BA Athletics Club News Digest 11th February 2019
Events:
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Wednesday 20th February - Lunchtime NOW run at Northala Fields from 12:00
* reminder below {no evening meet up}
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Wednesday 27th February - Five Mile Handicap #
and Club Awards evening at The Bedfont Club
*
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Saturday 2nd March - Ladies Surrey League final match at Lloyd Park,
Croydon from 11:00 #
We meet at 18:00 at the
Bedfont Club
on most
Wednesdays throughout the year BUT NOT THIS WEDNESDAY.
New members and potential members of all fitness levels and abilities are welcome at all of these events. The full diary of club featured events is on the club website at: http://www.barunner.org.uk/Event Diary.shtml.
Last updated: 11th February.
* Club Event Map: [Clickable link to Google Maps]
(parkrun details updated 5th February) /
# Club Points event.
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BARunnerUK/ (formal
"front window" club page), BA Runner Facebook Group (informal
"back office" - ask to join).
Inclusions, with photos, please to Roderick Hoffman at news@barunner.org.uk.
London Marathon helper update
Following a call for help in last week’s digest I’m pleased to
advise that I’ve reached the target and CANNOT ACCEPT ANY MORE HELP.
With 10 weeks to go to the event this is amazing and is a big help to
me, especially as this year the LM have introduced an online
registration tool to better address their duty of care to volunteer
helpers. I’ll send the details out to helpers on how to register in the
next week.
If you’ve not been able to sign-up to help at the marathon,
please consider other upcoming LM supported events; Vitality London
10000 (Mon 27 May), Standard Chartered City Race (16 Jul) and Prudential
Ride London (4 Aug) which all afford helping opportunities. And please
note that when the Club Committee consider how to allocate the
guaranteed entry places we get for the London Marathon we consider
support given to each of these events.
Regards,
Simon Turton
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Reminder - NOW run at Northala Fields this Wednesday 20th February from
12:00
There will be a NOW (Non-office workers) run on Wednesday 20th February
2019 instead of our usual club evening. Park at either of the two free
car parks at Northala Fields (see club map) and meet at the cross-paths
near the loos and cafe (pictured, and where the parkrun meets up). The
plan is...
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Meet by 12:00,
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Run on a variant of the parkrun course for 5k (with an easy opt out
of the last km),
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Drinks, food and chats at the Cafe (San Remo cafe - see
photo on Facebook for menu),
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Optional climb up the spiral mound and admire the views of London
and Heathrow.
Let me know to expect you, or just turn up anyway.
Roderick Hoffman
Speedbird Ladies Race this year - Wednesday 8th May
Please pass on the message that the Speedbird Ladies race is on
Wednesday 8th May from 19:00 at the usual site on Harmondsworth Moor.
Details of the event are now on the website at
http://www.barunner.org.uk/Event_Ladies.shtml,
it can be entered through postal application or via Run Britain (and
Active Training World will be added shortly). All of the ladies of the
club are encouraged to enter and run, and all of the men are asked to
volunteer as course marshals and officials (and perhaps have a 5k
training run before or after the Ladies race).
