BA Athletics Club News Digest 15th April 2024
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[parkrun run by club members updated April 2024]
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Results for Next Week
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 - please submit your April Mile performance for publication in the first
May digest (6th May):
Run one mile and send me your time or add the details to the prompt in
Facebook. 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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Your Athletic Achievement of the Week (or use the prompt in the BAAC Facebook
group):
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Event |
Distance |
Location |
Day/Start |
Time or Duration |
Details or comment, and other achievements |
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This section deliberately left blank...
There is little to read this week because nothing has been submitted.
Events this week and next weekend may generate some quickly written reports. I
can always hope.
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The Editor
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Recent Activity Achievements
14 entries this week, including some well after the 6pm deadline!
| Colleague |
Activity |
Distance |
Course |
When |
Duration |
Comments |
| Andy Rayner |
Various |
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Various |
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Fri Cycle Ockwells plus part estate in 15m 22s (windy) / Sat Cycle
Cox Green plus Ockwells in 19m 23s / Sun Cycle Ockwells plus part estate
in 11m 52s (perfect conditions). |
| Barry Walters |
Running |
4km |
Algarve, Portugal |
Sun am |
00:25:00 |
Managed an easy 25min. early morning run along the beach near where
I was staying. Conditions were ideal and the sun was just coming up and
tide just starting to recede. Best run of my short trip.
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| Benita Scaife |
parkrun |
5km |
Aylesbury |
Sat am |
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Now that we are Berksdone and Oxdone we are creeping towards
Bucksdone - Aylesbury is our 6th of 11 in that county. Their first
parkrun for 3 weeks following flooding of the regular and back-up
courses… |
| John Scaife |
parkrun |
5km |
Aylesbury |
Sat am |
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...This week the B course was useable. Good path all the way and
only a couple of slippery bits where the water hadn’t fully receded.
Benita was given 10 seconds faster than me even though we finished
together. |
| Chris Kelly |
Race |
Marathon |
Manchester Marathon |
Sun am |
04:18:59 |
Manchester Marathon for me, son Ben, his friends Tom and Robbie, my
school friends Dan and Joe, and cousins Jackie and Billy. My knee held
out to finish in 4:19, crucially qualifying for Comrades in June. |
| Ben Kelly |
Race |
Marathon |
Manchester Marathon |
Sun am |
04:18:59 |
[recorded as one place behind Chris] |
| Eddie Giles |
Various |
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Gym |
Thur |
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Started with all body stretches and arm weights, then 10 mins
cycling, 10 mins rowing, a gentle 10-minute mile then upped the pace to
7.35 for 2nd mile [for the club April mile]. |
| Jasvir Singh Modaher |
Race |
Marathon |
Manchester Marathon |
Sun am |
05:53:55 |
| Petra Otto |
parkrun |
5km |
March |
Sat am |
00:54:34 |
Nordic walking with a 10-minute faster time than last week without
trying. + Nordic skier, cross trainer, rower and weights at the gym.
Hamstring held out, but osteoarthritis in my groin made walking quite
painful after 2.5km. |
| Piers Keenleyside |
Race |
Half-M |
Reading Half |
Sun am |
01:55:35 |
Had planned on a very slow pace so as not to aggravate my glute
injury. However, I found myself doing 8:45 m/m pace rather than 10:30
and it fell quite easy and not too painful so maintained that to the
end. |
| Roderick Hoffman |
Orienteering |
9.27km |
Wandsworth Street-O |
Tue pm |
01:00:01 |
Very pleased to have covered 0.5km more distance in the hour than in
Street-Os for years. The 1s time penalty was only because I had to queue
up to finish! |
| Sarah Gordon |
Walking |
50miles |
Great Glen |
Week |
Week |
Walked most of the way though did use the boat (pictured) for the
interesting bits through the locks. |
| Stephen Taylor |
Running |
10miles |
Grand Union Canal |
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01:44:01 |
My late entry is a longish run along the canal. 10 miles, 1:44:01…
passing the duck looking after it's ducking. |
| Tim Bellars |
Race |
56km |
Two Oceans Ultra Marathon (Cape Town) |
Sun |
06:25:41 |
4th marathon in 4 months for my MNDA challenge. 7 marathons in 7
months in 7 countries. Tough but everything holding up well!!! Fantastic
scenery. Very happy with time, comfortably inside the 7hr cutoff. |
My photograph isn't from the Orienteering - it was my
Sunday run which like Stephen's was on the Grand Union Canal...but this bit was
its far end, 137 miles from Brentford, at Digbeth Junction in Birmingham.
