BA Athletics Club News Digest 23rd January 2017
Events:
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Wednesday 25th January - Five Mile Handicap at Heston Venue from 18:00*
(see below)
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Tuesday 31st January - Round-the-Block at Heston Venue at 12:30*
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Thursday 2nd February - Dream Mile - Bath Road from 12:45*
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 9th January.
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Five Mile Handicap - December results and start times for Wednesday
14-Dec-16 |
Handicap |
run time |
Time gap from handicap |
Rank this month |
Points this month |
Total points |
New Handicap |
Next Start Time |
Barry Walters |
34:30 |
34:28 |
00:02 |
9 |
25 |
50 |
00:34:30 |
18:25:30 |
Gary Rushmer |
32:00 |
32:34 |
00:34 |
8 |
22 |
60 |
00:32:30 |
18:27:30 |
Trish McCabe |
44:00 |
44:36 |
00:36 |
6 |
19 |
66 |
00:44:30 |
18:15:30 |
Harry Wild |
38:00 |
38:36 |
00:36 |
6 |
19 |
52 |
00:38:30 |
18:21:30 |
Steve Hillier |
49:00 |
48:22 |
00:38 |
5 |
18 |
34 |
00:48:30 |
18:11:30 |
Roderick Hoffman |
44:00 |
44:41 |
00:41 |
4 |
17 |
59 |
00:44:30 |
18:15:30 |
Alan Anderson |
54:30 |
55:27 |
00:57 |
3 |
16 |
28 |
00:55:30 |
18:04:30 |
Steve Taylor |
42:00 |
40:50 |
01:10 |
2 |
15 |
35 |
00:41:00 |
18:19:00 |
Chris Kelly |
37:00 |
35:02 |
01:58 |
1 |
14 |
37 |
00:35:00 |
18:25:00 |
An impressive result from Barry although it is Gary who moves up the
leaderboard into second place behind Trish. But it is difficult to discount
anyone since at the end of the series everyone can drop their worst run (or
non-run).
See you on Wednesday, and don't forget that we'll be eating and drinking in
the Queen's Head afterwards.
Also if you email BA Clubs now - to
membership@ba.com - they can have your new membership card ready for you on
Wednesday. If you are not a member then ask for details - the Queen's Head
discount is probably itself worth half the membership fee!
CIE Event 18th January "All Ways Folly" - Street-O Orienteering
- Results and Reports
"Running with a well put together map, a cool evening, interval
running - what's not to like? I'll tell you. Fire hydrants.
Roderick provided us with detailed instructions describing what we
needed to look out for in our 60 minutes of Street-O, but I for one
didn't take in the complication of Fire Hydrants. I was clear that
some of them offered high points values. I knew that they were
bright yellow signs with a black "H" and two numbers on them.
However, I hadn't sussed that they can be fixed to lampposts, chain link
fences, that they can be 8" or 8' off the ground. Accordingly, I
missed the first three I looked for.
Time was running out. Thirty five minutes into my run, and far
from home, I stumbled across a forty pointer hydrant. Gold dust!
I had seen Christine, Simon, Gary and Graham speeding in various
directions, always different to me. Now I knew the secret of
the fire hydrant. It could be anywhere. I picked up a bus
stop (not literally). Nabbed a post box. Nailed a couple of
lamp standards. Most importantly, I found the missing hydrants.
It wasn't a perfectly executed Street-O, but by the end of the hour I
had a plan for how I would have done it if I could start again.
Thanks Roderick
Beware the hydrants of January."
Steve Hillier
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Results
Entrant |
Start |
Finish |
Time |
Time Penalties |
Controls |
Net Points |
Gary Rushmer |
18:20:00 |
19:30:00 |
01:10:00 |
100 |
120 |
20 |
Christine Munden |
18:25:00 |
19:28:00 |
01:03:00 |
30 |
125 |
95 |
Graham Taylor |
18:22:00 |
19:21:00 |
00:59:00 |
0 |
165 |
165 |
Steve Hillier |
18:23:00 |
19:23:00 |
01:00:00 |
0 |
235 |
235 |
Simon Turton |
18:26:00 |
19:27:00 |
01:01:00 |
10 |
500 |
490 |
Orienteering is very much a "technical" running event. Running quickly
is an asset but unlike most races you aren't just pacing yourself against the person ahead of you
whilst considering the shopping list for later - whilst running you have to work out the
running route for yourself taking into account conditions and your own
capability and absorbing the map and control questions at the same time. And for
runners who hadn't done an Orienteering event before, or not recently, this event
in the dark presented additional challenges.
