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BA Athletics Club News Digest 25th November 2019Events:
Our next Bedfont Club meeting will be on Wednesday 4th December (ad hoc runs), 11th December for the Five-Mile Handicap and 18th for our Christmas Run and Social. January club evenings will be on 8th (ad hoc) and 22nd (Handicap). 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: 1st November. * Club Event Map: [Clickable link to Google Maps] (parkrun details updated 18th November 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. London Marathon places 2020The club will be allocating these much sought after places during the first week in December. If you have emailed me to confirm your interest during the past week, no further action is required. If you haven't confirmed that you are serious in wanting a place, or haven't applied yet, please contact me as soon as possible. Thanks! Annual Club AwardsBAAC will host its Awards night in the Spring. We are currently engaged working out who are the deserving winners for this year. Last year's award winners are listed on the website: http://www.barunner.org.uk/News_Trophies.shtml One important award is the Brian Forrester 10K Trophy, and we would like to present it to the most deserving runner. Please send me details of your 10K times in 2019, and any special information about the races which may be relevant. Nominations would also be welcome for two of the other awards - the Alamo Trophy (given for the best success OR fail at the year's WARR event) and the parkrun Award. Please let Steve know if you have a nomination (for ANY award) and for what reason. You can (and should) nominate yourself.
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| 20th November | run 2 | target | actual | pts this run | target next run |
| Richard | Ruffell | 41:00 | 41:10 | 25.0 | 40:00 |
| Gary | Rushmer | 36:00 | 35:20 | 19.5 | 35:30 |
| Simon | Turton | 38:00 | 38:20 | 19.5 | 38:15 |
| Roderick | Hoffman | 49:00 | 48:13 | 16.0 | 48:15 |
| Trish | McCabe | 48:30 | 47:32 | 15.0 | 47:30 |
| Paul | Prescott | 36:00 | 34:53 | 14.0 | 35:00 |
| Steve | Hillier | 56:00 | 54:30 | 12.0 | 54:30 |
| Benita | Scaife | 56:00 | 54:30 | 12.0 | 54:30 |
| John | Scaife | 56:00 | 54:30 | 12.0 | 54:30 |
| Neil | Frediani | 45:00 | 47:43 | 10.0 | 47:30 |
| Denis | Foxley | 48:00 | 51:40 | 9.0 | 50:00 |
Simon and Gary are currently leading the winter table but after just two runs there is still all to play for - even if you've yet to join in. The next event is on Wednesday 11th December.
Steve Newell
I set off at 49 minutes to the hour, knowing that Trish would be setting off just 30 seconds later. I wondered how long it would take her to catch me - a 30 second gap isn't difficult to close and as my watch bleeped to note the end of the second kilometer I heard her footsteps behind me. We then spent the next 5k running "together" but hardly ever shoulder-to-shoulder. First Trish edged ahead of me, then we ran on opposite sides of Bedfont Lane for a kilometer, then I was more forceful at a couple of junctions and bus stops and took a short lead before with one kilometer to go, Trish retook me and stretched ahead - and I was happy to see her go in the belief that she and we were running faster than last month hence I'd outscore her by finishing second! Whilst we were running "together" I assumed it was because having caught me Trish then slowed to my pace - but my Garmin trace told a different tale, my pace improved by 12seconds from the third km through to the sixth.
There were hazards on the run - obviously we had to take care crossing roads but the more likely collisions were with pedestrians, particularly those head down in their mobile phones. Twice I had the issue of busses arriving at bus stops just as I approached - I rudely clapped loudly at the second one to alert those boarding to my imminent presence, it may have been rude but the alternative could have had us all in a heap on the pavement. The closest either of us got to an actual accident wasn't caused by a bus, car, cyclist or pedestrian but by a four-legged animal. I was a few feet behind Trish when I observed what looked like a large ginger cat emerge from a garden just feet ahead of Trish, dash towards her and then disappear into the next garden. She was closer and told me afterwards that it wasn't a cat but a nimble fox instead.
