BA Athletics Club News Digest 24th December 2018
Events:
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Thursday 27th December - annual Round-the-Airport (Heathrow) run from 12:00 in Moor Lane
(see below) *
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Thursday 3rd January 2019 - Dream Mile Bath Road from 12:45
*
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Saturday 12th January - Men's Surrey League Cross-Country at Oxshott at
15:00 #
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: 10th December.
* Club Event Map: [Clickable link to Google Maps]
(parkrun details updated 10th December) /
# Club Points event.
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BARunnerUK/ (formal
"front window" club page), BA Runner Facebook Group (informal
"back office" - ask to join).
Next week's digest...end of year / New Year special
Will be published as usual sometime on New Year's Eve.
Please send me your best achievements from 2018
and your running ambitions for 2019.
Inclusions, with photos, please to Roderick Hoffman at news@barunner.org.uk.
We are NOT meeting at the Bedfont Club on Boxing Day this Wednesday, but will
resume there from Wednesday 2nd January 2019.
19th December Christmas Mile Relay Result #
In 2016 the Parkway Mile was run for the final time and followed by our
last Christmas at the Concorde Club (or was it the Heston Venue by then?).
Anyway, after an experimental mile (the Double-Half-Dream) at Longford last
year the wandering through the wilderness may now be over as we settle into
our new club house (discounted drinks), large car park (and on a direct bus
route from Hatton Cross) and get used to a really flat course. The
aircraft noise seemed less invasive than usual - maybe this was the
"Cranford" agreement in action. The glue holding it all together has been
Harry Wild at the 880 yard turnaround point. He has now revealed that
he actually enjoys the task as it involves a healthy half mile walk followed
by a half hour rest and then a walk back. He uses the gaps (in time)
between runners to include some short bursts of more intense activity.
A mobile phone now reduces the risk of leaving him stranded out in the dark
somewhere not knowing whether any more runners are on their way to him.
This year we had two teams of four runners with a full range of abilities
from the six minute milers to those needing ten minutes or more. The
rain stayed away and it was quite mild for mid-December.
The
course:
The start and finish are on the pavement in Hatton Road (essentially
outside Bedfont FC) just beyond the nearest bus stop. After approx.
1/4 mile the course turns left and uses a cycling/pedestrian route to the
turnaround point just short of the Duke of Northumberland River.
Runners then retrace their steps and turn right back on to Hatton Road at
the 3/4 mile point. (thanks to Piers Keenleyside for marshalling at this
point).
Results:
Team A 34:12
- Graham Taylor 7:24,
- Neil Frediani 7:10,
- Kelly Davis 9:08,
- Janet Smith 10:30
Team B 36:44
- Simon Turton 6:34,
- Roderick Hoffman 8:40,
- Alan Friar 9:40,
- Steve Newell 11:50
Marshals - Harry Wild, Piers Keenleyside
Course set up and timekeeping - Steve Newell, Roderick Hoffman
Steve Newell
Ed: Neil was delighted to have finished faster than
Graham...but one should take into consideration that Graham was walking with
a stick (see photo) {thanks to Dave Barnard for taking the photo}.
# That was the final event in the calendar
year's "Round-the-Block" points competition. I'll be publishing the
final table in next week's digest.
Christmas Club Do
For those unable to attend last week you will be pleased to learn that
the club Xmas do at the Bedfont Club was successful. There were eight
runners and two officials for the mile relay and then nineteen made the
social. About ten of us participated in the Secret Santa and no one
complained about getting the same present out that they had put in.
There may have only been nineteen of us present but we got through six
pizzas and four boxes of garlic breads and a large number of festive mince
pies.
I managed to offload a small amount of unwanted stock and collected about
£17 to be donated to a charity of the club’s choosing.
Have a great Christmas and also New Year – though I will probably see
some of you briefly next Thursday at the Round Heathrow run.
Roderick
Hoffman {roderick@rhoff.org.uk}
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Annual Round The Airport (Heathrow) Run - Thursday 27th December
This 13 or 15 mile run will take place from 12:00 on the 27th December and
will circumnavigate Heathrow starting in Moor Lane behind Waterside and will
take in Stanwell Moor, Stanwell, Hatton Cross, Cranford, Sipson and finishing in
Harmondsworth for a quick pint. Most of the run is on trails and minor
roads and the aim is to be round in 2 to 2.5 hours. Take your Oyster card or
cash card and you can hop on a bus/tube to make it a shorter run.