Of the
runners who took part Gary would normally be the fastest and Steve Hillier perhaps the
slowest. But during the event Steve showed that careful thought and more
prior knowledge of the area counted for a great deal. No surprise that Simon
was the highest scoring finisher - as well as being a fast runner he has been
doing orienteering events for many years. Simon writes "...there was no obvious
route and the proliferation of control sites meant I was constantly re-assessing
my options whilst ensuring I kept within the hour (which I failed to do!). I
left myself a little too much distance to cover from my last control in the time
remaining but the whole run made for a good interval training session. "
Anyone who thinks that they have missed out on this and would like to give it
a go there are three options:
- The controls from last Wednesday are still in the streets of Heston
(being part of the furniture - literally) so if anyone would like to do a
self-timed run from Heston Venue on a Wednesday evening (or at any other
time) then let me know and I'll get a copy of the map to you and arrange to
mark your findings.
- The next “South London Orienteers” Street-O event is on Tuesday 7th
February at Mortlake. See
http://slow.org.uk/streeto/mortlake-street-o-tuesday-7-february/ .
The format is very similar to that of Wednesday’s run except that you will
see many other runners doing the event. It costs £2 and don’t worry
about the reference to SI cards or electronic timing in the text.
- I will arrange a similar (or different) Orienteering event for the
summer months - for when you won't need a torch nor thermals!
Roderick
Hoffman (roderick@rhoff.org.uk)
Ladies Cross Country Result from Lloyd Park on Saturday, 14th Jan 2017
Deby Helsdon led our team home with a time of 41:02 followed by Monica Alonso
in 51:58. Despite having only two finishers we managed to beat six other teams
(and two of those had four finishers!).
Running for first claim club Woking, Julie Barclay finished the event in 39:01.
The remaining fixture of the season is on February 11th at Coulsdon.
BA Athletics Club Survey - Results (part 1)
Thank
you to everyone who responded to the club questionnaire. The results are
being displayed here with some commentary including some interpretation. The
club committee will be looking in detail at these results and considering what
changes we should instigate as a consequence.
Response
The club currently has just under 100 paid-up members and the distribution
list includes as many again. The survey was answered by 67 people fully
and another five partially. Since all questions were optional some sections had
fewer responders.
Respondees
47 said they were full members and 12 associate
members so this probably represents about 60% of the membership. About 10% of
the non-members also expressed their opinion - I consider these to be potential
members hence their views are equally important. Roughly 90% of the
non-members didn't respond.
75%
of responders are male, that is probably representative of membership although a
larger proportion of non-members on the digest list are female.
75% are BA or ex BA and 33% are retired or semi-retired.
In terms of location half of responders are based within 10 miles of
Heston/Heathrow but just as many are based between 10 and 50 miles.
This suggests that most events we hold in the Heston area are only
appropriate for about 45% of our members.
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Activities - it is fairly obvious that the vast majority of our members do road races and/or
parkrun. Quite a few do marathons on
a regular basis and more would like to. Cross Country is popular.
Everything else appears to only be of interest to a minorities of members -
"10" in this graph may represent 15 to 20 members. This doesn't mean we should
avoid these activities, but does suggest that we
should look for options such as tying in with other local groups for these
activities.
With Communications it is obviously that the weekly digest, specific
emails and the club website satisfies most people. That doesn't
mean that the other channels are not of value, though the club should be
cautious before investing much resource in any of the bottom four listed
items.
Most responders thought that the digest is about the right size and
frequency and had about the right content. A significant number
thought that it would benefit from a larger variety of authors, needed more on coaching
and training,
and more photographs and pictures, and some suggested less parkrun
content. The editor agrees - increasing the numbers of authors and
the coaching/training content should inevitably reduce
the parkrun content as a proportion - and probably in volume also as it
is less needed as a filler in light weeks.
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Next week - Part 2 - Club value, change suggestions and coaching
requirements.
Roderick
Hoffman (roderick@rhoff.org.uk)
Club parkrun results for Saturday 21st January
Steve's away so not the usual table and report this week. The following
table features first claim club members (though when I looked the only non-first
claim or non-member's result I noticed was Joan at Harrow).
