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BA Athletics Club News Digest 15th November 2021
Events marked "#" are points scoring for the club's participation trophy. Club Event Map: [Clickable link to Google Maps] For future weeks: inclusions, with photos, please to Roderick Hoffman at news@barunner.org.uk. Note that we have discovered that the Perivale 5 is on this year, on December 5th, and we've added it as the Run-of-the-Month for December. For details and entry: Perivale 5 - Perivale 5 (activetrainingworld.com) 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. Track-on-Field (by end of Sunday 28th November, to be reported on in the following digest):
Weekly Athletic Achievement (by late Sunday) or use the Facebook group prompt:
November Mile Results
Six of us undertook the mile this month. The two of us doing the best relative performance are probably me at a cold Feltham track and Stephen alongside a hot Larnaca Bay. So I think that that proves nothing. Cross Country Match results and reports #Ladies Division 2 Match 2 Wimbledon 13th November
It was dry and mild for November - certainly vest and shorts weather. The event was well-attended by various clubs and Amanda (and Mike) did a great job assembling the BA flag, distributing our numbers and getting a pre-run team photo. Parking nearby was easy and free. The 6K two-lapper started on the playing fields with plenty of space, soon narrowing as we followed the path into the woods/heath. Overtaking was possible in parts, albeit on slippery terrain with unannounced hilly sections. There was a 'pleasant' mix of uphill and downhill (both short and steep and long and lingering!) along with the classic ingredients of uneven surfaces, squelchy mud, tree roots (hidden by mud), trip hazards, holly leaves at eye height (for me, anyway), leaves and did I mention mud?! I saw one runner actually stuck in the mud but she was helped out and carried on. As we commenced lap two, the hills seemed much steeper and the trenches deeper. Overall it was a pretty challenging course but well signposted and marshalled. I tripped around 4km, cutting my knees and hitting my palms but I wasn't the only casualty and ran on regardless. First finisher was 'unknown' from Ful-on Tri, home in an impressive 23:49. Back at HQ we enjoyed delicious bread pudding and ginger cake with tea and coffee. Thanks to all the volunteers and BA crew (supporters, bakers and runners) for a successful event. Emma Moreton
The BA team finished in 27th place with 699 points. Match 3 is scheduled for Saturday 15th January on Mitcham Common.
Men Division 4 Match 2 Denbies 14th November
Photos by Marion Woodhouse. No text report from the men - presumably they are all suffering from sore heads rather than knees, having finished the event in the vineyard.
The BA A team finished in 9th place of 14 teams with 884 points. Had Ben and Steve not turned up the team would have been two places back in 11th. Match 3 is scheduled for Saturday 15th January in Richmond Park. More info: Ladies - Amanda Coombs Men - Paul Knechtl
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| Colleague | Activity | Distance | Course | Start Time | Duration | Comments |
| Amanda Coombs | Walking | 4miles | Queen Mary Reservoir | Sun pm | 01:17:00 | Annual ‘Ramble Around The Reservoir’ - walking the perimeter of the normally closed Queen Mary Reservoir. Funds raised for the sailing club’s training school. There are a few tickets left for next Sunday afternoon. |
| Andy Rayner | mixed Run/Walk | 4miles | XC route | Sat | 00:56:45 | Muddy. Plus Friday 2.5mile cycle in 0:17:44. |
| Ben Cooper | Running | 6.33km | BAMC | Mon lunch | 00:30:49 | |
| Clara Halket | mixed Run/Walk | 18.45km | Chilterns | Sat am | 02:55:00 | A lovely autumnal trail run (walk/jog) in the Chilterns this morning. It's great to be out on the trails again ☺️ |
| Denis Foxley | Running | 5miles | Ruislip Woods | Sun am | 01:00:00 | |
| Eddie Giles | Running | 1mile plus | Salisbury Gym | Sat pm | 00:07:25 | For the monthly mile: 20mins warm-up, start at 8mins / mile, increase pace to 7mins / mile for last 400yds. 20mins cool-down in swimming pool. |
| Emma Moreton | Race | 6km | Wimbledon | Sat am | 00:30:31 | First XC of the season for me. I took one for the team and cut up my knees . |
| Harjit Jhooti | parkrun | 5km | California Country | Sat am | ||
| Joan Foxley | Running | 5miles | Ruislip Woods | Sun am | 01:00:00 | |
| Julie Barclay | Running | 16km | Basingstoke Canal | Sun | 01:36:00 | Frimley Lodge Park to Brookwood and back |
| Melanie Miller | parkrun | 5km | Dallas Burston Polo Club | Sat am | See below. | |
| Paul Watt | Running | 16km | Basingstoke Canal | Sun | 01:36:00 | Frimley Lodge Park to Brookwood and back |
| Piers Keenleyside | Running | 15.2miles | To/from Teddington Lock | Sun | 02:42:47 | Marathon training run from Ealing including the Thames from Kew Bridge to Teddington Lock. Not 100% recovered from last Sunday's training so could only manage 10:40 minute/mile pace (previously 10:00 minute/mile). |
| Roderick Hoffman | Orienteering | 8.48km | Hampstead | Tue pm | 00:01:18 | Street-O event. Pleased to get the 50point control on Parliament Hill but it was downhill from there. Kicking myself for two avoidable time penalties. 18 controls for net 390pts, joint 40th of 63. |
| Stephen Taylor | Running | 7miles | Limassol, Cyprus | Sun am | 01:07:11 | A run along the sea front to the old port of Limassol and back to the hotel, elevation change 7 feet, so pretty flat. This is the best of my three runs of this route. |
No pictures this week - the colour cartridge is nearly empty after all those cross-country shots.
