BA Athletics Club News Digest 19th February 2024
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Distance |
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Harrow Hill 10k Results - 18th February 2024
This is a regular fixture on my running schedule but I was unable to do it
this year since I was due to be in Manchester for the weekend. But I'm pleased
to see that we did have a club representative this year - Oliver Mathai who
finished in 58:58 and in 113rd position out of 183, 11th in his category.
That's also five minutes faster than my time of last year and I think I would
have been slower this.
Roderick
Recent Activity Achievements
15 members' achievements were communicated to me before this week's
publication time.
| Colleague |
Activity |
Distance |
Course |
When |
Duration |
Comments |
| Andy Rayner |
Various |
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Thurs fast walk estate in 10m 34s / Fri fast walk estate in 10m 23s
/ Sat fast walk estate in 10m 37s + cycle Ockwells/Cox Green in 18m 56s. |
| Barry Walters |
Running |
6km |
Bracknell |
Mon am |
00:34:55 |
Fast run over to Savernake Park, halfway in 17:31 and back in 17:24.
Felt good in the cold conditions. In the evening did a 45 minute rpm
virtual workout followed by a 30 minute sprint cycle session which
included hills, speed work and pace training. |
| Benita Scaife |
mixed Run/Walk |
8miles |
The River Thames |
Wed |
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We ran the four miles from Sonning to Reading along what is usually
the Thames Path but which had become in places just an extension of the
river… |
| John Scaife |
mixed Run/Walk |
8miles |
The River Thames |
Wed |
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...Once your feet and ankles have been properly submerged you’re as
wet as you’re going to get so we just ploughed on. Changed into dry tops
and waterproofs from running backpack in Caffè Nero before walking back
the same way. |
| Clara Halket |
mixed Run/Walk |
The Ranges |
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Sat |
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Morning workout on the ranges in light rain , |
| David Cowell |
Race |
2.25miles |
Hetton Country Park, Durham |
Sat pm |
00:12:41 |
NECAA 6 Stage Road Relays. 1st leg. Haven’t done this event for many
years. Nice course, well organised and good fun. |
| James Edwards |
Running |
42km |
Local trail loop |
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05:00:00 |
4hrs on feet turned into to 5hrs as part of marathon training - ran
42km local trail loop with 800m elevation. Rivers flooded and wet knees
on a few occasions. |
| Julie Barclay |
Running |
8km |
Rushmoor |
Tue |
00:55:00 |
2.5k warm-up from the carpark, along Basingstoke Canal, to Rushmoor
for our first fast-rep session for two months. Julie 1x1k and 4x500m… |
| Paul Watt |
Running |
8km |
Rushmoor |
Tue |
00:55:00 |
...and Paul 3x1k. Both pleased as all reps were within our realistic
targets. Finally 2.5k back to the car. |
| Melanie Miller |
Walking |
24km |
Harpenden |
Sat |
05:00:00 |
A very muddy walk to see a mill, a church with tombstone of a lawyer
and his two dogs, and a museum. All covering nearly 15 miles soon after
a rather speedy parkwalker role at Luton Wardown. |
| Petra Otto |
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Gym |
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Just the now customary visits to ‘Pure Gym’, whose membership I have
recently upgraded, enabling me to visit all of their 245+ gyms
nationwide, and getting unlimited drinks as well. |
| Piers Keenleyside |
Race |
Marathon |
Seville Marathon |
Sun |
03:52:27 |
Best of the week was my 5th visit to Seville to run the marathon.
Finished 18th of 88 in the VM65-69 age group. |
| Roderick Hoffman |
Running |
13km |
Birmingham Canal Navigation |
Thur |
01:35:12 |
Continuing my canal and river mileage with a BCN loop using the old
and new mainline between Oldbury and Dudley. My total is now up to
466miles. |
| Simon Turton |
Orienteering |
9.72km |
Esher Commons |
Sun |
01:18:19 |
Inter Orienteering club competition for Berkshire Orienteers. Not
the most runnable area with lots of ground vegetation and marshes meant
the going was a lot slower than at last week's event at Micheldever.
Still, got round my course and scored for the club, so I call that a
result. Bonus - rain stayed off despite the forecast. |
| Steve Hillier |
Cycling |
35km |
Bucks and Middx |
Mon |
01:58:00 |
The ride included the very muddy and steep Beech Trail from Iver
Heath to Cowley, then the Grand Union Canal through West Drayton and
Hayes. A blue boat on a barge pictured at Bull's Bridge. |
The first three photos are held over from last week.
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 Roderick
& Team,
Having read through the weekly email I felt compelled to write in
with quite a cool achievement.