21st January |
Position |
Gender Position |
parkrunner |
Club |
Run Time |
Commentary |
Malling parkrun |
53 |
9 |
Trish MCCABE |
BAAC |
00:27:07 |
Best Gender Position of the week |
Old Deer Park parkrun |
61 |
11 |
Caroline COCKRAM |
BAAC |
00:26:16 |
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East Coast Park parkrun |
19 |
18 |
Ian CUNNINGHAM |
BAAC |
00:22:43 |
Hottest Run of the week |
Crane Park parkrun |
31 |
29 |
Ben CHAYTOW |
BAAC |
00:21:55 |
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Reading parkrun |
35 |
34 |
Christopher T KELLY |
BAAC |
00:20:55 |
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Old Deer Park parkrun |
40 |
36 |
Ian COCKRAM |
BAAC |
00:23:41 |
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Harrow parkrun |
46 |
40 |
Denis FOXLEY |
BAAC |
00:25:33 |
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Harrogate parkrun |
205 |
40 |
Linda DODSWORTH |
BAAC |
00:27:28 |
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Harrow parkun |
116 |
48 |
Joan FOXLEY |
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00:36:39 |
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Bushy parkrun |
52 |
49 |
Colin HAYLOCK |
BAAC |
00:19:18 |
Fastest of the week |
Harrogate parkrun |
56 |
52 |
Steve DODSWORTH |
BAAC |
00:22:34 |
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Salisbury parkrun |
156 |
121 |
Eddie GILES |
BAAC |
00:27:00 |
Best PB of the week. |
Bushy parkrun |
622 |
135 |
Lesley CHAMBERLIN |
BAAC |
00:26:14 |
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Great Lines parkrun, Medway |
179 |
157 |
Roderick HOFFMAN |
BAAC |
00:26:41 |
New Club Venue of the week |
Gunnersbury parkrun |
284 |
211 |
Alan ANDERSON |
BAAC |
00:30:01 |
Most elderly club runner of the week |
Wycombe Rye parkrun |
343 |
224 |
Tony BARNWELL |
BAAC |
00:33:51 |
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Poole parkrun |
604 |
407 |
Kevin HOLLAND |
BAAC |
00:30:55 |
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Bushy parkrun |
665 |
516 |
David DUGGAN |
BAAC |
00:26:39 |
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In centigrade Ian's run was probably hotter than all of the other parkruns
featured added together! I haven't featured a coldest run of the week
because there were too many candidates. Local parkrun Bedfont Lakes was cancelled
because of the ice on the paths and the park itself was subsequently closed.
Eddie had his second run at new home Salisbury and knocked 44 seconds off his
time - but expect further improvement as he gets familiar with the course. The only other
PB I spotted this week was by Steve Dodsworth with a 3 second improvement at
Harrogate.
Alan Anderson ran his best time since this date last year (23rd January).
Whilst he may have been our most elderly runner this week that shouldn't be the
case next week as we are expecting Tom Rowley to run at Woking on his 90th
birthday. See you there. Shout up if you need a lift.
The following week - On Saturday 4th February - there is going to be a big
parkrun tourist visit to Rugby (by arrangement with the locals) - 63 tourists
have said they are going! If you fancy joining in - then do. Some of
us are also getting together the evening before - hosted by the Rugby parkrun
team.
Roderick Hoffman
Hi guys,
Just a bit of news as to why our run times weren't as fast as they
normally are last Sat {14th}...
Last Friday there was mention of ice on the Sunderland course, but
further inspections were due the next morning.
The parkrun alarm rang and as usual we sprang out of bed full of
aspirations for the run only to find, as we were about to get into the
car (25 mins to start time) that the run wasn't taking place. OMG
CANCELLED!
Linda started to drive as I feverishly looked to see where else we
could go. As the crow flies, Chester-le-street was the favourite, but as
we turned left to cross the Wear on route we realised our SatNav knew
that South Shields was closer. A quick circle of the roundabout, back
across the Wear and up the coast to the gorgeous South Shields
promenade.
After a quick argument with a defunct car park machine we were on our
way, a few minutes after the rest had started, but soon to catch up with
the tail-runner (and a natter to ex-BA employee Amar Sudan). As
mentioned, the course goes out along the coastline then back via the
Great North Run finishing straight, definitely one to add to anyone's
parkrun tourist list.
Just another great experience in our parkrun history so far.
Regards
Steve Dodsworth
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10K Virgin Fun Run 9th July 2017
If anyone wants to run in this event for a good cause then Action in Africa
has secured six places. Contact
Andy Dutton for
details. Action in Africa is an Ashtead based charity which focuses on
sponsoring education and health programmes in Nyaishozi, a remote community in
northern Tanzania.
[some] Details of the event:
https://uk.virginsport.com/event/westminster-2017
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