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Dallas Burston Polo Club an unusual one for me as I usually ‘flit’ from Southeast to Southwest like a game of table tennis so I thought I’d try a different sport like a spot of Polo. We stayed 40 mins from the venue but actually arrived to be greeted by parking attendants and believe u me there is plenty of parking. The field is 2km laps x 2 mostly on grass and wot an improvement from Eastleigh last week when it wos lashing it down and the ground wos saturated. No such problems here and then after your 2 laps u run 100 metres and finish in the woods. Loved it all round. It was their 5th event so fitted 'Fibonacci' perfectly as well as 'Primes' and we also got to do Packdown which involved scooting across the field and moving the bollards ova. I wanted to do the run report but that had already been taken so here is my own version. Enjoy and I hope u get to experience wot I’ve just done…oh and did I say I added a delightful 'D' to my 'Alphabeteer' list, an away event 4 me but worth every squirt of diesel! Melanie |
29 runners and volunteers are listed below - get in touch if your activity is missing.
| Club parkrunner | parkrun | Pos | Time | Age Grade | PB? | Comment |
| Joe NOLAN | Black Park | 223 | 00:29:19 | 57.76% | 330th run at Black Park | |
| Barry WALTERS | Bracknell | 117 | 00:28:39 | 59.10% | 11th run at Bracknell | |
| John Lennon | Broadwater | 155 | 0.024039 | 46.32% | 7th run at Broadwater, pb streak comes to an end | |
| Ian CUNNINGHAM | Bushy Park | 743 | 00:29:49 | 53.33% | ||
| Harjit Jhooti | California Country | 100 | 00:31:57 | 55.19% | Harjit goes to California | |
| Neil FREDIANI | Chopwell Wood | 96 | 00:31:56 | 52.04% | PB | PB - by over a mile! 30minutes and 56 seconds improvement. So nearly twice as fast! |
| Christopher T KELLY | Clapham Common | 605 | 00:40:49 | 37.97% | run #491, first run at Clapham Common, park #58 | |
| Paul WATT | Crane Park | 5 | 00:19:57 | 77.69% | PB | PB by nearly 2 minutes then a nifty drive to Wimbledon to deliver Julie for the Cross-Country. |
| Melanie Miller | Dallas Burston Polo Club | 171 | 00:37:31 | 47.00% | Melanie goes to Dallas. Park #47, BA park #603 | |
| Trish MCCABE | Guildford | 243 | 00:29:54 | 52.62% | first run at Guildford, park #73 | |
| Alastair Heslop | Guildford | Timekeeper at Guildford | ||||
| Piers KEENLEYSIDE | Gunnersbury | 424 | 00:56:56 | 29.19% | Tail Walker | |
| David DUGGAN | Hanworth | 41 | 00:32:30 | 49.79% | 32nd parkrun since 1/1/20 | |
| Maria Jovani | Hanworth | 3 | 00:22:27 | 70.75% | First lady (3rd overall). The first 3 have run nearly 1,200 parkruns between them. | |
| Mike Dennison | Hanworth | 1 | 00:20:00 | 82.33% | First finisher, for the 3rd time at Hanworth. | |
| Joan FOXLEY | Harrow | 165 | 00:59:55 | 38.41% | Tail Walker at Harrow | |
| Denis Foxley | Harrow | Run Director at Harrow | ||||
| John COFFEY | Hazelwood | 74 | 00:35:15 | 58.25% | 90th run at Hazelwood | |
| Alice BANKS | Higginson, Marlow | 120 | 00:58:01 | 35.48% | Tail Walker at Higginson | |
| Steve NEWELL | Higginson, Marlow | 113 | 00:46:38 | 42.17% | run #396, Wilson Index moves up to 114 | |
| Bob Bannister | Osterley | 33 | 00:22:36 | 74.19% | run #401 | |
| Benita Scaife | Osterley | 203 | 00:33:07 | 63.11% | 197th parkrun. 403 behind Alan Anderson! | |
| John Scaife | Osterley | 204 | 00:33:07 | 51.59% | ||
| Anne ANDERSON | Osterley | 248 | 00:45:58 | 62.69% | (Assisted) | 47th parkrun |
| Alan ANDERSON | Osterley | 249 | 00:45:58 | 54.79% | Assisting Anne. 600th parkrun. | |
| Alan FRIAR | Reading | 149 | 00:32:56 | 59.72% | ||
| Paul PRESCOTT | Sandhurst Memorial | 5 | 00:19:33 | 66.33% | club course record (time) | |
| Roderick HOFFMAN | Wimbledon Common | 269 | 00:29:19 | 55.20% | 2nd run at Wimbledon - over nine years since the first. Before cheering on the Ladies in the Cross-country | |
