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BA Athletics Club News Digest 26th February 2024

Events Calendar - online here

Club Event Map: [Clickable link to Google Maps] [parkrun run by club members updated January 2024]

For future weeks: inclusions, with photos, please to Roderick Hoffman at news@barunner.org.uk.

Results for Next Week

Please help me by sending in your results, for instance by filling in the tables below and forwarding to News@barunner.org.uk. Some events will have "Prompts" set up in Facebook. These allow the posting of a single image and some text and make it easy to flip through everyone's entries.

Monthly Mile - please submit your February Mile performance for publication in the first March digest (4th March):

Run one mile and send me your time or add the details to the prompt in Facebook. The mile can be somebody else's formal event or even one mile within a longer run. I'll then produce a fancy graph showing your time this month compared to those of other people and previous runs over the last year:

Mile Participant Location Date How Measured Duration/Time Comment: e.g. event
 

Your Athletic Achievement of the Week (or use the prompt in the BAAC Facebook group):

Participant Event Distance Location Day/Start Time or Duration Details or comment, and other achievements
e.g. Running

This Week's Races

Winter 5 Mile Handicap Wednesday 28th February

The fifth leg of the winter 5 mile handicap will be run from the Bedfont club HQ on Wednesday 28th February. Runners will be aiming to finish the two lap course at 7 p.m.  Start times will be based on recent performances. First timers are always welcome to join in even at this late stage.  Those wishing to walk one lap are also welcome to join in.

> Steve Newell

Club Featured parkrun - Saturday 2nd March at Osterley

Steve Newell will be running his 500th parkrun and will become the 6th current member of the club to achieve that. Join us for the run and in the cafe afterwards.

A reminder of the BAAC / Harry Wild Cross Country Sunday 3rd March 2024, Cranford Park, 1030

This race takes place next weekend!  Thank you to everyone who has already committed to run or help.  We could still do with a few more marshals please, and further runners are always welcome.  The earlier you can let me know, the easier I will rest!  Thanks.

The race will celebrate Harry's life, and his contributions to BAAC and Hillingdon AC.  We will be joined by Harry's family, who will be starting the race and cheering on the runners.

The course will be flat and probably muddy, approximately 3 miles for women and 4.5 miles for men.

Parking is limited in Cranford Park.  Alternative parking is available in Roseville Road, Hayes, just five minutes walk from the start via a subway under the M4.

> Steve Hillier

Recent Activity Achievements

18 members' achievements were communicated to me before this week's publication time, plus a late one from last week.

Colleague Activity Distance Course When Duration Comments
Jain Reid  Race Marathon Saville Marathon Sun 04:52:07 [Not spotted last week] Beautiful City and nice to catch up with Piers.
Andy Rayner Various Various Tues fast walk estate 10:22 / Wed fast walk estate 11:15 (in dark) / Thurs fast walk estate 10:44 (in rain) / Fri fast walk to Park v v (jog last quarter) 30:37  / Sun Cycle Ockwells/Cox Green 20:50
Barry Walters Running 5km Bracknell Thur 00:27:43 Steady run from home in the morning in wet conditions. Once again completed a faster second half. In the evening did a 45 minute rpm virtual workout which included hills, speedwork and pace training.
Benita Scaife Running 7.5/8miles Windsor Great Park Sun am 01:28:38 We ran in Windsor Great Park on Sunday morning. Cool, dry, no wind, a bit misty early on, stags grazing. Just beautiful. 7.5-8 miles. 1:28:38.
John Scaife Running 7.5/8miles Windsor Great Park Sun am 01:28:38 As Benita
Chris Kelly  Race Half-M Wokingham Half Sun am 01:45:42 Cool but clear - good progress towards Manchester, but might not have gone far enough in time…
Ben Kelly  Race Half-M Wokingham Half Sun am 01:45:23 As Chris K
Emma Moreton parkrun 5km Bedfont Lakes Sat am First Female at Bedfont Lakes parkrun. No PB but lots of icy puddles to smash (pic is with James who is BA cabin crew and had just landed from Miami!)
Jain Reid  Race 10km Cancer Research 10k Sun am 00:56:35 Lovely day for it.
Julie Barclay Running 6km Ash Thur 00:33:00 From home, along canal, to Ash Lock and back past the lakes.
Paul Watt Running 9km Ash Thur 00:48:00 As Julie, but with an extra loop.
Melanie Miller Walking 18.7km Upminster Circular Mon 00:04:38 The picture gives an indication of how muddy it wos as we manoeuvred path after path, field after field, and almost got ‘cornered’ by a group of horses who cud smell the food in our bags a mile away…lol
Neil Frediani Running 18.5miles The last 5 alternating between walking and running due to aching knees and hips.
Petra Otto Gym Just the usual gym work, and working on my injured hamstring. Very good news in yesterday - finally, I’ll have the long awaited ultrasound scan tomorrow.
Piers Keenleyside  Race 5km Serpentine Last Friday of the Month 5k Fri lunch 00:25:08 Ended my recent run of continuous improvement at this event and slipped back by over a minute to finish in 25:08.
Roderick Hoffman Running 17km Stockley Country and back Fri 02:05:00 Run to Stockley Country Park, run round the parkrun course as a pre-check for Saturday, then run back via the canal. Photo from the parkrun.
Stephen Taylor Running 18miles A40 Uxbridge and back 03:20:17 I went west for a change, out to Uxbridge and back along the A40. Not very scenic but also not muddy.
Steve Hillier Running 3.8km Rayners Lane and Roxbourne Park Sun 00:27:50 A loop through Rayners Lane and Roxbourne Park.  Windy, no rain, but pretty muddy through sections of the park. 
Tim Bellars  Race Marathon New Delhi Marathon Sun am 04:14:13 [second marathon in two months in two countries - target is 7 in 7 in 7 raising money for MND: See https://www.justgiving.com/page/tim-bellars-1702913087451  ]