To get to the start at postcode UB7 0AP enter Moor Lane at Harmondsworth
village from A3044/Hatch Lane. Pass the 5 Bells pub on your right side and
continue for 400m and park on the right near the narrow bridge.
Let me know if interested at:
neil.frediani@ba.com
Courses subject to adjustment but last year...
http://www.mapmyrun.com/routes/view/1381830652
(15 miles)
http://www.mapmyrun.com/routes/view/1381805632
(13 miles)
Neil Frediani
Ed: I'll be doing it again this year and I know a couple of
shortcuts - I've never run more than 12 miles and this year I'll be running at a
steady 11 minute mile / 7 minute km pace. Roderick
Track Season Finale
The last race of BAAC's track season took place at Uxbridge on Monday
evening. As well as the Rosenheim and Vets League competitions, we have
been working our way through track and field events as domestic competitions.
Simon Turton took top honours in the lung-busting 400m, outpacing Steve
Hillier.
Times:
- Simon 81.3sec
- Steve 103.3sec
Training will resume in January. If you would like to come and try
something different, let me know.
Steve
Hillier{stevehillier@msn.com}
Club parkrun results for Saturday 22nd December 2018
22nd December | parkrunner |
Time |
parkrun |
Comment |
Age Grade |
Alan |
Friar |
33:08 |
Woodley |
run #264, 81st at Woodley |
56% |
Julie |
Barclay |
31:48 |
Woking |
run #146, 19th at Woking |
56% |
Jacqui |
Musselwhite |
24:00 |
Woking |
run #68, 60th at Woking |
70% |
Tom |
Rowley |
volunteer |
Woking |
|
Adrian |
Haines |
19:13 |
Tilgate |
run #49, 32nd at Tilgate |
77% |
Emmanuel |
Brousse |
27:22 |
Southend |
run #50, 33rd at Southend |
52% |
Eddie |
Giles |
28:36 |
Salisbury |
run #108, 30th at Salisbury |
62% |
Steve |
Newell |
37:54 |
Richmond Park |
run #338, 25th at Richmond |
49% |
Chris |
Kelly |
20:52 |
Reading |
run #411, 321st at Reading |
72% |
Maria |
Jovani |
21:25 |
Old Deer Park |
run #252, 19th at Old Deer Park |
72% |
Colin |
Haylock |
26:45 |
Mole Valley |
run #69, 1st at Mole Valley |
55% |
Petra |
Otto |
33:41 |
March |
run #70, 52nd at March |
62% |
John |
Scaife |
28:02 |
Maidenhead |
run #157, 72nd at Maidenhead |
59% |
Paul |
Davis |
50:07 |
Kingston |
run #127, with daughter (junior) |
27% |
Kelly |
Davis |
32:04 |
Kingston |
run #72, 1st at Kingston |
47% |
John |
Coffey |
29:14 |
Hazelwood |
run #310, 33rd at Hazelwood |
66% |
Maarten |
Stenham |
21:24 |
Hazelwood |
run #155, 16th at Hazelwood |
64% |
Denis |
Foxley |
28:41 |
Harrow |
run #119, 101st at Harrow |
61% |
Joan |
Foxley |
39:59 |
Harrow |
run #124,106th at Harrow |
56% |
Alan |
Anderson |
50:19 |
Gunnersbury |
run #538, 300th at Gunnersbury* |
45% |
Piers |
Keenleyside |
25:46 |
Gunnersbury |
run #215, 114th at Gunnersbury |
63% |
Alastair |
Heslop |
volunteer |
Guildford |
marshal |
Bridget |
Ruffell |
29:56 |
Dulwich |
run #18, 1st at Dulwich |
62% |
Natalie |
Ruffell |
19:56 |
Dulwich |
F-4, run #55, 2nd at Dulwich, course pb |
74% |
Richard |
Ruffell |
21:10 |
Dulwich |
1st run at Dulwich, park #82 |
74% |
Ben |
Chaytow |
volunteer |
Crane Park |
run director |
Jonathan |
Cox |
27:14 |
Crane Park |
run #372, 77th at Crane |
57% |
Ian |
Cunningham |
22:40 |
Bushy Park |
run #356, 288th at Bushy Park |
68% |
Roderick |
Hoffman |
27:30 |
Brooklands |
run #326, park #254, best age-grade% 2018 |
57% |
Sarah |
Gordon |
31:47 |
Braunstone |
run #214, 65th at Braunstone |
61% |
Bob |
Bannister |
24:36 |
Bedfont Lakes |
run #339, 283rd at Bedfont Lakes |
66% |
Caroline |
Cockram |
25:45 |
Bedfont Lakes |
run #339, 197th at Bedfont Lakes |
64% |
Ian |
Cockram |
23:51 |
Bedfont Lakes |
run #459, 277th at Bedfont Lakes |
62% |
Scott |
Davison |
23:57 |
Bedfont Lakes |
run #279, 231st at Bedfont Lakes |
60% |
David |
Duggan |
29:31 |
Bedfont Lakes |
