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BA Athletics Club News Digest 17th October 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. 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 end of Sunday 23rd October):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 Sunday evening) or use the Facebook group prompt:
WARR Waikiki Results and Report
The first finisher of both races was the same person, and he did run at exactly the same pace for both races - double his 5k time was 0.2 seconds less than his 10k time. None of the four BA runners who did both runs got close to running the 5k at the same pace or faster than the 10k - the 10k had been a tough course with hills, and whilst the 5k may have been flat it was possibly a touch long. The 10k had a nominal cutoff time of 75 minutes but this was not enforced. There was no cutoff time for the 5k and the last three finishers did finish at close to 95 minutes. Paul, Julie and Nancy were our winners on the day but we were all winners, having finished despite the Hawaiian heat. For instance my 10k time was 2 seconds faster than my time in equally hot and humid Singapore WARR - despite the Hawaiian hills and a little aging. For those who made it this has been a wonderful event, from start to end. Hosted by the International Committee it wasn't cheap to enter though cheap compared to the total cost of the time spent in Hawaii. The event was run to a tight budget with no rooms hired for exclusive use - so the welcome party included mingling with hotel guests, the registration / packet pick-up was done in a corridor, the team captain's meeting in a closed coffee bar (no coffee provided) and the T Shirt party and the awards were done around the bandstand in the local park. But it was great fun and the 400 or so WARRiers who made it to Waikiki had no complaints. The races were undertaken on closed roads with police presence and lots of local helpers - Daniela couldn't find any other Hawaiian Airline runners but then discovered that there were plenty of Hawaiian Airline staff amongst the volunteers. The WARR event closed with a visit to the Hawaiian "Rock-a-Hula" buffet and show (WARRiers were about half the audience) and this proved very filling and entertaining. The BA and friends team consisted of the ten of us listed in the results and more or less we met up whenever we wanted or needed to - there will be several team photos to choose between when I get back to base. As for the future WARR now has a new Chair although the Treasurer stays the same. The new committee is hoping that an airline steps forward with an offer to host next year's event, but options on the East Coast of Canada are being investigated to guarantee an event. Roderick Hoffman Full (provision) results - 2022 WARR 5K and 10K (timelinehawaii.com) Cross Country League 15th Oct Reigate Priory Results and Reports
The Men's XC Team were first in action with a 12 o'clock start, over a challenging two-lap course, starting off up the hill, and coming down to the finish, then round again. Despite tricky traffic conditions delaying Maarten, and fielding one runner less than an ideal 10, we finished a creditable 7th out of 14 teams, 46 points behind 6th placed Horley, and 10 points ahead of 8th placed Elmbridge. So we will need to keep up the efforts for the next three runs. * In the provisional results, we have two runners 708, but believe that the first was actually 703 - new recruit Ricardo. Chris Kelly (obo Paul Knecthl) ** Missing runners were recorded as 128.5pts so even though Steve finished last he still scored 12.5pts more for the team than had he not run, so we would have slipped a place. On the other hand had we had two Chris Kellys (Ben perhaps?) we'd have finished one place higher.
The ladies were next, with a 2pm start. The afternoon was mild and sunny for the first race of the season, hosted by Reigate Priory AC at Priory Park. Ladies ran one shortened lap followed by one full lap, totalling just over 6K. The hilly course had a long, technical descent towards the end of the first lap that required particular care, but dry conditions underfoot made the task slightly less challenging than it could have been if wet. The new league structure meant that we were able to see our men’s team after they had finished their run, and many stayed to support us for ours, which was very much appreciated. We finished 35th out of 46 teams and will be looking to improve on this throughout the season. Any ladies thinking of doing some cross-country running, please contact me. The next fixture is on 12th November - the date and venue again being shared with the men, although where this will be has not yet been announced. Our missing runner cost us 209 points. A second Jan would have raised us two team places. Had Jan not turned up we'd have dropped two places. There is also a cross-country at Sandhurst in two weeks. Hopefully someone
will put details into the club diary once they are confirmed. Recent Activity Achievements15 club members and friends achievements listed below - others achieved the WARR races and the Cross-Country fixtures.
