WARR Amsterdam Locations
Some details have been added to this year's World Airline Road Race in
Amsterdam. We now know the venue for the Race Packet Pick-ups and the
venue for the Meet & Greet and T-Shirt Party events - these in a brewery
no less (or at least a former brewery and site of the Heineken Brewery
Experience Tour). Three "Host" hotels have also been announced,
but KLM acknowledge that many participants will find themselves
accommodation across Amsterdam - for instance my Australian sister is
busy booking a houseboat.
There is still some ambiguity over the exact location for the race
course and the venue for the Awards Dinner event has yet to be
announced. I don't think that there is any doubt about these - just some
details need to be worked out before they can be announced.
The website states that we will be able to register for the event from
"April" so expect further details to be added soon. Visit
worldairlineroadrace.org to
check.
The venues that have been confirmed have been added to the club map -
[Clickable link to Google Maps].
A quick reminder that whilst WARR is primarily an airline event and the
major awards are reserved for current and retired airline employees all
are welcome and there are some specific non-airline awards. The
races are a 10k road race followed by a 5k road race on the same
morning. You are welcome to specalise on one of the two races or run
both.
Obviously Amsterdam is easy to get to by flight, boat or train.
Please contact me if you have any questions about this year's event.
Roderick Hoffman
Wednesday 20th March NOW run at Brooklands report
We met, we ran and we Concorde!
To be honest it did take us a while to meet up because around
the location all of the mini-roundabouts look the same - you can
go east, north, south or west but only the one exit off from one
of the roundabouts leads to the right car park. Chris Stockwell
and I trusted our sat nav navigators and arrived correctly,
Chris so early he had already walked round one lap of the course
before I got there just before the appointed hour. Alice gave up
trying to find the right exit and parked at the Brooklands
Museum instead and ran over from there. Barry found the
right exit on his second attempt but Steve and Christine took at
least three attempts and two phone calls before they also
arrived. Once assembled we ran a lap of the parkrun
course, then gathered for the team photograph {on Facebook and
here next week}, and then some of
us did a second lap whilst others headed off early to the
museum. At the museum we negotiated for our BA discount and then
headed straight for the cafe. After a generous lunch we split -
some to get the Concorde Experience, some to checkout the Motor
Racing and F1 Museum and others to explore the Bus Museum. We
then gathered again at four to start our journey home - with
varied experiences of London Rush Hours Traffic (I do not miss
that aspect of my working life!).
The next NOW event will be on Wednesday 17th April at Headstone
Manor in Harrow where
after a run we'll see what Harrow has to offer in the way of
Heritage.
Roderick Hoffman
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Club parkrun results for Saturday 23th March 2019
| 23rd March | Runner |
Time |
parkrun |
Comment |
Age Grade |
| James |
Shoulder |
19:24 |
Bedfont Lakes #502 |
M-2, run #39, 26th at Bedfont, parkrun pb |
66% |
| Caroline |
Yarnell |
22:52 |
Curl Curl #310 |
run #63, 55th at Curl Curl |
81% |
| Maria |
Jovani |
19:44 |
Northala Fields #250 |
F-1, course pb, club records (all genders) |
79% |
| Jacqui |
Musselwhite |
24:09 |
Tamar Lakes #233 |
run #76, park #10, club rec (all genders) |
69% |
| Roderick |
Hoffman |
28:38 |
Watermeadows #6 |
park #276, BA park #482 |
55% |
| Chris |
Evans |
23:29 |
Bedfont Lakes #502 |
run #233,226th at Bedfont Lakes |
64% |
| Paul |
Davis |
21:37 |
Bedfont Lakes #502 |
run #133, 90th at Bedfont Lakes |
63% |
| Graham |
Taylor |
25:56 |
Bedfont Lakes #502 |
run #12, 4th at Bedfont Lakes |
61% |
| Ian |
Cockram |
24:47 |
Bedfont Lakes #502 |
run #472, 285th at Bedfont Lakes |
60% |
| Bob |
Bannister |
27:23 |
Bedfont Lakes #502 |
run #350, 290th at Bedfont Lakes |
60% |
| David |
Duggan |
28:55 |
Bedfont Lakes #502 |
run #300, 198th at Bedfont Lakes |
55% |
| Colin |
Haylock |
33:12 |
Bushy Park #781 |
run #70, VI guide |
44% |
| Scott |
Davison |
23:50 |
Crane Park #363 |
run #295, 34th at Crane Park |
60% |
| Barry |
Walters |
22:03 |
Ellenbrook #151 |
run #67, park #34 |
75% |
| Steve |
Newell |
35:42 |
Gunnersbury #379 |
run #350, 137th at Gunnersbury, 2018 sb |
52% |
| John |
Coffey |
30:28 |
Hazelwood #54 |
run #322, 43rd at Hazelwood |
65% |
| Benita |
Scaife |
31:34 |
Maidenhead #209 |
