BA Athletics Club News Digest 15th July 2024
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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 May Mile performance for publication in the first
August digest:
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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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BAAC AGM - Wednesday 3rd July 2024
This year's meeting was attended by 11 members. Please take a look at
the minutes, and let us
know if you have any questions or comments.
Of special note:
- After 14 years Alan Friar has stood down as Membership Secretary, for a
well-earned break. Steve Taylor has taken over in the role.
- We have balanced the books yet again.
- Our sporting teams have been successful in T&F, XC, parkrun, in house
events and marshalling.
- We continue to look for volunteers to lead club events and join the
committee.
Steve Hillier (Hon Sec)
Track & Field 2024 – Perivale, July 10th
Our last Veterans League match of the season was held at Perivale track,
which sits alongside the least busy railway station in Greater London (a free
pub quiz fact for you). Unfortunately, the event clashed with a concert,
the Lord’s test and a Euros 2024 semi-final, so our turnout was somewhat
depleted. Nevertheless, our team achieved four top three places, including
a win in the High Jump. Well done to Sean O’Keeffe, who carried the banner
for BAAC men, before flying off for further cabin crew duties.
| Long Jump |
M60 |
Sean O’Keeffe |
M65 |
3.61 |
3rd |
| High Jump |
M60 |
Sean O’Keeffe |
M65 |
1.35 |
1st |
| Hammer (5kg) |
M60 |
Sean O’Keeffe |
M65 |
20.01 |
2nd |
| Javelin (600g) |
M60 |
Sean O’Keeffe |
M65 |
25.88 |
2nd |
Our final 2024 season match takes place this Wednesday:
Wed 17th July Rosenheim Woking
Location: SportsBox, Egley Road, GU22 0AF.
Everyone is welcome…please let me know if you are available to compete.
Let’s finish the season with more great performances!
Steve Hillier
Ed: Analysis of the results show that even with only one competitor our BA
men's team didn't come last - that honour went to Ealing Eagles whose 'Small'
male team ran two of the distances but didn't compete in the field.
Recent Activity Achievements
12 submissions this week.
| Colleague |
Activity |
Distance |
Course |
When |
Duration |
Comments |
| Andy Rayner |
Various |
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Various |
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Mon Cycle Ockwells Park/Estate in 11m 50s / Tues Cycle White
Waltham/XC to A4/home via Cox Green in 59m 20s / Thurs Jog Cox Green
Park and via Estate Home in 37m 30s. |
| Benita Scaife |
parkrun |
5km |
Crane Park |
Sat am |
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We made a 2nd visit to Crane Park parkrun. Maidenhead was on but
there was also a junior football tournament in Braywick Park
necessitating a change of course and predicted parking difficulties… |
| John Scaife |
parkrun |
5km |
Crane Park |
Sat am |
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...Met up with Maria and Ben (who is event director at Crane Park
but who was running today) at the end, having also chatted with Scott
(not in photo) before the start. |
| Chris Kelly |
Walking |
5miles |
Ruscombe to Waltham St. Larry. |
Sun |
02:25:00 |
5-mile dog walk from Ruscombe to Waltham St. Larry - 2.25hrs - on a
route that's too wet most of the year. |
| Jain Reid |
Running |
15.5km |
Chiswick to Wandsworth Bridges |
Sun |
01:45:00 |
River loop. Glorious day for it. Lots of runners on the towpath. |
| Julie Barclay |
Running |
13km |
Farnborough |
Sun |
01:16:00 |
We ran from Rushmoor parkrun along the roads through Farnborough
towards Frimley from where we joined the Blackwater Valley Path… |
| Paul Watt |
Running |
13km |
Farnborough |
Sun |
01:16:00 |
...We continued along the path to North Camp and rejoined the roads
for our return to Rushmoor. We then commenced our timekeeper and Funnel
manager duties at Queens Parade junior parkrun. |
| Petra Otto |
parkrun |
5km |
March |
Sat am |
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Thanks to encouragement from the lovely BA members, I pulled myself
together: March Parkrun, ending up with awful groin pains afterwards,
plus tough gym, inc. 3x pushing the 45kg sled. |
| Roderick Hoffman |
Running |
5km |
Northala Fields |
Thur |
00:35:07 |
Only 5k and in a slow time…but following three days in bed with a
cold/flu/covid bug this was hard work but good to achieve. I felt I had
the agility of an ugly duckling (pictured). Managed 8k and then 12k
since. |
| Steve Hillier |
Cycling |
32km |
Hillingdon |
Sun |
02:20:00 |
The return from Denham followed a remote public footpath crossing
various tributaries of the Frays River (pictured) and under a bridge
which used to carry the Denham to Uxbridge railway line. I didn't
pass another person on this two-mile section of footpath. Warm and
often sunny. |
| Tim Bellars |
Running |
11miles |
North Downs |
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01:49:00 |
Cross country, along the base of the North Downs. Last long run
before Fussen marathon on Saturday. Nice easy pace. Feeling good for the
weekend. |
| Trish McCabe |
Race |
1mile |
Arethusa Mile |
Wed eve |
00:07:37 |
Arethusa Mile on Wed in 7:37 |
         
Roderick Hoffman
parkrun Results for Saturday 13th July 2024
37 Saturday activities recorded below. Please get in touch if your activity
is missing.