I’m not much of a park runner but I have introduced my kids to the
Junior Parkruns which are 2km and held in our local town of Bridgend. My
eldest Paige (age 6) has completed 24 of them now and now my youngest
Mason has completed his first having just turned 4, two weeks ago.
This was a huge achievement for him because he is a cancer survivor.
He may, possibly be the youngest ever cancer survivor to complete a
parkrun?? (albeit the junior version)
Shortly after his first birthday he started treatment for a tumour
growth, which lasted 10 months. He spent over 500hrs connected to
infusion machines for chemotherapy, battled neutropenia on several
occasions requiring blood transfusions. He has completed 5 surgeries,
with the main one to remove the tumour requiring displacement of his
digestive system, carrying a real risk of nerve damage & a loss of
feeling in his left leg, with a risk of losing his leg completely.
Shortly after, Mason completed 31 proton consecutive radiotherapy
treatments during a 6-week period. To date he has received 51 general
anesthetics to sedate for treatments. Following this he has recovered
well and started school.
His last MRI at Christmas revealed he has a collapsed lung, which we
have been monitoring, however…. He surprised us all by wanting to run on
the weekend with his big sister, and completed Bridgend Junior Parkrun
2km in 18:46
Mason's Journey
www.mason21.uk
I’m also fundraising on his behalf for Children with Cancer UK
Children with Cancer UK: James Edwards Fundraising Page (enthuse.com)
Regards,
James Edwards (BAMC)
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parkrun Results for Saturday 17th
February 2024
36 activities are recorded below plus one from last week. Please get in touch if your activity is
missing.
| Club parkrunner |
parkrun |
Run# |
Pos |
Time |
Age Grade |
Comment |
| David
John BIRD |
Bedfont Lakes |
680 |
16 |
0:23:18 |
68.24% |
same position as last week but 4 seconds faster |
| Colin
HAYLOCK |
Bushy Park |
972 |
178 |
0:21:18 |
71.52% |
four weeks in a row and getting faster |
| Maria
JOVANI |
Bushy Park |
972 |
229 |
0:21:52 |
74.85% |
F25, 35th run at Bushy |
| Ian Haylock |
Bushy Park |
972 |
1293 |
0:32:39 |
46.30% |
run #395, 386th at Bushy |
| Ian
CUNNINGHAM |
Bushy Park |
972 |
1387 |
0:34:20 |
47.14% |
busiest run at Bushy this year |
| Diana
Smith |
Bushy Park |
972 |
1621 |
0:45:43 |
52.10% |
Third PB in a row! Further 23second improvement. |
| Fiona
Bishop |
Chichester |
421 |
57 |
0:27:41 |
73.21% |
first run at Chichester |
| Mike
DENNISON |
Chippenham |
440 |
10 |
0:21:14 |
78.96% |
fourth run at Chippenham |
| Benita
SCAIFE |
Chipping Norton School |
135 |
107 |
0:34:02 |
63.32% |
BA fastest female (from Harjit) and best age grade (from Piers) |
| John
SCAIFE |
Chipping Norton School |
135 |
108 |
0:34:03 |
51.79% |
first run at Chipping Norton School [also see below] |
| Elise
LAWRENSON |
Clapham Common |
214 |
331 |
0:26:22 |
62.07% |
first run at Clapham Common |
| Sarah
GORDON |
Coldham’s Common |
206 |
237 |
0:41:00 |
51.75% |
first run at Coldham's Common (Cambridge) |
| Scott
DAVISON |
Crane Park |
546 |
50 |
0:25:44 |
58.23% |
run #454 |
| Murray
Hogge |
Delamere |
483 |
148 |
0:26:54 |
61.21% |
2nd run at Delamere, previous visit one year ago |
| Ben
Kelly |
Dinton Pastures |
226 |
22 |
0:22:22 |
57.75% |
26second PB |
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Christopher T KELLY |
Dinton Pastures |
226 |
64 |
0:25:06 |
62.82% |
598th parkrun |
| Paul
WATT |
East Brighton |
200 |
19 |
0:24:34 |
64.18% |
First BA male at East Brighton. [also see below] |
| Julie
BARCLAY |
East Brighton |
200 |
24 |
0:25:29 |
75.08% |
F2, Fastest Lady and best Age Grade (from Harjit) |
| Vera
Simms |
East Brighton |
200 |
60 |
0:30:22 |
64.82% |
run #80, first at East Brighton |
| Alastair
HESLOP |
Guildford |
506 |
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Timekeeper at Guildford |
| Steve
NEWELL |
Gunnersbury |
562 |
610 |
0:49:12 |
41.73% |
499th parkrun, 150th at Gunnersbury |
| Joan
FOXLEY |
Harrow |
387 |
212 |
0:38:34 |
62.88% |
run #288 |
| Denis
FOXLEY |
Harrow |
387 |
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Run Director at Harrow |
| Kevin
HOLLAND |
Hazelwood |
223 |
93 |
0:41:58 |
45.95% |
first run at Hazelwood, 10th different parkrun |
| Roderick
HOFFMAN |
Heaton Park |
622 |
396 |
0:29:21 |
56.10% |
For BAAC the oldest new parkrun in the book [see below]. #801.