| Micheal BALL | Woking | 162 | 00:29:58 | 53.06% |
Hats off this week to Alan Anderson who completed his 600th parkrun (at
Osterley) where he has now done 65 to go alongside 305 at Gunnersbury and 211 at
Bushy. The next target has to be 100th at Osterley except that Alan seems
to have outgrown targets. Very few, if any, parkrunners have completed
centuries at three different parks. As it is he joins a select group of 21
who have completed 600 runs (four of them have now done over 700). Not to
mention the 226 volunteer shifts he has put in over the years. Some will
be surprised that he arrived at Osterley on Saturday totally unaware that it was
his 600th but bear in mind that he doesn’t read this digest on a regular basis
and that he goes to parkrun every week for his mental and physical wellbeing
rather than trying to achieve a number beyond reach to most people half his age.
The morning was full of drama with the main gates being locked early on
preventing the café staff being ready to serve the post run rush resulting in a
reported 25-minute dwell time between adrenaline and caffeine levels achieving
equilibrium [thanks to John Scaife for photo and report].
UK parkrun attendances were down a bit on last week with the counterattraction of cross country league races to contend with. Some women’s races now start before lunch on Saturdays, some men's races are now on Sundays. Very confusing.
Mike Dennison was first home at Hanworth for the third time and his time bang on 20 minutes. Paul Prescott (19:33) was our fastest finisher this week setting a new club record at Sandhurst Memorial. Paul Watt (19:57) also dipped under 20 minutes for the first time at Crane Park.
Steve Newell (46:38) completed run number #81 at Higginson Park, Marlow and his Wilson Index has moved up to 114. Future progress is likely to be more gradual. Alice Banks (58:01) was there as tail walker just in case. Alice’s Wilson Index is 8.
One more parkrun was added to the club collection this week. Melanie Miller (37:31) ran at Dallas Burston Polo Club in the West Midlands which started up last month.
Steve Newell
Full club parkrun database - {read access to club parkrun database} - Download and explore (this is where I get most of my club stats from).
Brentford and Isleworth MP and parkrunner, Ruth Cadbury, ran the Thames Meander marathon earlier this month and finished in 5:38:53. She had trained for the London Marathon this year but was unable to run because of injury. The Thames Meander marathon is a fairly low key event (only one runner beat the 3 hour barrier) making use of the Thames towpath between Barn Elms and Kingston and caused the Kingston parkrun to be cancelled when it took place. There was a half-marathon option as well. The next event is scheduled for 12th March 2022, cut-off time is 6h 30mins (see www.Hermesrunning.com).
Steve Newell
I got one this week - that wasn't asking for money:
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"Thanks for having me on the BA Runner email list - always good to hear the news. I saw Bob Garner a few weeks ago - he was in the UK for a while before heading back to China - and we had a good reminisce about the glory days of the BA running club. So that got me a bit obsessed with digging out all my old running times. Do you have a database or spreadsheet or equivalent with BA club members' times for old races? (Some events - e.g. The New York Marathon have digitized all their records way back, but others e.g. London, Sierre Zinal etc. haven't!) Can anyone help me in my results quest? All the best and hope your running is going well. Cheers Bill Byrne |
I replied to say that we have the old issues of Round-the-Block but these haven't been "digitized" and in any case these didn't always include all results. If you have better news for Bill then contact me in the first instance.
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