parkrun Results for Saturday 15th
April 2024
40 activities are recorded below. Please get in touch if your activity is
missing.
| Club parkrunner |
parkrun |
Run# |
Pos |
Time |
Age Grade |
Comment |
| Roderick
HOFFMAN |
Aston Hall |
19 |
43 |
0:31:41 |
51.97% |
run #486 and a largely undeserved set-up credit. First BA male. New
BA Grade record (from Sarah). |
| Benita
SCAIFE |
Aylesbury |
431 |
113 |
0:34:21 |
62.74% |
first run at Aylesbury. Was actually 10 seconds slower. |
| John
SCAIFE |
Aylesbury |
431 |
114 |
0:34:31 |
51.09% |
first run at Aylesbury. Was actually 1 second slower. |
| Joe NOLAN |
Black Park |
708 |
328 |
0:31:36 |
55.17% |
run #455, 405th at Black Park, P-Index is 4, has never attended an
inaugural |
| Kevin
HOLLAND |
Brooklands |
187 |
509 |
0:38:35 |
49.98% |
150th parkrun - mainly at Woking, Brooklands and Poole. |
| Colin
HAYLOCK |
Bushy Park |
980 |
192 |
0:22:07 |
68.88% |
run #80 |
| Diana
Smith |
Bushy Park |
980 |
1545 |
0:47:29 |
50.16% |
run #63 |
| Ben
CHAYTOW |
Crane Park |
554 |
65 |
0:27:06 |
53.14% |
run #373, 306th at Crane Park, has never attended an inaugural |
| Melanie
Miller |
Evesham |
372 |
128 |
0:40:16 |
44.95% |
first run at Evesham. John Wright timekeeper |
| Sarah
GORDON |
Fort William |
209 |
54 |
0:45:55 |
46.21% |
Other end of Great Glen, having walked most of the way from
Inverness in the intervening week. New BA parkrun #804. |
| Alastair
HESLOP |
Guildford |
514 |
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Funnel Manager at Guildford. |
| Denis
FOXLEY |
Harrow |
395 |
187 |
0:31:54 |
59.40% |
run #248, two inaugurals, Wilson Index is 3, 156 volunteer credits |
| Joan
FOXLEY |
Harrow |
395 |
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Timekeeper at Harrow |
| Alice
BANKS |
Higginson, Marlow |
177 |
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Marshal at Higginson, Marlow. |
| Fiona
Bishop |
Hove Promenade |
370 |
299 |
0:25:19 |
80.05% |
First run at Hove Promenade, New BA ladies record (from Caroline
COCKRAM) |
| Ian
CUNNINGHAM |
Jamaica Pond |
240 |
186 |
0:26:45 |
60.50% |
New BA men's record (from Piers),record attendance - 458 finishers.
Boston Marathon on Monday |
| Petra
OTTO |
March |
340 |
122 |
0:54:34 |
41.48% |
Ten minutes faster than last week (but it isn't a race). |
| Scott
DAVISON |
Osterley |
472 |
75 |
0:24:51 |
60.30% |
run #461, fourth at Osterley this year |
| Trish
MCCABE |
Osterley |
472 |
145 |
0:27:18 |
59.34% |
run #463 |
| Oliver
MATHAI |
Osterley |
472 |
161 |
0:27:59 |
63.01% |
nineteenth run at Osterley, P-Index is 3 |
| Piers
KEENLEYSIDE |
Osterley |
472 |
189 |
0:28:55 |
59.08% |
run #368, never attended an inaugural |
| Anne
Bannister |
Osterley |
472 |
282 |
0:32:38 |
65.02% |
run #314 |
| Alan
ANDERSON |
Osterley |
472 |
376 |
0:45:14 |
60.24% |
run #707 (Boeing, Boeing !) |
| Bob
BANNISTER |
Osterley |
472 |
381 |
0:50:01 |
34.16% |
run #501, no pressure! |
| Paul
TIMMS |
Oxford |
562 |
53 |
0:22:50 |
70.22% |
first run at Oxford, park #27 |
| Steve
NEWELL |
Prospect |
228 |
179 |
0:50:58 |
41.24% |
two lap course this week, drying out. Long grass in places.