"With 838 participants it took 13seconds to reach the start line and I
nearly had to queue to cross the finish line." |
| Bob
BANNISTER |
Hogmoor Inclosure |
240 |
95 |
0:28:54 |
59.11% |
497th parkrun |
| Adrian
HAINES |
Ifield Mill Pond |
153 |
14 |
0:22:09 |
69.98% |
first parkrun of 2024, run #92 |
| Melanie
Miller |
Luton Wardown |
389 |
273 |
0:48:55 |
37.00% |
first run at Luton Wardown, park #157 |
| Alan
ANDERSON |
Osterley |
464 |
375 |
0:47:11 |
57.75% |
699th parkrun |
| Jeremy
SHORT |
Osterley |
464 |
382 |
0:48:31 |
33.63% |
run #151 |
| Neil
FREDIANI |
Prudhoe Riverside |
298 |
97 |
0:31:56 |
53.50% |
37th run at Prudhoe Riverside |
| David
DUGGAN |
Southall |
106 |
68 |
0:34:48 |
47.75% |
22nd run Southall |
| Ben
CHAYTOW |
Southwark |
460 |
64 |
0:21:34 |
66.77% |
first run at Southwark, park #33 |
| Trish
MCCABE |
Swanley |
113 |
32 |
0:29:02 |
55.80% |
first run at Swanley, in Kent and within M25. Just needs
Roding Valley and Dartford Heath for M25 ring to go with "Londone". |
| Paul
TIMMS |
Tetbury Goods Shed |
173 |
19 |
0:23:03 |
69.56% |
30th run at Tetbury Woodshed |
| David
Cowell |
Darlington South Park |
505 |
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Funnel Manager at Darlington South Park |
| Gary
RUSHMER |
Bedfont Lakes |
679 |
16 |
0:23:04 |
70.74% |
[Former member] Last week's result. First parkrun for over six years. |
parkrun Review Saturday 17th February 2024
One result that slipped through unreported last week was the first appearance
since 2017 by former club captain Gary Rushmer (23:04) at Bedfont Lakes.
His parkrun pb of 18:10 was achieved at Bushy on his debut in October 2007.
Are we about to witness a comeback? Will we see the three generations, all
called Gary Rushmer and all with parkrun barcodes, finishing with a combined
total time inside the hour? Maybe that is asking a bit much of a family fun run.
The mild weather encouraged a colossal turnout of 1685 at Bushy parkrun, one
of the biggest ever on a regular Saturday. The records are held by
Christmas Day which often attracts 2500. Di Smith (45:43) achieved a pb on
a day when 1620 finished ahead of her.
Roderick Hoffman (29:21) made a rare visit to Manchester and a run at the
well attended 622nd edition of the Heaton Park parkrun (838 finishers) to add to
his and the self-maintained club total of different parkruns (now up to 801).
No run eventually run has previously evaded us on 621 occasions!
The easy access to individual parkrun totals (minimum of 20UK or 30
Worldwide) was a useful feature of the parkrun HQ statistics which has been
withdrawn so this column will not be highlighting these on a weekly basis for
the time being. (An appeal has been lodged for availability via the 5k
App!). Individual run totals are obviously linked to the milestone targets
which are rewarded with the right to buy a corresponding T-Shirt. The
first few are relatively easy to achieve for anyone young and mobile enough.
At the other end there is a huge gap between the blue 500 shirt for which still
fewer than 1000 parkrunners have qualified and the yet-to-be-announced but
widely anticipated rainbow shirt for 1000 runs. Four pioneers from the
early days have now done over 800 runs. A group of our more prolific or
stubborn runners are about to pass certain landmarks in the coming weeks.
parkrun is habit forming (does that mean addictive?). Alan Anderson is one run
short of 700 and Chris Kelly is on 598. Last year we saw Mike Dennison
(now on 546) and Ian Cunningham (541) pass the 500 mark and carry on.