Take care (and reflective clothing) when running at night,
Roderick Hoffman
| Member | 23rd November | parkrun | Pos | Time | Grade | PB | Comment |
| TRUE | Micheal BALL | Woking | 114 | 00:25:58 | 60.21% | run #164, 148th at Woking | |
| TRUE | Sarah GORDON | Warwick Racecourse | 265 | 00:32:28 | 60.63% | better age-grade% than Hoffman or Moorcroft! | |
| #N/A | David Moorcroft | Warwick Racecourse | 167 | 00:28:09 | 60.15% | family run, (best track 5000m time is 13:00.41) | |
| TRUE | Roderick HOFFMAN | Warwick Racecourse | 186 | 00:28:53 | 55.05% | park #289, BA park #542 | |
| TRUE | Julie BARCLAY | Victoria Dock | 33 | 00:21:28 | 84.32% | F-5, age cat record (1st/148), park #35, BA age grade record | |
| TRUE | Mike Dennison | Victoria Dock | 13 | 00:19:36 | 82.57% | club record, 3rd in age cat | |
| TRUE | Maria Jovani | Victoria Dock | 20 | 00:20:24 | 76.55% | F-2, club record (F), park #41 | |
| TRUE | Paul WATT | Victoria Dock | 35 | 00:21:34 | 70.63% | park #31 | |
| TRUE | David DUGGAN | Victoria Dock | 113 | 00:27:45 | 57.30% | park #77 | |
| TRUE | Jain Reid | Richmond Park | 252 | 00:29:05 | 59.89% | 60th run at Richmond Park | |
| TRUE | James Shoulder | Osterley | 7 | 00:19:41 | 65.54% | M-7 , run #60, 4th at Osterley | |
| TRUE | Keith Johnson | Minehead | 18 | 00:24:41 | 59.28% | PB | course pb by almost two minutes |
| TRUE | Benita Scaife | Maidenhead | 235 | 00:32:49 | 61.76% | ||
| TRUE | John Scaife | Maidenhead | 237 | 00:32:50 | 51.07% | ||
| TRUE | Paul TIMMS | Lydiard | 110 | 00:24:11 | 64.09% | same course, new name! (was Swindon parkrun) BA age grade record | |
| TRUE | Adrian Haines | Ifield Mill Pond | 3 | 00:19:16 | 77.77% | M-3, 3rd run at "IMP" | |
| TRUE | Ian CUNNINGHAM | Horsham | 44 | 00:23:34 | 66.34% | 1st run at Horsham, park #49 | |
| TRUE | John COFFEY | Hazelwood | 64 | 00:32:02 | 61.39% | going getting very soft, very few pbs | |
| TRUE | Denis Foxley | Harrow | 120 | 00:29:00 | 60.80% | ||
| FALSE | Joan FOXLEY | Harrow | 198 | 00:37:22 | 59.59% | ||
| TRUE | Barry WALTERS | Hanworth | 9 | 00:22:14 | 74.74% | PB | M-9, course pb by 17 seconds |
| TRUE | Steve NEWELL | Gunnersbury | Funnel Manager | ||||
| TRUE | John Lennon | Guildford | 385 | 00:35:37 | 44.27% | ||
| TRUE | Piers KEENLEYSIDE | Firenze | 50 | 00:27:17 | 59.80% | first parkrun in Italy, park #44 | |
| TRUE | Murray HOGGE | Dinton Pastures | 27 | 00:23:02 | 69.03% | 1st run at Dinton Pastures, park #3 | |
| TRUE | Christopher T KELLY | Dinton Pastures | 28 | 00:23:03 | 66.09% | run #456, 3rd at Dinton Pastures | |
| TRUE | Frankie HOGGE | Dinton Pastures | 26 | 00:23:01 | 64.30% | 1st run at Dinton Pastures, park #4 | |
| TRUE | Ben Chaytow | Crane Park | 26 | 00:22:17 | 62.68% | ||
| TRUE | Zoe OSTLEY | Brooklands | 261 | 00:35:58 | 51.02% | ||
| TRUE | Kevin Holland | Brooklands | 311 | 00:42:27 | 42.05% | 1st run for six months, 1st ever at Brooklands | |
| TRUE | Trish MCCABE | Bromley | 389 | 00:28:23 | 54.61% | first run a Bromley, park #53 | |
| TRUE | Richard RUFFELL | Braunstone | 48 | 00:21:50 | 72.21% | first run at Braunstone, park #89, BA record | |
| TRUE | Joe NOLAN | Black Park | 397 | 00:32:29 | 51.15% | ||
| TRUE | Bob Bannister | Bedfont Lakes | 29 | 00:23:51 | 69.04% | ||
| TRUE | Anne Bannister | Bedfont Lakes | 86 | 00:28:53 | 68.15% | ||
| TRUE | Caroline Cockram | Bedfont Lakes | 49 | 00:25:15 | 66.40% | Also barcode scanning | |
| TRUE | Paul PRESCOTT | Bedfont Lakes | 6 | 00:20:44 | 62.30% | M-6 | |
| TRUE | Neil FREDIANI | Bedfont Lakes | 100 | 00:30:45 | 53.06% | ||
| TRUE | Scott DAVISON | Bedfont Lakes | 104 | 00:31:02 | 46.78% | ||
| #N/A | Paul & Gill Westbrook | Bedfont Lakes | 154 | 00:51:43 | 38.03% | Tailwalkers | |
| TRUE | Ian Cockram | Bedfont Lakes | Run Director |
Five members made the trip to the parkrun at the Royal Victoria Dock where the course covers much of the same ground as we used when we hosted WARR in 2010. A travel option not available then is the cable car from North Greenwich (discount for Freedom Pass holders). It is acknowledged to be a fast course. New club records were set by Mike Dennison (19:36, 82.57%) and Maria Jovani (20:24, 76.55%). Julie Barclay (21:28, 84.32%) set a new record for her age category at Victoria Dock and possibly more satisfying even than that was to add the letter “V” to her collection. She and Paul Watt (21:34) are closing in on a full collection. Expect them to appear at Upton Court, Alice Holt Forest and Yeovil Montacute in the coming weeks. David Duggan (27:45) was also there to complete his 51st parkrun of the year and we are not in December yet. David also wrote the run report so head over to https://www.parkrun.org.uk/victoriadock/news/ to read that.