Lovely photograph from Harjit of her and the Scaifes - but no photos this week due to laptop and time constraints.
Roderick Hoffman Events UpdateFirstly, a reminder from Steve Newell - The 2022/23 5-mile Handicap Series starts from the Bedfont Football Club on Wednesday 26th October. Runners should aim to start at a time allowing them to finish at 7 p.m. The 5 mile course is two clockwise laps of 2.5 miles so there is the option to walk round one lap with a suggested start time of 6.20 p.m. The changing rooms and showers will be available that evening. Next year's Green Belt Relay has been announced for the weekend of May 13th/14th and the good news is that this is a week after the announced coronation of Charles III. That increases the chance of Charlie entering a team and reduces any potential disruption. The BA club will expect to enter a team also - but only if eleven (or more) volunteers tell Chris Kelly the good news. Harvey Tate has reminded me to add this year's Rugged Radnage race to the diary. This is on November 20th from 10am with 10k and 5k options. I've also added the Nepal Run 10k to the calendar for November 13th (deliberately set on remembrance weekend). You don't need to be able to run up Everest for this one - it is being set in Northala Fields (though I haven't seen the course map - perhaps the finish will be at the top of one of the mounds). The Nepalese community have been instrumental with setting up and supporting the Northala Fields parkrun and Junior parkrun so I hope that this event will be a success (and have entered it myself). Start time is 10am so the Junior parkrun is likely to go ahead before it. Note that anyone should be able to add "other events/colleague runs" to the calendar. No one has added their favourite races, but please do so and we might join you at them. Roderick Hoffman parkrun Results for Saturday 15th October 202228 activities are recorded this week. Please get in touch if your activity is missing.
parkrun Review Saturday 15th October 2022This was the first weekend this autumn with many cross-country fixtures being held on Saturday, some so early as to make it impossible for some (but not all!) club runners to double up. Across the UK the turnout a parkrun was 10,000 down on the previous week. WARR in Honolulu also kept some of our members isolated for the weekend (No parkrun in Hawaii yet). Some good news – Trish McCabe (28:35) ran in the spacious grounds of Bethlem Royal Hospital parkrun (Beckenham), her 59th and last one within the London Boroughs and achieved “Londone”. The bad news for her and over 100 others is that a new parkrun is starting up next week in North London so pressure will be on again to do another to maintain the hard-won status. The Bethlem (or “Bedlam”) hospital specialises in mental health and over the centuries treatments have included plenty of fresh air and exercise and pints of beer from an inhouse brewery. It is believed that the “mad” King George III was once an inpatient. Barry Walters (27:45) picked up a course pb at Sandhurst Memorial, his third pb in a row there. Melanie Miller (37:42) ran at Isabel Trail parkrun in Stafford for the first time. Her “I” for 2022, she has also run at Ifield Mill Pond (2020) and Itchen Valley (2021). The next club featured parkrun is coming up at Old Deer Park on 29th October (see below). The 900th run at Bushy on that morning is bound to attract a large attendance. The 1000th in two years’ time could be quite something. Steve Newell
Matters Arising - Bushy 1000th runIt could be a busy fortnight since another parkrun number collection gathering momentum is the "Nelson" numbers of multiples of 111 (something to so with cricket). Obviously run 999 is likely to take place at Bushy one week before the 1,000th run there. Upton Court has its 444 run in November and Old Deer Park its 555 in December. It was Rickmansworth's 222 on Saturday and Denis reported that he had to wait to cross the line, so his time is slower than it should have been. They did have an above average number of finishers - though as it happens not as many as they had had for 221. Roderick Hoffman Full club parkrun database - {read access to club parkrun database} - Download and explore. Club Event Map: [Clickable link to Google Maps] Emma Moreton points out that "Bedfont Lakes parkrun has pacers this Saturday (22nd Oct). Times paced will be even numbers. If you’d like to volunteer to pace a time, please let me know!" Next Digest - Results, news, pictures, feedback, jokes, stories - send them to the editor, Roderick Hoffman, at news@barunner.org.uk. Not for you, no longer interested? remove me please. Difficulty viewing this? Read it from the website:- http://www.barunner.org.uk/News Latest.shtml. Club website: www.barunner.org.uk.
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