BA Athletics Club News Digest 23rd December 2012
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This is the last Digest of the year though there may be
a special tomorrow! The next regular digest is likely to be distributed on
Tuesday 1st January. Here's to a great Christmas for you all with faster
performances from the New Year onwards.
Forthcoming Events
Don't forget the following priority club events:
- Saturday 12th January 2013 - BA hosted Men's Surrey League Cross
Country at Cranford Park 14:30 or earlier.
- Wednesday 16th January - Forrester "4-way Folly" from Concorde Centre
from 18:00
- Tuesday 22nd January - Round-the-Block - Traditional 3.5 mile race
round the Concorde Centre from 12:30
New members and non-members of all fitness levels and abilities are welcome
at all of these events.
Club Events in 2013
The club diary for 2013 has been updated on the website:
http://www.barunner.org.uk/Event Diary.shtml. Events listed include
the regular Monday and Wednesday club sessions, all the Club In-house Events
(CIE) and club "Run-of-the-Month" (ROM) and other featured races. To get an
event you like featured simply mail Neil with an offer to champion that event
and it can be listed (unless it clashes with another event considered
important for the club).
Please add the following priority events to your new year diary or calendar:
| Date |
Event |
Where |
Why |
| January |
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| Sat 12th 14:30 |
Surrey League Men's Cross-Country |
Cranford Park |
We are hosts for this event so we need course and finish marshals as
well as runners. |
| Tue 22nd 12:30 |
Round-the-Block |
Concorde |
Run-of-the-Month for the annual club race that's in its 4th decade.
And this year you have a good chance of beating the reigning champion
(Roderick). |
| February |
|
|
|
| Sun 17th 10:30 |
BA Cross Country |
Cranford Park |
Club Cross-Country Championships Cranford |
| Wed 27th 20:00 |
BAAC Awards Evening |
Concorde |
Our annual awards ceremony |
| March |
|
|
|
| Sun 24th |
T&F Championships |
Eton |
A gloriously sunny day for the rearranged Club Track & Field
Championships from
last September. |
| April |
|
|
|
| Sunday 21st |
London Marathon |
London |
What would the event be without us? The club provide over twenty
runners and over one hundred and twenty marshals covering the critical
crossing points over the final two miles of the course. |
| May |
|
|
|
| Wed 8th 19:00 |
Speedbird Ladies 5k |
Harmondsworth |
One for the ladies, and the gents to marshal. |
| Mon 27th |
BUPA 10,000 |
St James Park |
A significant marshalling opportunity contributing significantly to
club funds. |
| June |
|
|
|
| Sun 9th 10:30 |
Concorde 5 Mile |
Concorde |
The club's biggest solely hosted event where we expect over 100
runners to pound the local streets on a new five mile course including club
runners but only because others have stepped forward to be marshals. |
| July |
|
|
|
| Wed 3rd 19:00 |
Rosenheim Track&Field |
Eton |
BA Hosted so we'll need marshals as well as competitors. |
| Wed 10th 20:00 |
BAAC AGM |
Concorde |
Your biggest opportunity to influence how the club is run. |
| Thur 11th |
Great City Race |
Bank |
A significant marshalling opportunity contributing significantly to
club funds - and usually a good nosh-up afterwards! |
| Thur 18th 18:00 |
BA Fun Run |
Harmondsworth |
Marshalling of the British Airways Charity Fun Run in aid of Cancer
Research UK. |
| September |
|
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| tba |
Adidas Womens Challenge 5k |
Hyde Park |
A significant marshalling opportunity contributing significantly to
club funds. |
| October |
|
|
|
| Weekend 12th/13th |
WARR |
Cape Town |
The 32nd World Airline Road Race - the biggest annual inter-airline
sporting event this year hosted by South African Airways in Cape Town. Not
to be missed even if you are only there for the parties! |
| December |
|
|
|
| Wed 18th |
Parkway Mile and Christmas Social |
Concorde |
Another year will have gone by and it will be time for the 25th
Parkway Mile followed by mince pies and Christmas cheer. |
Dates and details of ASCA Cross-Country and the ASCA Track & Field
Championships are yet to be announced. Other priority events will be added.
Neil Frediani
(contact Neil with any suggestions for events to feature in the club diary)
The "Fairy Tale of New York" Parkway Mile Relay 19th December 2012
Sixteen runners in four teams of four contested the Parkway Mile Relay. It
could have wetter, but not much. It could have been colder and it certainly
could have been windier. Everyone had to negotiate an enormous puddle just to
reach the start and several chose another route back. Hon Sec will write to
Department of Transport before the footings of the M4 junction are eroded away.
As part of their 80th birthday celebrations, Paddy O'Shea and Harry Wild
helped out on the course, Paddy directing runners down the right (left) subway
and Harry in his traditional role at the half mile turn point.
Brian Forrester, Paul Brandon and Alastair Heslop handled the timekeeping
with Ann and John Coffey and Nick Edge on hand at the start/finish.