| Club parkrunner |
parkrun |
Run# |
Pos |
Time |
Age Grade |
Comment |
| Emma
Moreton |
Bedfont Lakes |
700 |
78 |
0:27:35 |
56.62% |
Bedfont Lakes run number 700. |
| Fiona
Bishop |
Bethlem Royal Hospital |
190 |
106 |
0:53:19 |
38.61% |
Bedlam ! |
| Joe NOLAN |
Black Park |
721 |
209 |
0:28:39 |
60.85% |
run #467 |
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Jacqueline Haines |
Brooklands |
200 |
189 |
0:27:02 |
66.95% |
four parkruns in four weeks, Brooklands reaches 200 |
| Ian Haylock |
Bushy Park |
993 |
114 |
0:20:31 |
73.68% |
100th male finisher for second time in three weeks |
| Ian
CUNNINGHAM |
Bushy Park |
993 |
285 |
0:23:14 |
69.66% |
missed 2024 course pb by 1 second |
| Ben
CHAYTOW |
Crane Park |
567 |
7 |
0:21:29 |
67.03% |
313th run at Crane Park, times similar to 10 years ago |
| Maria
JOVANI |
Crane Park |
567 |
20 |
0:22:25 |
73.01% |
F3 |
| Scott
DAVISON |
Crane Park |
567 |
46 |
0:26:19 |
57.44% |
run #473 |
| Benita
SCAIFE |
Crane Park |
567 |
126 |
0:33:03 |
66.26% |
2nd run at Crane, same time as last year |
| John
SCAIFE |
Crane Park |
567 |
127 |
0:33:04 |
53.33% |
2nd run at Crane, 1 second slower than last year. Keep Up! |
| Sarah
GORDON |
Daventry |
438 |
279 |
0:39:14 |
54.08% |
second week in a row at Daventry, almost a minute faster |
| David
Cowell |
Forest Rec |
489 |
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Run Director at Forest Rec (also Timekeeper there last week) |
| Trish
MCCABE |
Frimley Lodge |
681 |
198 |
0:27:21 |
59.23% |
70 second PB on 2nd visit. |
| Alastair
HESLOP |
Guildford |
524 |
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Timekeeper at Guildford |
| David
John BIRD |
Hanworth |
191 |
14 |
0:23:01 |
69.08% |
1:45 PB |
| Steve
NEWELL |
Hoblingwell |
304 |
79 |
0:57:01 |
36.86% |
missed a turn in the woods (and had to backtrack)- ran 3.25 miles!
