Tremorfa parkrun
Your next opportunity not to run with me is this Saturday when I'll be handing out the finish tokens at Northala Fields. Get in touch if you'd like me to put a number aside for you.
Full club parkrun database - {read access to club parkrun database} - Download and explore.
Club Event Map: [Clickable link to Google Maps]
Roderick Hoffman
I've signed up to raise money for the Canal & River Trust by running at least 26.2miles on canal or river towpaths during the month of July. To make it difficult for me I'll only count "unique" miles - so an "out-and-back" would only count half and I'll need to find new stretches of canal or riverbank to run on each time I run. You are welcome to sponsor me via the JustGiving page: Roderick Hoffman is fundraising for Canal & River Trust (justgiving.com) or promise to contribute once you know my total achievement (I normally run up to 100miles each month but the "different" paths will reduce the total...but I will also count walks so that might increase it).
I'm also open to invitations to walk or run stretches of rivers or canals throughout July - let me know of any opportunities!
Heathrow’s Midnight Marathon returns!Don't miss your chance to sign up for the return of one of Heathrow's most exciting events of the year - the Midnight Marathon! Taking place on Saturday 16 July, this is a unique opportunity to run the full length of Heathrow's northern runway at midnight to raise money for a great cause the Heathrow Community Trust. Whether you're a seasoned runner or would just prefer to walk the 2.2-mile distance, the Midnight Marathon offers a night of entertainment with your colleagues. You can either run as a team of 12, running 2.2 miles each to add up to the 26.2-mile marathon distance or take part individually as an endurance runner, running as many lengths of the runway as possible in the 2-hour timeframe. Want to take part but don't have a team? No problem, just sign up and we will do the rest for you. On the night you will be given the details of your team, what better way to meet people and do something truly unique! Running as a team? If you are planning on taking part as a team but haven't finalised your team details please email marathon@heathrow.com so we can reserve you a team space. This will help us understand numbers and ensure you don't miss out. And as if getting to run down Heathrow's northern runway is not enough there will be live entertainment too, including warm-up routines, music and don't forget there will be prizes for volunteers and runners too. If you want to take part but don't want to run, we always need volunteers to help on the night – Sign up here to volunteer. All volunteers must have a valid airside pass. Whether you're running or volunteering, be prepared for a memorable night of fun, fundraising for a fantastic cause. Click here to head over to our FAQs page for more information about the event. Alternatively, for any other queries please email: marathon@heathrow.com. Izzy Ahmed |
The 9th East Grinstead 10k is being held on Sunday 9th October from Imberhorne School, RH19 1QY. £20/£17, mixed terrain course, chip timing, medals, goodie bag. Details and entry via www.eastgrinsteadrunners.co.uk/eg10k.
If you've failed to get into the London Marathon on 2nd October you may be considering doing it virtually. An option is to do so for charity:
Virtual London MarathonHello, my name is Rebecca and I am the Fundraising and Events Officer at the charity Sight for Surrey which supports over 8,000 children and adults who are blind, visually impaired, Deaf, deafblind and hard of hearing. I am writing to you as a sports club in Surrey as we are seeking runners to take part in this year’s Virtual London Marathon which will be on Sunday October 2nd. This is a really exciting time for our charity as we not only are celebrating our Centenary with a number of events but we have recently been awarded the Queens Voluntary Award: https://sightforsurrey.org.uk/uncategorized/sight-for-surrey-receives-the-queens-award-for-voluntary-service/ You can also view our Signpost magazine to find out more about our work. https://sightforsurrey.org.uk/about-us/media/signpost-magazine/ Kind regards Rebecca Dorkins Fundraising and Events Officer Sight for Surrey |
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Monopoly
Event Wednesday 22nd June from 18:00 + social with food
Teams
will be seeded on the day to ensure a fun competition.