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BA Athletics Club News Digest 26th October 2020

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

Unrestricted races are still few and far between so the club continues to operate with Solo and Shared runs as listed above - for restrictions and advice see the Coronavirus footnote at the end of this digest. 

Roderick Hoffman

This Week's Events

Please help me by sending me your results, for instance by filling in the tables below and forwarding to News@barunner.org.uk. There are currently two ongoing midweek challenges and also various virtual races you may have taken part in for which it may be difficult for me to see your result.

Track-on-Field (by 5pm on the last Friday of the month):

Ross Barkley 5k (by the end of the month):

Weekend Achievement (by 5pm on the Monday:

Virtual Races

Roderick Hoffman

BAAC AGM 2020

Unfortunately, we have been unable to arrange our annual get together to be in one room this year, so we are going to do the next best thing.  Our review of 2019/20, and our look forward to next year, will be available to everyone by Zoom, on Wednesday evening from 8pm.  Please polish up your laptops, hang your favourite painting on the wall behind you, and join in.  

It is important we get together to obtain your support for your new committee, as they start planning for the next year.  

See you there!

Details:

• Topic: BAAC AGM
• Time: Oct 28, 2020 08:00 PM London
• To join the Zoom Meeting click on this link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86056357332?pwd=RzJKSnNuYS96UHBpak91VTg1SWlLZz09
• If prompted...meeting ID: 860 5635 7332
• If prompted...passcode: 458385

Agenda: BAACAGMAgenda 2020.doc

Issued Report: BAAC 2020 committee annual report v2.docx

Steve Hillier (Club Secretary)

Please join us on Wednesday for a chance to see and hear us, and for us to see and hear from you. I hope that this picture from our recent committee meeting doesn't put you off.

One advantage of this arrangement for the AGM is that we can offer an open bar. At any stage of the evening just drag yourself away from the screen, open your fridge and help yourself.

The agenda is linked to above and in the initial items we'll be reporting on the last 18months. These will be summaries from the report we circulated earlier this year - also linked to above. I intend to summarise my 569 word section into a single 17 syllable Haiku...so if you want the detail please make sure you have read the report! If you don't want the detail - then make your dash to the fridge a quick one.

See you on Wednesday,

Roderick Hoffman (Acting Chair)

Five Mile Handicap Result for Wednesday 21st October #

The first round of the Wednesday Winter Handicap was held on 21st October over a new 2 lap 8km course starting and finishing at the Bedfont Club.

Runners were able to use the newly painted changing rooms but the club house was closed.  With the area being under Tier 2 Covid-19 restrictions indoor socialising would not have been possible anyway. Weather conditions were good for running but there some large puddles caused by rain earlier.  Chris Kelly established a course record of 36:03.  Newcomer Amanda Coombs was unfamiliar with the course and possibly unaware of Joe Nolan's status as a pace guru and ran away to set a women's course record of 44:50.

The next round is scheduled for Wednesday 18th November and arrangements will be confirmed in the Digest on Monday 16th.  The event has traditionally been run on Wednesday evenings over the winter. Further rounds are scheduled for 9th December 2020, 27 January 2021, 24 February and 31 March (in BST).  The best four scores out of a possible 6 count towards the final table.

Points are awarded after each run according to how close runners finish to their target time with the system favouring those who judge their pace to achieve a modest improvement.

First Round Results:

Target	Participant	Actual	New target	Points
54:00	Steve Hillier	54:30	54:30	25
44:00	John Scaife	42:45	43:00	21
37:30	Chris Kelly	36:03	36:00	18
50:00	Roderick Hoffman	47:20	47:30	16
50:00	Joe Nolan	46:22	46:30	15
50:00	Amanda Coombs	44:50	45:00	14

Steve Newell

Virtual WARR2020 #

A dozen of us had shown interest in attending what would have been this year's WARR in Hawaii last weekend, before the event had to be cancelled last June. The free format virtual event has attracted at least thirteen - but wasn't able to compete in terms of climate, culture and company.