Roderick Hoffman
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Club parkrun results for Saturday 16th February 2019
| 16th Feb | Runner |
Time |
parkrun |
Comment |
Age Grade |
| David |
Duggan |
29:02 |
Gardiners Creek (VIC) |
1st run at Gardiners Creek, BA park #471 |
55% |
| Roderick |
Hoffman |
28:25 |
Amager Faelled (CPH) |
park #362, BApark #472 |
55% |
| Janet |
Smith |
35:34 |
Wycombe Rye |
run #99, 1st at Wycombe Rye |
50% |
| Tony |
Barnwell |
43:25 |
Wycombe Rye |
run #181, 85th at Wycombe Rye |
44% |
| Joe |
Nolan |
34:06 |
Black Park |
improving streak continues |
48% |
| Julie |
Barclay |
23:59 |
Rushmoor |
run #153, 43rd at Rushmoor |
75% |
| Chris |
Evans |
23:39 |
Bedfont Lakes |
run #228, 221st at Bedfont Lakes |
64% |
| Caroline |
Cockram |
29:05 |
Bedfont Lakes |
run #348, 201st at Bedfont Lakes |
57% |
| Ian |
Cockram |
29:06 |
Bedfont Lakes |
run #469, 282nd at Bedfont Lakes |
51% |
| Neil |
Frediani |
51:22 |
Bedfont Lakes |
run #218, 140th at Bedfont Lakes |
32% |
| Bob |
Bannister |
51:22 |
Bedfont Lakes |
run #348, 288th at Bedfont Lakes |
32% |
| Anne |
Bannister |
57:32 |
Bedfont Lakes |
run #190,155th at Bedfont |
34% |
| Zoe |
Ostley |
57:34 |
Bedfont Lakes |
run #222, tailwalker |
31% |
| Sarah |
Gordon |
31:49 |
Braunstone |
run #221, 70th at Braunstone |
62% |
| Michael |
Ball |
25:20 |
Brooklands |
run #145, 5th at Brooklands |
62% |
| Ian |
Cunningham |
24:18 |
Bushy Park |
run #367, 298th at Bushy Park |
64% |
| Emmanuel |
Brousse |
23:41 |
Chelmsford Central |
run #55, 2nd at Chelmsford |
60% |
| Ben |
Chaytow |
23:37 |
Crane Park |
run #222, 191st at Crane Park |
59% |
| Oliver |
Mathai |
25:02 |
Gunnersbury |
run #58, 34th at Gunnersbury |
67% |
| Steve |
Newell |
38:09 |
Jersey Farm |
run #345, 1st at Jersey Farm, park #105 |
49% |
| Petra |
Otto |
34:24 |
March |
run #78, 57th at March |
61% |
| Scott |
Davison |
24:44 |
Osterley Park |
run #290, 2nd at Osterley |
59% |
| Trish |
McCabe |
27:43 |
Osterley Park |
run #274, 14th at Osterley |
56% |
| Alan |
Anderson |
42:48 |
Osterley Park |
run #541, 11th at Osterley |
53% |
| Chris |
Kelly |
24:37 |
Reading |
run #421, 327th at Reading |
61% |
| Marion |
Woodhouse |
32:47 |
Rickmansworth |
run #37, 9th at Rickmansworth |
54% |
| Eddie |
Giles |
26:58 |
Salisbury |
run #111, 33rd at Salisbury |
65% |
| Alastair |
Heslop |
volunteer |
Guildford |
timekeeper |
| Maddie |
Heslop |
volunteer |
Guildford |
run director |
The day started in Australia where David Duggan (29:02) ran at Gardiners
Creek on the eastern side of Melbourne. Club members have now visited more
than 40 parkruns in Australia. Roderick Hoffman (28:25) made a second
visit to Copenhagen and this time ran at Amager Faelled, a well-established
parkrun (event ID 13) soon to celebrate its 10th anniversary. Recent
joiner Finbarr Cotter has also run there (in 2016). The club total has
moved on to 472.
There was little tourism going on otherwise although notably Janet Smith
(35:34) ran at Wycombe Rye for the first time and is now on 99 runs so her black
vest is now only 5km away now*. Tony Barnwell was also at Wycombe and made
his 2019 parkrun debut. Good to have him back. Steve Newell
(38:09) ventured to Jersey Farm (beyond St Albans) for a number of obscure
reasons and experienced the “winter course”. The summer course may be more
attractive but will incorporate the same hills! Janet Smith holds the club
record there with 37:00.
Our faster runners may have been saving themselves for other events over the
weekend. Julie Barclay (23:59, 74.5%) put in the most impressive
performance, at Rushmoor. Joe Nolan(34:06) is showing remarkable pace
control as he shaves a few seconds off his time at Black Park week after week.
The club featured parkrun planned for Black Park on 2nd March has been
deferred until a later date. The Women’s Surrey cross country league
fixture postponed before Christmas has been rescheduled for that date. The
next cfp will now be at Brooklands on Saturday 13th April.
A new parkrun in our area is starting at California Country Park next
Saturday 23rd March and is being promoted by Wokingham Borough Council. It
will form a triangle with established parkruns, four miles from both Bracknell
and Dinton Pastures.
Steve Newell
Updated parkrun Stats -
club parkrun stats
* Janet Smith says..."My 100th is going to be on March 16th at Black Park.