Pay attention! |
| Paul
WATT |
Ipswich |
545 |
14 |
0:21:03 |
75.53% |
BA fastest male (from Roderick from January 2015), best time at an
"I" parkrun |
| Julie
BARCLAY |
Ipswich |
545 |
57 |
0:25:08 |
77.19% |
BA fastest female (from Harjit) and Age Grade (from Roderick),
P-Index is 5 |
| Petra
OTTO |
March |
352 |
96 |
0:47:46 |
47.38% |
twelfth run at March this year (and hasn't ventured anywhere else) |
| Duncan
Wright |
Narin Beach |
172 |
5 |
0:21:46 |
75.65% |
PB. Two and a half minutes quicker than last week. High tide
at 11.30 am (may be totally irrelevant) |
| Alan
ANDERSON |
Osterley |
484 |
311 |
0:43:39 |
65.22% |
best time for almost five years |
| Murray
Hogge |
Reading |
635 |
38 |
0:21:59 |
74.91% |
has run at Reading parkrun every year since 2009 |
| Ben
Kelly |
Reading |
635 |
79 |
0:23:52 |
54.19% |
run #112, 86th at Reading |
|
Christopher T KELLY |
Reading |
635 |
270 |
0:35:55 |
44.27% |
consecutive Saturday runs at Reading for 2nd time this year |
| Jain
REID |
Richmond Park |
818 |
273 |
0:31:14 |
59.55% |
153rd run at Richmond |
| Denis
FOXLEY |
Rickmansworth |
314 |
237 |
0:29:17 |
64.71% |
Under 30 first time this year…fastest parkrun anywhere since October
2022 (over 60 parkruns). |
| Marion
WOODHOUSE |
Rickmansworth |
314 |
342 |
0:34:22 |
56.45% |
[former member] |
| Joan
FOXLEY |
Rickmansworth |
314 |
406 |
0:41:44 |
58.11% |
Three lap course still being used - legacy of the winter flooding.
But flatter than Harrow! |
| Stephen
Waite |
Riddlesdown |
634 |
131 |
0:34:24 |
54.17% |
ninth run this year - all at Riddlesdown |
| Mike
DENNISON |
Southall |
125 |
6 |
0:20:31 |
82.53% |
fifth run at Southall, P-Index is 9 |
| Stephen K
TAYLOR |
Southall |
125 |
43 |
0:28:00 |
57.80% |
fifth run at Southall, P-Index is 5 |
| David
DUGGAN |
Southall |
125 |
72 |
0:39:12 |
42.39% |
28th run at Southall, P-Index is 6 |
| Roderick
HOFFMAN |
Stockley Country |
78 |
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Timekeeper at Stockley Country [and I forgot to publish that I was
Run Director there last week] |
| Bob
BANNISTER |
Wakehurst |
13 |
140 |
0:27:32 |
62.05% |
BA first male. Never been to a "run #13" before |
| Anne
Bannister |
Wakehurst |
13 |
200 |
0:30:26 |
69.72% |
BA best age grade (from Trish) |
| Melanie
Miller |
Wendover Woods |
234 |
182 |
0:52:30 |
34.48% |
run #203, first run at Wendover Woods, Wilson Index is 25.
Undertaken as parkwalker. |
parkrun Review Saturday 6th July 2024
The Saturday morning parkruns were held with the possibility in mind of
having a Serbian serial men’s winner at Wimbledon and England finally winning a
men’s football tournament. As the weekend unfolded we witnessed only the
third Spanish champion when it came to the men’s tennis championship which
started in 1877. The first Euro tournament was held in 1960 and when
possible every four years since – Spain’s victory in 2024 brings their tally to
four, better than any other country. Spain obviously produces some fine
sportspeople but you have to feel sorry for them – there is not a single parkrun
in Spain.
No new parkruns added to the club total this week but how’s this for creating
confusion. Y Promenad parkrun (Brecon) has just been run for the 7th time
with attendances averaging 200. Brecon Beacons, well inland, toilets
available (20p). Course on tarmac and grass by the River Usk. This week
saw the inaugural at Y Promenad, Abermau at Barmouth with a view of Cardigan
Bay, Irish Sea. This newcomer is offering toilets and showers at the local
leisure centre and a RNLI station as an added feel good factor. As you might
guess "Y Promenad" translates from Welsh to "The Promenade" in English.
Three emphatic PBs to report this week. Duncan Wright (21:46) knocked
two and a half minutes of last week’s time at Narin Beach in Co. Donegal.
He once ran 18:54 at the original course at Fulham Palace. David Bird
(23:01) visited Hanworth for a second attempt and improved his time by a minute
and three quarters. Trish McCabe (27:01) was at Frimley Lodge for only the
second time and improved by 70 seconds.
The first to finish at the Battersea Park junior parkrun (2km) this week
needed only 6:44 to get round the course. This supports what we know
already – if the 5km parkrun ever gets off the ground, it will be quick.
Steve Newall
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