Week Achievement photos

parkrun Results for Saturday 24th February 2024

33 activities are recorded below. Please get in touch if your activity is missing.

Club parkrunner parkrun Run# Pos Time Age Grade Comment
Sarah GORDON Abbey Park 43 327 0:39:20 53.94% 5th visit to Abbey Park (Leicester)
Harjit Jhooti Barking 540 151 0:35:20 51.23% first run at Barking, LonDone progress but a long way to go!
Emma Moreton Bedfont Lakes 681 17 0:23:44 65.80% F1  
David John BIRD Bedfont Lakes 681 18 0:23:47 66.85% three seconds behind
Scott DAVISON Bedfont Lakes 681 29 0:25:43 58.26% run #455, 288th at Bedfont
David DUGGAN Bedfont Lakes 681 95 0:35:48 46.42% run #503, 240th at Bedfont
David Cowell Bramshall Road 86 1 0:19:09 74.59% Uttoxeter. 1st finisher - at ninth different parkrun. New BA parkrun #802.
Ian CUNNINGHAM Bushy Park 973 514 0:26:23 61.34%
Diana Smith Bushy Park 973 1287 0:46:38 51.07% run #58
Paul WATT Caffarella 196 3 0:21:09 75.18% 3rd. All roads led to Rome. New BA fastest male (from Piers)
Julie BARCLAY Caffarella 196 13 0:24:24 78.42% F1. BA best age grade (from Maria, though she retains fastest female)
Ben CHAYTOW Crane Park 547 17 0:21:39 66.51%
Mike DENNISON Gladstone 543 13 0:21:23 79.19% 3rd out of 261 finishers going on age grade
Maria JOVANI Gladstone 543 21 0:22:09 73.89% F3
Piers KEENLEYSIDE Gloucester City 217 130 0:27:48 60.91% first run at Gloucester City
Christopher T KELLY Guildford 507 271 0:32:22 48.71% 599th parkrun but first time ever at Guildford
Alastair HESLOP Guildford 507 Funnel Manager at Guildford
Vera Simms Hastings 390 133 0:26:51 73.31% Sixth run at Hastings, PB by nine seconds.
Janet Smith Henley-on-Thames 268 61 0:53:01 35.59% first visit to Henley-on-Thames, parkwalker…but no other walkers to keep company!
Benita SCAIFE Maidenhead 398 213 0:35:18 61.05% 140th run at Maidenhead
John SCAIFE Maidenhead 398 214 0:35:19 49.93% 141st (!) run at Maidenhead
Elise LAWRENSON Nonsuch 572 249 0:28:15 57.94% Back to Nonsuch after four tourist parkruns.
Bob BANNISTER Osterley 465 102 0:26:29 64.51% 498th parkrun
Trish MCCABE Osterley 465 112 0:26:49 60.41% run  #456
Anne Bannister Osterley 465 234 0:32:23 65.52%
Alan ANDERSON Osterley 465 329 0:45:36 59.76% 700th parkrun
Neil FREDIANI Prudhoe Riverside 299 89 0:31:46 53.78% fifth run this year at Prudhoe Riverside (River Tyne)
Melanie Miller South Norwood 281 133 0:43:31 41.59% first run at South Norwood
Joan FOXLEY Stockley Country 58 Barcode Scanner at Stockley Country
Denis FOXLEY Stockley Country 58 Timekeeper at Stockley Country
Roderick HOFFMAN Stockley Country 58 Run Director at Stockley Country
Steve NEWELL Stockley Country 58 Marshal at Stockley Country
Paul TIMMS Tetbury Goods Shed 174 28 0:23:46 67.46% 31st run at Tetbury Goods Shed