Steve Newell (499) is slowly getting there while Bob Bannister (497) is still
seeking out new challenges and appeared at the well worth visiting Hogmoor
Inclosure (28:54) for the first time this week. This column will mention
planned “500” runs in due course [Ed: i.e. Steve's probably won't be next
week].
And, lastly. Thanks to all those who have responded regarding your
favourite parkruns in Kent. We will keep the topic open for another week –
some more of you must have a tale to tell.
Steve Newell
Matters Arising - Oxfordshire parkruns
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there is a counties theme going on at present I thought I would report
in to say that I believe Benita and I are now “Oxdone”, having run at
all 12 parkruns currently operating in Oxfordshire.
We completed the set at Chipping Norton School in foggy conditions
today having previously run at Abingdon, Banbury, Bicester, Didcot,
Grove Fields, Harcourt Hill, Henley-on-Thames, Horspath, Oxford,
University Parks and Witney.
I assume they needed to add the word “school” because when the event
in Oxfordshire started up, Chipping Norton parkrun in New South Wales
had already been established. That’s about 40 mins drive from our son’s
house in Menai, south of Sydney, so we may well add that to the list on
a future visit.
John Scaife
Ed: There are now five similarly named parkruns: "Chippenham
parkrun", "Chippenham Playing Fields parkrun, Monmouth", "Chipping
Norton parkrun", "Chipping Norton School parkrun" and "Chipping Sodbury
parkrun". In the parkrun database parkruns are still uniquely identified
by their names. You would have thought that that idea would have had its
"chips" by now! Chipping Norton School is the only Oxfordshire parkrun
I've not yet done. Chris Kelly has done eight of the twelve. No one else
has done more than five of them.
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Heaton Park parkrun
Heaton Park parkrun has the parkrun ID #18 and was the 18th parkrun to hold
its inaugural on 20 June 2009, so just over a month after the launch of Bedfont
Lakes parkrun (ID #15). Before Saturday Heaton Park parkrun was the longest
running parkrun not to have been visited by a BAAC member.
Middlesbrough
Stewart parkrun (NE region), Morden Hall parkrun (London) and Rolf Valley
(Zimbabwe) had started before Heaton Park started but had all already had their
final run before June 2009.
The new oldest parkrun to have not been visited
by a club member is Strathclyde parkrun (#159) which had its inaugural in April
2010 - the 37th parkrun. Wakefield Thornes parkrun has a much lower ID (#30) but
didn't hold its inaugural until much later (20th September 2014).
The first ten UK parkruns were originally named "Time Trials". Of these I've
still to run Woodhouse Moor, Bramhall and Albert. The ones I have run are Bushy
Park, Wimbledon Common, Banstead Woods, Richmond Park, Brighton & Hove, Cardiff
and Basingstoke. The eleventh parkrun to start, and the first to start as a
parkrun not a time trial, was Glasgow parkrun, though it subsequently was
renamed Pollok parkrun.
A word with the founder
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I looked at the volunteer roster last Thursday for our Saturday visit
to East Brighton parkrun and there he was; Paul Sinton-Hewitt as
number-checker. I started to rehearse my questions of him over and over
in my mind. I had two days and a 90 minute car journey to prepare. When
I saw him though, I had absolutely no idea what to say! I had so many
questions but I held back. I had realised on our journey to Brighton
that he no longer has a policy-making role within parkrun and that any
contrary opinions that he may have cannot be aired publicly as he would
be expected to echo the CEO’s messages.
He sat opposite us in the cafe and after an hour I mustered some
courage and approached whilst remembering that he was not the person to
question and even if he were, this was not the place to do it: quite
reserved for me really.
I thanked him for everything that he has done and that parkrun is an
important part of my life but I did express a concern regarding the
position of experienced runners in the future. I personally feel that
many of the changes and initiatives - dogs and pushchairs (welcome of
course), parkwalk, removal of records and the removal of ‘a timed event’
description - all point away from faster runners. He said that parkrun
is an inclusive event that brings new people into running and can be
used as their stepping-stone to joining a club; an interesting
perspective. He said that parkrun has a few legal challenges at present
but he did guarantee one thing, which is that results and timing will
remain and will never be withdrawn.
Paul Watt
Ed: Photos by Rush Farnell from the East Brighton Flickr site. It
does look like it was a muddy one. Note in the dry photograph, behind
Paul Sinton-Hewitt, former members Ian and Caroline Cockram.
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Letters to the Editor
Mark Taylor’s daughter Rhiannon had her cousin, Phil Sesemann, running in the
same race as Piers, the Seville Marathon. He managed to achieve the Olympic
qualifying time 2hr 8mins 4 secs to finish 16th overall.
Dawn Taylor Sweeney
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