Please advise me if you also did a 5k or 10k virtual WARR run with a photograph of yourself in a WARR shirt as proof.

Roderick Hoffman

SOLO Activity Achievements, Weekend 23rd to 26th October 2020

This week I only picked up on 23 members and friends reported activities. Perhaps too many of us are still recovering from last week's one-mile walk. Three people submitted their activities after 8pm on Monday. Please try to make future submissions by 5pm, or 6pm at the latest.

Roderick Hoffman

BA Clubs Gym Equipment Sale

Since it is no longer viable for BA Clubs to operate gyms, they are selling off their gym equipment. This includes big items like Treadmills and Spin Bikes and small items down to Skipping Ropes. My guess is that some of these will go for bargain prices. BA Clubs will be trying to maximise the money it gets back from these items but on the other hand it wants to complete the sale quickly and there may not be a secondhand market for this quality of equipment at this time. Please consider and bid quickly since the club have said they want to conclude within days.

Link to list: click here to access the updated document. The "Int. Guide" column represents the minimum that the club think they will be able to sell the items at.

Pictures of each item: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1ESeM1IzJJtLDbpjWFXxO0qMZv_nwyPZq?usp=sharing

Send bids to alison.hartigan@ba.com

Roderick Hoffman

parkrun Update

There were 88 parkrun results posted last week - almost double the number from the 45 the week before. Things would appear to be moving in the right direction.

Roderick Hoffman

Coronavirus Warning Footnote [changes from last week underlined or struck-through] (no changes)

In the UK exercise outside is permitted because it will boost physical and mental health and because the risk of catching Coronavirus outdoors is very low provided social distancing advice is kept to. The relevant law in England says that people can meet outside in groups of up to 6 or, in COVID secure circumstances, up to 30 or more:

• Do not exercise outside the house if you have been asked to isolate or you are unwell, particularly if you have symptoms of the coronavirus such as a fever, or if you share a house with someone who has these symptoms, or if you consider yourself to be vulnerable, such as being elderly or with pre-existing health conditions,
• You may drive to outdoor publicly accessible open spaces irrespective of distance, but you should follow social distancing guidance whilst you are there. Advice is still to avoid public transport and shared car journeys,
• In England you may normally meet with up to five other persons for your exercise outside the home. Club organised events, in COVID secure circumstances, can include more. Do not share athletics equipment and continue to maintain the social distancing with anyone you do meet up with. You are recommended to minimise the total number of different people you meet with over the days and weeks,
• As you exercise, keep 2m away from all others including those you run with as well as those you meet on the run, by default diverting around those you meet (don't leave it up to them to avoid you),
• Do not push yourself too far, this may weaken your defences against the virus and/or increase the probability of requiring assistance. We all have different limits so you need to judge what would be too far for you,
• If government instructions are updated to limit or prevent exercising outside your homes, or to meet with fewer people, please respect such instructions - we should be fighting the virus, not authority.

If you are unwell yourself, especially if you have symptoms of the virus:

• Put your needs first...
• but please let me (Roderick Hoffman) or Steve Hillier know of your condition/status, but we will keep it to ourselves unless you ask us to pass information on.

For club shared activities we recommend the social distancing gap of 2metres although "1meter+" can be followed during the activity itself. Any club member can organise a shared activity. To legitimize a run with more than six participants:

• The chairman (Roderick) or the secretary (Steve Hillier) must be notified in advance that the event is taking place,
• One of the participants must be a paid-up member of the BA Athletics Club and must be prepared to perform the duties of a "Covid-19 Coordinator", if more than six attend we recommend that that member wears a BAAC top or distinctive clothing,
• A risk assessment has to be raised based on this template,
• The considerations within the risk assessment must be followed,
• After the run perform a review of the risk assessment and log and pass on any issues or lessons learned.

Club members are asked not to cross the third tier ("Very High") boundary (in either direction) to attend a club organised event.

Next Digest - Results, news, pictures, feedback, jokes, stories - send them to the editor, Roderick Hoffman, at news@barunner.org.uk.

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