I will make cake. I had a bit of a hangover on Saturday so was slow. It
was really nice to bump into Lorraine Shaw though. She is a pioneer of women's
hammer throwing in this country and the first over 60m. She loves parkrun."
Inaugurals
California Country - as is usual for UK inaugurals you are asked to consider
not attending unless this parkrun will be your nearest parkrun. My forecast for
them is for double the number considered reasonable for an inaugural AND the
team have replied to me on why they think even more might turn up (including
Woodley being closed for path works). One of the Wales inaugurals I hinted at
was held last Saturday at Hafan Pwllheli and attracted a massive field of all of 25
runners. You would have been most welcome at that inaugural! There will also be
an inaugural run in mid-Wales on 2nd
March (to be confirmed) and my forecast for them is even lower than my forecast
for Hafan Pwllheli (61 rather than 70).
Roderick
Tom Rowley has brought to our attention the fact that Rushmoor
parkrun will be using an alternative course on 2nd March, meeting at the
Fox Lines car park. So if you plan on visiting don't be caught out.
Reason for Cancellation - too many trees on the course
(actual picture)
We are used to the pavements being dug up the evening before our
Concorde Five races, the Harrow Hill race often has the same issues to
contend with (though not this year) and I turned up at the Ickenham 5
one year to discover that the council had planted a poppy field where
the first aid tent was to be. Last Saturday Durham parkrun
had to be cancelled at short notice because a new wood had been planted
across the line of the course! A note from the land owner, Durham
University, reaffirmed their intention to continue to host the parkrun
and stated that they would work with the parkrun team to derive a new
course - but oddly left out the word "sorry".
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Street-O - Kentish Town 12th February - result
We had three runners in the Kentish Town Street-O last week. Simon took the
longest time, with 25 time penalties, but scored highest with 445 net points and
26th finish, then came me with 6 time penalties and 424 points and finally
Christine Munden finished within the time limit and scored 210 points, finishing
in 86th place of 99 competitors.
A total of 259 people have run in the six events of the current series and in
the overall table Simon is lying in 12th place, I'm in 21st and Christine is
80th (16th lady). Since Simon and I have both run the five scoring events needed
for the table we will struggle to maintain our current positions with three
events left. The next event is relatively local being run around Brentford,
from the Black Dog Beerhouse on Tuesday 12th March.
Roderick Hoffman
Harrow Hill 10k 17th February - result
| Pos |
Race No |
Name |
Time |
Net Time |
Category |
Cat Pos |
Gender |
Gen Pos |
Club |
| 1 |
180 |
~~~ ~~~ |
00:34:35 |
00:34:32 |
Senior |
1 |
Male |
1 |
~~~ ~~~ |
| 12 |
273 |
Stephen Norris |
00:39:08 |
00:39:05 |
M50 |
1 |
Male |
12 |
Thames Valley Harriers |
| 172 |
99 |
Roderick Hoffman |
01:03:13 |
01:03:03 |
M50 |
30 |
Male |
133 |
BRITISH AIRWAYS AC |
| 228 |
170 |
Petra Otto |
01:15:35 |
01:15:22 |
W55 |
20 |
Female |
78 |
BRITISH AIRWAYS AC |
 Sunday
was a lovely day for the Harrow Hill race, run over 10k with two and a half
climbs up the hill. The team, pictured, may have had more supporters than
runners but club friend Stephen Norris also finished and won the V50 category.
Tom's bit
On Saturday at Rushmoor parkrun Julie Barclay was 105th in 23.59. This
month she is running to the parkruns to fit in a third one hour run each week
before getting a lift home with Paul after the run. Paul didn't run owing
to a cold.
Also in the Chessington Valentines 10k today Kay Trinder ran a 0/50 PB of
41.34 finishing 1st 0/50 (63rd o/a). Her pal Aimee ran with her and also
ran a 0/40 PB.
Ian Cunningham was 120th in 47.10 and wife Janet 345th in 63.40. 423 ran.
Tom Rowley
Running shorts...
- According to Facebook Maria Jovani finished the Seville Marathon on
Sunday in a marathon PB of 3:26:27 and Piers Keenleyside finished in 4:29
(so faster than his previous marathon).
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