Wilson Index advances to 237 |
| Neil
FREDIANI |
Prudhoe Riverside |
306 |
160 |
0:38:05 |
44.86% |
tenth run of 2024, Nine have been at Prudhoe Riverside |
| Jain
REID |
Richmond Park |
805 |
315 |
0:30:01 |
61.97% |
145th run at Richmond |
| Eddie
GILES |
Salisbury |
385 |
212 |
0:28:55 |
65.53% |
two weeks in a row, this is getting serious! |
| Paul
WATT |
Sewerby |
573 |
16 |
0:20:37 |
77.12% |
First BA man. Barcode scanning. Wilson Index is 37. |
| Julie
BARCLAY |
Sewerby |
573 |
61 |
0:24:28 |
78.20% |
BA Ladies and Age Grade record (from Sarah). Barcode scanning.
Wilson Index is 46 |
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Christopher T KELLY |
South Manchester |
647 |
99 |
0:24:23 |
64.66% |
8th run at South Manchester |
| Ben
Kelly |
South Manchester |
647 |
427 |
0:55:46 |
23.19% |
2nd run at South Manchester |
| Mike
DENNISON |
Southall |
114 |
10 |
0:20:23 |
83.07% |
4th run at Southall, P-Index is 9, Wilson Index is 6 |
| Maria
JOVANI |
Southall |
114 |
11 |
0:20:49 |
78.62% |
74 second PB. Improves own BA record. |
| Emma
Moreton |
Southall |
114 |
18 |
0:22:51 |
68.34% |
F3, first run at Southall, park #24, Wilson Index is 2 |
| Stephen K
TAYLOR |
Southall |
114 |
48 |
0:28:02 |
57.73% |
fourth run at Southall |
| David
DUGGAN |
Stockley Country |
65 |
76 |
0:49:05 |
33.85% |
parkwalker |
| Elise
LAWRENSON |
Sunny Hill |
190 |
53 |
0:30:51 |
53.05% |
first run at Sunny Hill |
|
Jacqueline Haines |
Woking |
412 |
155 |
0:28:35 |
62.51% |
114th run at Woking |
parkrun Review Saturday 13th April 2024
The London area enjoyed a pleasant sunny Spring morning, warm even, but
Reading parkrun was predictably cancelled yet again. Maybe, next week!
Chris Kelly (24:23) fled north and made one of his occasional visits to South
Manchester (8 times now, all in different years, this year for the weekend of
the Manchester Marathon). The parkrun at Marlow
went ahead for only the fourth time since Christmas Day - Alice and John Banks
volunteered to help.
We had 37 parkrunners this week and that doesn’t include al least three non-running
volunteers. The treasurer thanks everyone who has renewed their membership
over the last two weeks (just about everyone).
Osterley parkrun was once again the favourite this week with seven members
attending – Scott Davidson (24:51) was our quickest there this week, our newest
“500 man” Bob Bannister (50:01) enjoyed a relaxing stroll round the course which
everyone is entitled to do. The next most popular turned out to be
Southall parkrun, less than two miles away. Maria Jovani (20:49) chopped
over a minute from her previous pb there. Emma Moreton (22:51) was running
there for the first time, taking her to 24 different parkruns.
Ian Cunningham (26: 45) lowered the club course record at Jamaica Pond in
Boston – host city of a “major” marathon on Monday (Patriots Day). There
was a record attendance of 458 against a typical Saturday turnout of 100 -150.
Don’t look for a record turnout at Victoria Dock parkrun next Saturday right
next to London Marathon registration – it has been cancelled! (the parkrun, that
is). Becton is only one further stop along the DLR (and attracted twice
its usual crowd on the corresponding weekend last year – but still not that
busy).
Where are they now?
Former member Caroline Yarnell (24:21) ran her first parkrun of the year at
Kawana Surf Club on the Sunshine Coast, North of Brisbane. The course
includes a stretch along the beach but only in December and January. Tony
Wong (27:32) was also “in the field”.
Steve Newell
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Roderick Hoffman
From Eddie Giles
I exchanged emails with Eddie who reported that following his recent
successful hospital procedure he is enjoying running again, he is hoping to get
back to the level of fitness he was at before, and he asked me to pass on his
regards to all that know him.
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