run #145, 74th at Maidenhead |
63% |
| John |
Scaife |
31:42 |
Maidenhead #209 |
run #167, 77th at Maidenhead |
53% |
| Trish |
McCabe |
27:46 |
Osterley #285 |
run #279, 16th at Osterley |
56% |
| Alan |
Anderson |
41:42 |
Osterley #285 |
run #545, 15th at Osterley |
55% |
| Sarah |
Gordon |
31:21 |
Oxford #378 |
run #225, park #106, 2018 sb |
63% |
| Chris |
Kelly |
22:34 |
Reading 476 |
run #426, 322nd at Reading |
67% |
| Jain |
Reid |
29:07 |
Richmond #606 |
run #45, 43rd at Richmond, 2018 sb |
60% |
| Neil |
Frediani |
26:34 |
Rickmansworth #108 |
run #221, 1st at Rickmansworth, park #46 |
61% |
| Julie |
Barclay |
22:41 |
Rushmoor #239 |
run #156, 44th at Rushmoor, 2018 sb |
79% |
| Paul |
Watt |
25:26 |
Rushmoor #239 |
run #101, 48th at Rushmoor, 2018 sb |
60% |
| Michael |
Ball |
24:51 |
Woking #229 |
run #147, 134th at Woking |
63% |
| Tony |
Barnwell |
44:17 |
Wycombe Rye #342 |
run #185, 86th at Wycombe |
44% |
| Caroline |
Cockram |
volunteer |
Bedfont Lakes |
|
| Alastair |
Heslop |
volunteer |
Guildford |
run director |
| Alice |
Banks |
volunteer |
Higginson, Marlow |
run director |
| Denis |
Foxley |
volunteer |
Harrow |
timekeeper |
| Joan |
Foxley |
volunteer |
Harrow |
barcode scanning |
We had a couple of sub-20 minute runs this week with James Shoulder (19:24)
recording a parkrun pb at Bedfont Lakes and Maria Jovani (19:44) taking over as
club course record holder at Northala Fields. That time places her 4th
(out of over 400) in her age group there.
Jacqui Musselwhite (24:09) is still
in Devon on a family mercy mission and ran at Tamar Lakes faster there than any
of us have done before.
Roderick Hoffman (28:38) came back to UK to visit a
newish parkrun at Watermeadows in Towcester, South Northamptonshire better known
as a horseracing venue. BA park #482.
Former member Caroline Yarnell (22:52) greeted the southern hemisphere autumn
at Curl Curl in Sydney. Still going well after all these years in exile.
After the NOW visit to Brooklands (VC10, etc) on Wednesday, Barry Walters
(22:03) was inspired to drive to Ellenbrook Fields In Hatfield and try the
parkrun there based on the birthplace of the De Haviland Comet flown by BEA and
BOAC. Richard Ruffell still holds the club record there with 21:21.
The event run number now being provided along with the parkrun name to help
anyone taking up the “Wilson Index” challenge to plan ahead. If this means
absolutely nothing to you then have a look at this website
https://running-challenges.co.uk/badges/ .
There was no milestone T-shirt achieving run this week but some members
reached landmarks on the way with Bob Bannister (350), Steve Newell (350) and
David Duggan(300). The “500” club is still exclusive but will welcome its
50th member any week now. Ian Cockram is now on 472. Alan Anderson
has moved on to 545.
Steve Newell
Updated parkrun Stats -
club parkrun stats
Dear Cranford Park User...
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There has been lots of work going on behind the scenes, towards the
park's Round 2 bid to the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF). Surveys and
consultations are a necessary part of the process. Your views on the
park are needed for an on-line survey by Hillingdon Council. Please let
them know what you think of it, how you use it (or not), and what kind
of park you want in the future (including cafe and event options). It
will just take a few minutes to complete:
www.hillingdon.gov.uk/cranfordparkproject.
Thank you (closes on
April 16).
Regards, Bob Barton Secretary, Cranford Park Friends
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And the phase "If you don't ask, you don't get" applies for improvements to
the park to make it more suitable for runners with or without a tailor-made
parkrun course! A cafe, toilets and better car parking is already listed but
could be very restricted if delivered the wrong way.
Tom's Diary
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A quite week-end from the Woking area. Jacqui Musselwhite still in
Devon ventured to another Woolacombe park run for her first attempt at
the Tamar Lakes 5k and came away very pleased to finish 1st female (23rd
/a) in 24.09 Julie Barclay and Paul Watt ran their local Rushmoor
owing to late shift pattern Julie ran a 0/55 park run PB time of 22.41
to finish 1st 0/55 (4th lady or 71st o/a) out of the 478; Paul really
pleased still no leg problems and his time improving almost weekly.
Today ran 25.26 his best since June last year and finished 162nd.
Eastleigh 10k results - Kay Trinder 1st 0/50 in a PB time of 41.13,
250th overall (Kay being a native of Hampshire visits family for the
day).
Tom Rowley
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