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BA Athletics Club News Digest 19th September 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. Although the diary shows a London Marathon briefing and kit distribution on 28th September it isn't known whether there will be anything to physically distribute that day. Everyone is welcome to come to the Bedfont club including doing an ad hoc run from 6. 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. Weekly Athletic Achievement (by 5pm Monday) or use the Facebook group prompt:
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- Reason for volunteering at last year‘s marathon with the BA AC was to support and give back to the running community. The iconic race was my first ever marathon over a decade ago, and having completed over a dozen marathons at home and abroad, I wanted to experience what it’s like to be on the other side of the barrier in my favourite marathon. - I'm grateful to the BA club for the marathon place to help me get out in my running gear after a couple of years of almost zero running (parkrun once a week doesn’t count). It has helped me get back to running, motivated me to get back to shape and fitness, and enjoying training once again. - started my 16 week marathon training plan 13 June 2022 with mixed emotions and enthusiasm, knowing it’s going be a long road back to running let alone marathon. Training going well and pleased to see progress up to week 11. Every one of those runs in the preceding weeks were hard ! There were times I couldn’t see progress, weight loss or fitness. Week 12, back from a week's summer holiday, and injury struck with the dreaded planta facilitis, something which I’ve had in the past. Cause was prolonged wearing of flip flops on holiday and the 12 mile-run on second day after arriving back home. Since then it’s been a mix of massage gun, rolling, and reducing mileage, and adjusting my plan and goals. I’ve completed a Duathlon event, continued with parkruns and my own club races (ESM), and to test my foot and fitness will be at the Ealing half-marathon a week before London. My aim at London is to get to the start line in Greenwich with a revised goal (initially it would have been sub-3:45hr). Now I’ll be happy to finish, let alone in a revised target of anything between 4-4:30hours. From this weekend’s Ealing reccy run at a very slow pace, the PF pain started around mile 8-9, and it didn’t subside I dread to think of that happening on October 1st with 17-18 miles to go, will I be able to endure it or go home with a DNF. I guess watch this space… Andy Leung |
Are you running on the 2nd? How is your training going? What are your expectations for the day? Let us all know. If its in print it'll have to come true.
Mike,
Ian and me benefited from the weekly mile held at Bushy up until last Wednesday.
Mike's time was the best of four, Ian's the best from two. I had two runs of
8:33 and then cracked it with 8:32. The other four club members registering a
result ran independently.
Your October Mile can take place any day/time up until Sunday 16th October.
Roderick Hoffman
I picked up on 18(+1) club members and friends reporting recent activity achievements this week.
| Colleague | Activity | Distance | Course | When | Duration | Comments |
| Adrian Haines | Track session | Saint Aigulin | 3 x 800(90)4 x 400(90)5 x 200 on cinder track. Much slower than a synthetic track. | |||
| Barry Walters | Running | 6km | Bracknell | Mon am | 00:36:36 | Ran a steady out and back effort over the forest in the morning with a quicker second half. In the evening did a one hour yoga session at my local leisure centre. |
| Ben Cooper | Running | 5.27km | BAMC to Penmark loop | Sat lunch | 00:27:26 | BAMC to penmark loop, interrupted by 200 Harley Davidsons on the return leg |
| Benita Scaife | Race | 10km | Blackmores Bridge Run | Sun am | 01:07:02 | A road run starting at Milson’s Point on the north side of Sydney harbour. The route crosses the harbour bridge, does a circuit of the Royal Botanic Gardens and finishes at Sydney Opera House. Benita was 2,627 of 5,926 females and 53rd of 225 in her age group. |
| John Scaife | Race | 10km | Blackmores Bridge Run | Sun am | 01:07:03 | Total field was 10,766. There was also a marathon, half marathon and 3.5km fun run on the same morning. I finished 1 second behind Benita. |