The runners and helpers enjoyed a very pleasant evening in the clubhouse with
a variety of wholemeal sandwiches and mince pies and the two birthday cakes.
|
Galway Bay Striders |
age |
clock |
time |
AgeGrd |
|
|
David Barnard |
75 |
09:59 |
09:59 |
55.3% |
|
|
Alan Friar |
68 |
18:13 |
08:14 |
61.3% |
|
|
Steve Taylor |
49 |
25:29 |
07:16 |
58.0% |
Youngest male runner! |
|
Denis Foxley |
63 |
32:52 |
07:23 |
64.7% |
|
|
|
|
|
32:52 |
|
|
|
Cheap Lousy Faggots |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Neil Frediani |
55 |
08:24 |
08:24 |
52.8% |
|
|
Alan Anderson |
77 |
17:07 |
08:43 |
65.3% |
|
|
Piers Keenleyside |
55 |
24:06 |
06:59 |
63.5% |
|
|
Barry Walters |
57 |
30:16 |
06:10 |
73.2% |
Best age grade |
|
|
|
|
30:16 |
|
|
|
Eighteen-to-One |
|
|
|
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|
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Helen Smith (F) |
21 |
08:47 |
08:47 |
58.3% |
|
|
Steve Newell |
68 |
17:45 |
08:58 |
56.3% |
|
|
Eddie Giles |
64 |
24:47 |
07:02 |
68.6% |
|
|
Gary Rushmer |
51 |
30:49 |
06:02 |
71.0% |
Fastest on the night |
|
|
|
|
30:49 |
|
|
|
Broadway Bells |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Steve Hillier |
58 |
08:39 |
08:39 |
52.6% |
|
|
Roderick Hoffman |
52 |
17:05 |
08:26 |
51.2% |
|
|
Graham Taylor |
52 |
23:34 |
06:29 |
66.6% |
|
|
Richard Ruffell |
51 |
29:51 |
06:17 |
68.2% |
|
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|
|
29:51 |
|
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Average age 60, youngest 49, oldest 77
AgeGrd: Age grade percentages courtesy of Heartbreak Hill Striders, Boston,
MA
www.heartbreakhill.org Data compiled by World Association of Veteran
Athletes (WAVA) Last updated 17 September 2012
Steve Newell
2013 London Marathon Request for Helpers
The 2013 Virgin London Marathon is on SUNDAY 21st APRIL and we need your help
to make it a success. I'm sure it's going to be another record year for entries
and the elite field is looking as good as ever.
For those that have not helped before you'd be most welcome, as would any
friends or relatives you can cajole into helping but don't be under any
illusions it'll be an easy day. Helpers need to be on site between 9:00 and 9:30
and you most probably won't get away until 16:30. We need 130 volunteers to
cover the five crossing points over the last two miles of the course at Waterloo
Bridge, Parliament Square, Birdcage Walk, St James and Spur Rd. All the team
leaders are very experienced, as are many of the stalwart helpers that return
year in year out, so don't worry if you're new to helping, they'll be plenty of
advice. At this stage I need:
- name
- address
- e-mail
- phone contact (preferably a mobile)
- preferred location If you have one - we can usually accommodate most
requests.
In return you'll get the best view on the day, a T-shirt, helpers medal and
will be helping to secure a donation to BAAC Club funds, not to mention the
guaranteed entries the club receive each year. Talking of which, if you've
helped at London, it goes a long way to pushing you up the list for a guaranteed
place the following year if you're unsuccessful through the ballot. I'll only
have kit for 130 volunteers and in recent years we have been oversubscribed so
get in early to bag your space.
If you can help, please e-mail me at
simon.turton@ba.com,
it would be great to have you on board.
regards, Simon Turton
Why run road and cross-country relay races?
I. The greatest thing about running in a relay team is you are part of
a team, and perhaps surprisingly this seems to spur most on to achieve
greater things than they might if running just for themselves
II. But of course you do get your own individual time for your bit
III. And for the relays we run each year there are always our own BA
leg records to be broken
IV. What better way to get to know your team mates than spend 24 hours
in a van with them
V. Not all relays involve such antics, they are all different, some are
over inside an hour, some take a day and a night, you choose
VI. Everyone can take part, the individual legs are often very
different lengths from 3 to 20 miles, so there will always be something
for everyone
VII. For the relays we do each year, of which there are currently 4, we
know the ropes so if you want to know more just ask
VIII. We have a core group of relay runners in the club, and once
someone tries it out they usually return, so it must be fun
IX. Relay races have an atmosphere of their own, teams support each
other, teams mingle and you often meet fellow racers from previous years
to share experiences
X. As these are generally well established events with many runners the
organisation is second to none.
XI. While individual legs are often marked out by markers on trees and
posts or lines of saw dust on the ground, there can be an element of
finding your own way round which always adds that little bit of excitement
XII. Many of the relays are run in fantastic areas of the countryside
with some fantastic legs through woods, across beaches, down footpaths you
would never normally go
XIII. There are many relays we have either never run, or not run for a
long time, so if you fancy doing one then you will certainly find many
willing to join you, you only have to ask or offer
XIV. Relays are held all over the world, so if you fancy travelling and
need some company then all you need to do is find a relay and get a team
together to join you as the perfect solution
Richard Ruffell |
The events that Richard refers to are:
- The Green Belt Relay (220 miles round London by teams of 11 over a
weekend in May)
- The Bridges Relay (4 strong teams running 10 miles over the bridges of
London near Westminster on a Tuesday evening in June)
- Runnymede Relay (6 strong teams running 21 miles round Windsor Great
Park on a Saturday in early July)
- The Norfolk Relay (200 miles round Norfolk by teams of 17 in September)
But also see point XIII above!
Lighter Running
Q: Did you hear about the race between the lettuce and the tomato?
A: The lettuce was a "head" and the tomato was trying to "ketchup"!
Q: Who is the fastest runner of all time?
A: Adam, because he was first in the human race!
Q: What do you get when you run in front of a car?
A: TIRED
Q: What do you get when you run behind a car?
A: EXHAUSTED
Q: Why do runners go jogging early in the morning?
A: They want to finish before their brain figures out what they're doing.
Q: What do runners do when they forget something?
A: They jog their memory
Anon |
News for the next BAAC News Digest? Thank you to
Richard
and the regulars for their input this time - next week could it be you?
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