run #284, 193rd at Bedfont Lakes |
53% |
Chris |
Evans |
23:58 |
Bedfont Lakes |
run #223, 216th at Bedfont Lakes |
63% |
Neil |
Frediani |
26:07 |
Bedfont Lakes |
run #211, 138th at Bedfont Lakes |
62% |
Trish |
McCabe |
28:29 |
Bedfont Lakes |
run #264, 159th at Bedfont Lakes |
54% |
The weather conditions were fairly benign for late December in SE England
although it was wet underfoot in places and puddles remained in evidence on many
courses. Many members stayed close to home with even globetrotting parkrun
tourist Roderick Hoffman (27:30, 57.33%) remaining within the M25 visiting
Brooklands. Roderick registered his best age grade % score of the year and
19 of us have now visited Brooklands at least once since the parkrun started
there on 17th November.
The Ruffell family (Natalie 19:56, Richard 21:10, Bridget 29:56) held a
family reunion at Dulwich. Richard’s time is a new male club record.
Natalie is a member of Clapham Chasers these days but still holds our club
record with 20:44.
We had three of the Davis family at Kingston this week with Kelly (32:04)
finishing well clear of Paul (50:07) who ran with young daughter Chloe.
Colin Haylock (26:45) became the latest member to run at Mole Valley – it was
his first parkrun for 15 months.
With just one week of 2018 left we have two members – David Duggan (52) and
Alan Anderson (50) who have already run 50 times. Chris Kelly and Trish
McCabe are both on 48, impressive scores.
Next Saturday (29th January) will see Black Park hosting parkrun for the
500th time, a milestone unlikely to go unnoticed. Janet Smith (pb 30:26) was our
first runner to try the course through the woods in 2009, intends to be there
again next Saturday and hopes a few others will join her. Thirty-eight
members have logged a total of 504 finishers (with barcodes) over the years.
Paul Knechtl (17:54) and Maria Jovani (20:52) hold the club records. Joe
Nolan (282 runs) has worked tirelessly behind the scenes setting up a squad of
pacers who on the 500th will probably be off duty and just having a relaxed run
round the course.
Steve Newell
Updated parkrun stats -
club parkrun stats
Ed: *There is a rumour that
Alan Anderson took his wife Ann for a spin around the Gunnersbury parkrun
circuit. This can't be confirmed.
Christmas and New Year parkruns
As well as the regular parkrun next Saturday morning, there are additional
parkruns tomorrow, Christmas Day, and on New Year's Day. Not all parkruns are
operating on either day and start times may vary. The official list of
additional parkruns is here:
http://www.parkrun.org.uk/special-events/
. On New Year's Day you are allowed to run two different parkruns and have
both results filed in the parkrun computer. Two parkruns on the 1st of January
is a great way to kick start your 2019 running ambitions. This map:
Google New Year Map shows all the New Year's Day parkruns including colour
coding their start-times to enable you to plan a double. There is also this
list: http://tailrun.uk/nyd/2019/uk/
for finding doubles. Some that might prove popular with members:
- Old Deer Park at 09:00 followed by Osterley at 10:30
- Canons Park at 09:00 followed by Harrow at 10:30
- Richmond Park at 9:00 followed quickly by Kingston at 10:00
- Rickmansworth at 09:00 followed by Cassiobury at 10:30
- Maidenhead at 08:30 (set the alarm) followed by Upton Court at 10:30
- Tring at 09:00 followed by Wendover Woods at 10:30
If I wasn't planning on doing two "new to me" parkruns (Billericay and South
Woodham Ferrers) I'd probably be heading for Tring!
Roderick Hoffman
Running shorts...
- Dear Ed, attempted my extended XC and despite the tres mud, laying
water and 'grip' probs got round in 41.25. Merry Christmas everyone!
Andy Rayner
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