| Chris Kelly | Running | 10miles | Dunsden Full Bobble | Sun | 01:49:00 | Building back up for Munich Marathon in October...Noticed that our TVP swans been busy growing while we were away… |
| Clara Halket | Running | 27.8km | Surrey | Wed | 02:37:04 | Landing day run on pavement and trails . Been a while since I did a long run but it felt great, only been paying for it still a few days later Heat and ice as my osteopath recommended. |
| James Edwards | Race | 15km | Tough Mudder NW (Cholmondeley) | Completed 7th Tough Mudder up in Cholmondeley on the weekend. 15km with 30 obstacles. My first two TM were done via BA clubs a few years ago in 2016 | ||
| Janet Smith | parkrun | 5km | California Country | Sat am | Best parkrun time since 2019 and probably my best ever age graded % On the way to LGW for a few days in the sun in Fuerteventura . | |
| Julie Barclay | Running | Rushmoor | Tue | 00:50:00 | Reps - 3km warm-up with 4x600m and 4x400m faster reps followed by 3km warm-down | |
| Paul Watt | Running | Rushmoor | Wed | 01:50:00 | Reps - 3km warm-up with 4x600m and 4x400m faster reps followed by 3km warm-down. [Photo is from the Coventry Memorial Park after Saturday's parkrun] | |
| Keith Johnson | Race | 10km | Stephenage 10k | Sun am | 00:46:20 | 60th overall out of 294 finishers and 9th in age category. |
| Michael Ball | parkrun | 5km | Woking | Sat am | 00:28:04 | parkrun this week - first for a while. |
| Mike Dennison | Running | 34km | Thames to Kew and back. | Mon | 02:51:01 | The last really long training run for London Marathon last Monday. A nice route from home mostly through parks and beside rivers, but still a bit humid for my liking… |
| Petra Otto | Circuits | 3x Circuit training, plus gym. | ||||
| Piers Keenleyside | Race | Half-M | Marcq en Barouel Semi Marathon | Sun | 01:46:06 | Best half for above 5 years - 8:00 minute mile pace for the 13.28 miles measured on my Garmin. |
| Roderick Hoffman | Running | 6.09km | Northala Fields | Thur | 00:41:00 | Hill work with three laps around and up the main mound at Northala Fields. |
| Steve Hillier | Cycling | 22miles | Hillingdon, Stockley Park, Sipson, Heathrow East Base, returning home via Cranford Park. | 02:40:00 | In Cranford Park the excavation work is very evident and the road and car park is firmly closed. |
+late submission - Emma Moreton, running, 12miles, All over (from Shepperton) in 1:45:00 "My last LSR for London. I did a 3-point run consisting of a 6 mile out and back west, a 4 mile out and back south and a 2 mile out and back north. Always wanted to try it!"
Roderick Hoffman
The club recognises those who help the club succeed through arranging, helping or participating in the club's key events. I maintain a table which runs from January to December to see which club member achieves the most and which others are worthy of specific mention. You score 1pt for participating in a club event (those marked "#" in the diary), 2 points if you don't run but do help with the event and 4pts if you are the prime organiser.
I've just updated the table for recent events including the Black Park Club Featured parkrun and the marshaling or running in the Great City Race or the Big Half.
Last time I reported I was narrowly ahead of Steve Newell at the top of the table with Steve Hillier lagging behind. Things have changed with Steve Hillier leapfrogging to now head the table and its Steve Newell who is lagging. But the betting on this year's winner to be is far from over since Mr. Newell has some high scoring events coming up. Previously John Scaife, Benita Scaife and Stephen Taylor had also earned the recognition that ten points in the table gives them. They are now joined by Denis Foxley, Chris Kelly, Simon Turton, Paul Watt, Barry Walters and Jasvir Singh-Modaher. Well done and thank you to each of them. There are then three club members on nine points and three on eight but they will remain nameless until they get to ten!
The next points scoring events are the Equinox 5k on Wednesday and then the London Marathon (marshalling or running).
Roderick Hoffman
I'm not aware of anyone currently hesitating about coming to Hawaii for WARR next month but if you have suddenly found yourself free to come make your registration promptly - they have set a limit of 420 and last time they reported they had 384 registered. You wouldn't want to be on an island without a paddle.