parkrun Review Saturday 24th February 2024

Another wet week across the country left many parkrun courses saturated or flooded and scores of events were cancelled.  Not for the first time recently, Chris Kelly (32:22) was unable to run his home course at Reading and this week made his first visit ever to Guildford where he encountered Alastair Heslop volunteering as funnel manager.  That takes Chris’s total to 599 parkruns at 85 different venues. 

The club parkrun at Osterley this coming week (2nd March) will be to celebrate Alan Anderson reaching 700 runs last Saturday.  He is in a very select group of about 30 parkrunners round the world to reach that landmark.  Also, Steve Newell who has far too many run/triathlon related T-shirts already will be aiming to win the right to buy a blue parkrun 500 one!  Bob Bannister is on 498 runs and plans to run his 500th at Bedfont Lakes before Easter – watch this space for further details. 

The trailed event at Stockley Country Park started in bright sunshine by the Worshipful Mayor of Hillingdon in a splendid red gown and “gold” chain of office went ahead with “good to soft” going.  More than half of the 125 finishers were running the course for the first time – twenty one were doing a parkrun for the very first time. {Ed: And there were also six participants who hadn't run a parkrun for over twelve months}.

Another parkrun was added to the club list this week.  Weighing in at #802 we have Bramshall Road (Uttoxeter).  David Cowell (19:09) was first across the line and that makes it nine different parkruns where he has achieved that distinction.  Getting some fresh air on a Saturday morning is good; trying and succeeding in reaching the person with the stopwatch on the finish line before anyone else is also allowed, everyone is welcome.  As long as club affiliations continue to be published in the parkrun results I’ll hope to continue reporting our parkrun involvement. 

Steve Newell

Matters Arising - Stockley Country parkrun

As Run Director on Saturday I was appreciative of Joan, Denis and Steve answering my call for help. On the day we had plenty of volunteers but that was only because a couple of the regulars who had expected to be away found that they were, after all, available. The 125 finishers isn't a large number compared to many parkruns but it is our largest number since last June. The occasion was the "graduation run" for a Couch to 5k programme run by Hayes and Harlington Road Runners.  Once the run was underway I did talk to the Mayor and his escorts from the council. They are supportive of parkrun but, obviously, parkruns are set up by groups of keen locals, not by councils. But the Council would like to see a Junior parkrun in Lake Farm, to the east of Stockley Park. The large former Southall Gasworks site (in Ealing) is being developed and Hillingdon Council would like there to be a new footbridge across the canal linking the new residential area to Minet Country Park. That might make that park much more accessible to a large number of people.

 

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Roderick Hoffman

Running Shorts / Letters to the Editor / Spotted on Social Media

Green Belt Relay parkrun - Kingston 9th March

Members of the Green Belt Relay committee are attending Kingston parkrun on 9th March to celebrate the life of former race director Sean Davis. If you're around, wear a GBR t-shirt.

Thanks for the Digest.

I loved the collection of photos with names and esp. blessed by reading James' letter and Mason's achievements.

Dorothy Cook Harding

20 Feb 24

We mentioned last week that Phil Sesemann, Mark Taylor's daughter's cousin, achieved the Olympic qualifying time of 2hr 8mins 4 secs. Graham Taylor notes that Phil’s time has put him 3rd on the UK all time Men’s marathon times list. 

Dawn Taylor Sweeney

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