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BA Athletics Club News Digest 21st October 2019Events:
We will be meeting at 18:00 at the Bedfont Club this Wednesday for the Five Mile Handicap and Social. All members are welcome. New members and potential members of all fitness levels and abilities are welcome at most of our events. The full diary of club featured events is on the club website at: http://www.barunner.org.uk/Event Diary.shtml. Last updated: 29th July. * Club Event Map: [Clickable link to Google Maps] (parkrun details updated 23rd Sept 2019) / # 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. Anti-spoofing measuresOver the last couple of years we've seen a large growth in both the volume and sophistication of "spoofing" emails. These are emails designed to trick the receiver as to their origin and intent. Just this morning our Treasurer received one supposing from me, saying that we had to make provision for gift cards. Telltale signs of a spoof include unusual requests, poor English (though their English is improving!) and the use of an email address with an unusual domain (after the "@"). If in doubt then forward the email to the person it claims to have been sent from, using their regular email address including domain, and ask them if it is genuine. To counter the raise in Spoofing a change is being made to the baRUNNER website and these digests to replace most of the personal email addresses used with "@barunner.org.uk" addresses. These will have the format either {Clubposition}@barunner.org.uk or {FirstnameSurnameInitial}@barunner.org.uk. This change won't stop the spoofing but may help to make the spoof emails more obvious. For a list of the committee members and our barunner contact email addresses see http://www.barunner.org.uk/Club_Committee.shtml. Any questions or thoughts - contact me. Roderick Hoffman {news@barunner.org.uk} Five-mile winter handicap 2019/20 – starts Wednesday 23rd October 2019 # Reminder - please respond
The club clock will be ticking down in the football club carpark from shortly before 6 p.m. Those runners who ran last season will have their suggested start time carried forward. Others can select a time based on a recent five mile run or extrapolated from a parkrun time. On a normal week the hope is that most people will finish close to 7 p.m. Search parties will be sent out if anyone is more than ten minutes overdue. There will also be a “brisk walking route” of about two and a quarter miles (3.5km) for those who want some exercise/“fresh” air but not a run. All runners should make themselves as visible as possible by wearing light coloured clothing or a reflective vest if possible. All those intending to run/walk on 23rd October are asked to register with Steve Newell in advance - especially those who require catering afterwards! Steve Newell {SteveN@barunner.org.uk} Club parkrun results for Saturday 19th October 2019
Volunteers include...[remember, we can only guarantee to include your volunteer efforts if you email us about them]
Julie Barclay (21:24, 84.58%) was top of the class this week on a visit to Minehead where the course is a flat out and back along the beach promenade. Other members trying out somewhere new included Trish McCabe (28:04) at Beckenham Place and Ian Cunningham (24:39) who lowered the club record at Southwark Park (Surrey Quays area). Piers Keenleyside (25:43) was back home at Gunnersbury to complete his 250th run. Former member Chris Dawson (22:34) was spotted at Gunnersbury, equalling the PB he achieved last week {Groundhog PB} – he has also run the Ealing half marathon more than once. Ian Cockram (23:54 at Bedfont Lakes) has now run 497, so a “500” club membership must be just around the corner. We might have had the Queen’s Speech early this year but those who celebrate the attempt to interrupt the King’s Speech in 1605 (Scottish King of England, prior to UK being established) with a loud bang are about to have an impact on us on 2nd November. The parkruns at Ally Pally, Bexley, Bromley, Guildford, Kingston, Upton Court and Woking have all been cancelled along with some junior parkruns on Sunday 3rd. Fireworks? Bonfires? Climate Change? This could be the last time, make the most of it. The Lord Mayor's fireworks scheduled for 9th November have already been cancelled. And to cap it all, the Brooklands parkrun has been cancelled for another week because Beach’s funfair is occupying part of the route. Anyone heading to Japan for a Rugby match should be aware that the parkrun at Futakotamagawa may be cancelled while damage caused by Typhoon Hagibis is cleared up. There are now eight parkruns established in Japan and not all of them were so badly affected. This reporter has booked up to be out of country for the next two weeks on the off chance that Brexit actually happens so anyone else with parkrun anecdotes is invited to send them to news@barunner.org.uk by lunchtime on Mondays. Steve's parkrun stats - club parkrun stats - UPDATED Full club parkrun database - {read access to new club parkrun database} - UP TO DATE - Download and explore.
Steve Newell / Roderick Hoffman
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Somewhat slower, I’ve just finished 3 marathons in 3 weeks myself: (1) Richmond Runfest (5:28) - after a 4 month break I used this as a long run, running the first half and walking the second, (2) Berlin marathon (4:58) - got to experience the new parkrun barcode scanners (i.e. using smartphones) they were testing, (3) Loch Ness (4:50) - very hilly for me but a nice bonus of Inverness parkrun the day before. The picture is of one Kipchoge fly by. If anyone is interested in a
video of the actual finish there’s one in the blog link below written by
the friends I went with: Jain Reid |
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I completed the Chelmsford Marathon today in 4:11:49 - did it 3 years ago in 3:30:23. Not sure if I will ever get back to that sort of time. I nearly missed out on the sub 4:15 after tripping on the pavement with about 1/2 mile to go. Grazed my knee and elbows but didn't do too much damage and managed to shuffle to the finish! Fairly flat course in quiet country lanes - but some of the shallow upward gradients seemed to go on for ever! Got a nice spinning medal - must be the fashion this year as it is the 3rd spinning medal I've had! Bumped into Jas (Jasvir Singh Modaher) at the start and have seen that he finished in 5:13:14 - he also previously ran this one in 2016. My marathon total now 166. My time was my second fastest since February 2018. Changed tactics for this race - I usually go as fast as possible for the first half (which is only 1:50 to 2:00 these days) and then try to hang on for the second half. Still had a bit of groin pain from Chester 2 weeks ago so decided to go a bit slower today and did first half in about 2:02/03 and then slowed a bit in the second half but not as much as in Chester where a did splits of about 1:55 followed by 2:24 Piers Keenleyside |
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Squadron Memorial Run - Hanworth on Saturday 19th October
I
was lucky enough to be in Vienna this weekend to watch Eliud Kipchoge
run his amazing 1:59:40 marathon. I got there early and was lucky enough
to get a spot 20m from the finish line. The layout of the course meant
the team passed us 8 times (which was quite often at their speed!) so it
was very exciting. We had 2 big screens to keep track of progress &
splits. It was an incredible experience & one I will never forget.