Roderick
39 activities are recorded this week. Please get in touch if your activity is missing.
| Club parkrunner | parkrun | Run# | Pos | Time | Age Grade | Comment |
| Barry WALTERS | Black Park | 624 | 161 | 0:28:46 | 59.39% | 2nd run at Black Park, nine years after first, P-Index = 5 |
| Roderick HOFFMAN | Black Park | 624 | 185 | 0:29:35 | 55.15% | p-index now equals 6 (Northala Fields, Gunpowder, Pymmes, Osterley, Crane Park and now Black Park run 6 times each) |
| Steve NEWELL | Black Park | 624 | 362 | 0:48:45 | 41.20% | 5th run at Black Park, p-index remains on 7 |
| Tony BARNWELL | Black Park | 624 | 369 | 0:50:18 | 41.78% | 54th run at Black Park, first for three years, P-Index = 5 |
| Mike DENNISON | Banstead Woods | 729 | 10 | 0:20:46 | 80.02% | BA Male record (Julie Barclay retains the other records) |
| Maria JOVANI | Banstead Woods | 729 | 42 | 0:23:46 | 67.46% | |
| Kevin HOLLAND | Brooklands | 115 | 198 | 0:36:25 | 51.17% | |
| Ben CHAYTOW | Bushy Park | 894 | 275 | 0:23:43 | 60.22% | Crane Park still closed |
| Ian Haylock | Bushy Park | 894 | 352 | 0:24:42 | 60.19% | |
| Janet SMITH | California Country | 112 | 101 | 0:34:25 | 53.32% | Course PB by 6seconds (and a much better age grade). Fastest parkrun for almost three years. Best age grade for over five. |
| Paul WATT | Coventry | 555 | 18 | 0:20:27 | 76.45% | Coventry run "555". Run #203, park #101. BA fastest Male. |
| Julie BARCLAY | Coventry | 555 | 71 | 0:23:24 | 80.63% | run #255, park #105, BA fastest Female and best Age Grade. |
| Benita SCAIFE | Cowpasture Reserve, Camden | 133 | 51 | 0:32:32 | 65.22% | Another Australian parkrun. run #233, park #86, New BA parkrun #676 |
| John SCAIFE | Cowpasture Reserve, Camden | 133 | 52 | 0:32:33 | 53.00% | run #258, park #95 |
| Bob BANNISTER | Forest of Dean | 585 | 20 | 0:26:08 | 64.80% | run #430, park #39, 6th BA finisher at Forest of Dean parkrun. |
| Anne Bannister | Forest of Dean | 585 | 41 | 0:33:33 | 61.35% | run #262, park#34, 7th BA finisher. |
| Alastair HESLOP | Guildford | 443 | Timekeeper at Guildford | |||
| Piers KEENLEYSIDE | Gunnersbury | 487 | 232 | 0:26:33 | 63.15% | P-Index is 5 |
| Scott DAVISON | Hazelwood | 155 | 49 | 0:26:38 | 55.82% | 3rd run at Hazelwood, after just seven days (1 to 2 four and a half years) |
| Keith Johnson | Houghton Hall | 175 | 32 | 0:24:00 | 62.43% | 28th run at Houghton Hall in 2022 |
| David Cowell | Kirkcaldy | 318 | 3 | 0:18:55 | 74.36% | run #54, park #45, New BA parkrun #678 |
| Melanie Miller | Millennium Country | 107 | 91 | 0:38:42 | 46.17% | run #107, park #81, run number #107 |
| Ray HAMPTON | Nant y Pandy | 128 | 44 | 0:34:08 | 60.16% | New BA parkrun #677 |
| Jeremy SHORT | Osterley | 389 | 197 | 0:35:02 | 46.19% | 35th run at Osterley, 7th this year |
| Anne Anderson | Osterley | 389 | 237 | 0:51:53 | 57.37% | |
| Alan ANDERSON | Osterley | 389 | 238 | 0:51:54 | 50.39% | 88th run at Osterley, P-Index is 3 |
| Murray Hogge | Reading | 567 | 30 | 0:21:30 | 75.27% | family bonding at Reading |
| Frankie HOGGE | Reading | 567 | 31 | 0:21:30 | 68.84% | family bonding at Reading |
| Ben Kelly | Reading | 567 | 45 | 0:22:44 | 56.74% | family bonding at Reading |
| Christopher T KELLY | Reading | 567 | 46 | 0:22:46 | 68.67% | family bonding at Reading, P-Index = 6 |
| Jain REID | Richmond Park | 719 | 287 | 0:30:50 | 58.70% | |
| Denis FOXLEY | Rickmansworth | 218 | 237 | 0:29:11 | 62.88% | |
| Joan FOXLEY | Rickmansworth | 218 | 388 | 0:42:48 | 54.71% | |
| Trish MCCABE | Riddlesdown | 535 | 63 | 0:28:44 | 55.28% | 56th London parkrun (of 59). |
| David DUGGAN | Southall | 37 | 46 | 0:33:42 | 48.42% | Also ran there the previous Saturday but we missed his result for some reason. |