Roderick Hoffman (28:53) and Sarah Gordon (32:28) visited Warwick Racecourse which has had a parkrun now for just a couple of months but Saturday was its official launch. David Moorcroft was there. He set his parkrun pb (20:14) at Coventry in 2010 but he is more famous for setting the World Record for the 5000m on the track with 13:00.41 in Oslo in 1982. That was the last time that that World Record was set by a non-African runner and it stood as the UK record well into the parkrun era.
The wet weather continued to impact parkrun with Marlow cancelled for a second week and with Reading also too wet to use our runners sought refuge at Dinton Pastures. Paul Timms (24:11) was at Lydiard. That is the new name for Swindon parkrun which has been going since 2010. There is also a new parkrun in Swindon, nearer the centre of the town, called Seven Fields. Note that had "S" for "Swindon" been an important letter for someone's alphabet then they would have just lost it! More name changes are in the pipeline!
Steve's parkrun stats - club parkrun stats
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Steve Newell & Roderick Hoffman
Ian Cunningham writes in...
"I was touristing at soggy Horsham this morning - nothing remarkable in that but my time of 23:34 did exactly match the time I ran at Bushy last week. Mind you 44th place at Horsham played 273rd at Bushy."
Roderick replies - "That is most unfortunate. Same time in consecutive runs at different parkruns is NOT considered "Groundhog Day" (although Ian has previously achieved this - at Bushy on 8th Nov. 2014). An annual game played is 'Seconds Bingo' where you try to complete a row or column on a 'bingo card' so clearly the aim is to get DIFFERENT numbers of seconds. Ian needs a '19' to complete a column, or four different numbers to complete a row." But perhaps you didn't want to know that.
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Mallory Park Winter Series| 5k | Sarah Gordon | 0:30:39 | 28th of 29 | Female 60+ 1st |
| 10k | Roderick Hoffman | 0:58:58 | 19th of 30 |
The photo shows that Mallory Park was nearly as scenic as Florence. Well, perhaps not.
Roderick Hoffman
The Retired Runners Lunch will be on Tuesday 10th December at One-over-the-Ait (12.30 for 1.00 p.m.) This is the Fuller's pub by the Thames just upstream of Kew Bridge we have been to before. High tide is predicted for 1.23 p.m. See: www.oneovertheait.co.uk . If you haven't confirmed with Steve Newell that you will be coming please do so now.
Travel advice...
Kew Bridge is well served by buses from Kingston, Richmond, Hounslow, Ealing, Chiswick, Hammersmith, Fulham and Shepherds Bush. With Hammersmith Bridge closed to vehicles at the moment, traffic is a bit thicker than normal. Kew Bridge station is served by South Western Railway. RMT members are threatening strike action but this usually means reduced frequency rather than no trains at all - but be wary. Thames Road (downstream) is probably the best for parking (from 12 noon onwards).
The new cycleway 9 (downgraded from Cycling Superhighway 9) is destined to be routed through the junction just north of Kew Bridge. It is just possible that preparatory work will have started by 10th December. There is political battle going on and councillors from a certain party have suggested postponing the work until Hammersmith Bridge is fixed. That might mean forever although work is ongoing at Hammersmith Bridge which is now considered so weak that cyclists now have to dismount and walk across and the rickshaw service which was becoming popular has been suspended. You couldn't make this up! Ed: The monthly Hammersmith Handicap race is tomorrow so we'll see if the council require the runners to go across the bridge on tiptoe.
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