| Ian CUNNINGHAM | St Andrews | 451 | 47 | 0:23:51 | 67.23% | Fastest BA man and best Age Grade (from Simon Ashford) |
| Alice BANKS | Telford | 393 | 94 | 0:26:03 | 80.23% | Fastest BA Lady and best BA Age Grade. |
| Paul TIMMS | Tetbury Goods Shed | 101 | 23 | 0:22:22 | 71.09% | All the 2s 22:22 and an 11 second PB. Improves own BA records. |
| Micheal BALL | Woking | 333 | 175 | 0:28:04 | 57.13% |
Our home borough (Hounslow), with a new council leader, continued to impose a stricter observance of the state mourning period for our late Queen than most local authorities or governing bodies. The runs at Bedfont Lakes, Crane Park and Hanworth were closed for a second week. The premier league match between Brentford and Arsenal was allowed to be played on Sunday with a rearranged time, a minute’s silence, a community singing of ‘God Save the King’ and even an enthusiastically supported minute of spectator clapping after 70 minutes to acknowledge and celebrate the 70 years of the reign.
Trish McCabe (28:44) continued her relentless campaign to visit all London parkruns with a run at Riddlesdown on the edge of Croydon borough – a pleasant cross-country style run on top of the Downs with surprisingly few hilly bits to worry about. These are the ones left for her to visit – Bethlem Royal Hospital (Croydon-Bromley area), the delightfully names Hoblingwell (St Pauls Cray) and Orpington.
Our members run in Scotland only occasionally so it unusual to report that two members ran this week in the ancient Kingdom of Fife. David Cowell (18:55) broke new ground at Kirkcaldy while Ian Cunningham (23:51) bettered the club record previously set by Simon Ashford at St Andrews.
Benita (32:32) and John Scaife (32:33) were still in New South Wales and visited Cowpasture Reserve, Camden to the southwest of Sydney for the first time. Back in old Wales, Ray Hampton (34:08) put in one of his occasional parkrun appearances at Nant y Pandy in Llangefni on Angelsey. The club parkrun total has moved on to 678.
The club featured parkrun at Black Park did not prove popular and only attracted four members. Barry Walters (28:46) returned to Black Park, nine years after his only previous visit and was chased home by Roderick Hoffman (29:35) who we are astonished to learn has now run there six times. Steve Newell (48:45) and Tony Barnwell (50:18) were nearer the back of the field. For Tony it was a 54th visit, albeit the first in three years. As a point of information the earlybird car parking fee has gone up to £2.80.
Melanie Miller cast aside her interest in Fibonacci highlighted last week and maybe started a new trend. She visited Millennium Country Park so that her 107th parkrun coincided with edition 107 at the Marston Vale event. Whatever next !?
Another journalistic guest spot opportunity is coming up as Steve Newell will be on a round GB cruise on 1st October and won’t be able to write for this column. Any volunteers? Steve is actually due in the Isle of Man that Saturday but doesn’t expect the ship’s lifeboat to make it to the quayside in time to get to Nobles parkrun with a 9 a.m. start.
Steve Newell
Some people will be at Bedfont Lakes parkrun next Saturday because it is event number 610 (233+377=610). If you don't know what I'm talking about then be thankful, but you might also like to consider being a volunteer at Bedfont.
Full club parkrun database - {read access to club parkrun database} - Download and explore.
Club Event Map: [Clickable link to Google Maps]
A couple of non-flat race notifications this week, with BA connections with the organisers:
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