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BA Athletics Club News Digest 28th January 2019Events:
We meet at 18:00 at the Bedfont Club on most Wednesdays throughout the year. 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). Inclusions, with photos, please to Roderick Hoffman at news@barunner.org.uk. Round-the-Block Race Tuesday 22nd January 2019 Results #
Club parkrun results for Saturdays 24th January 2019
Shock Horror Headline this week... The world’s most prolific parkrunner, Darren Wood, didn’t run this week which meant that the quarter of a million people who did run caught up by one. It is anticipated that his total of 705 (374 at Frimley Lodge, 257 at Bushy Park, 20 at Rushmoor plus a few tourist visits) will resume its upward path again very soon. He is 70 ahead of his nearest rival Neil Sunderland who has run over 500 times at Banstead Woods. Kay Trinder (21:01) was our fastest runner this week coming in first lady at Woking with another age grade score over 80%. Alice Banks (28:41) established a female club record on her first visit to Marlborough Common where the parkrun started last September. That time places Alice 3rd out of 19 in her age category there. Roderick Hoffman (27:36) lowered the club record at Catford on his first visit there. He is closing in on “Lon-Done” club membership again. There are currently 53 parkruns in London boroughs. For more info look at www.strideandtested.com. Just to illustrate that parkrun tourist travel doesn’t always mean going somewhere new David Duggan (32:42) was in Sunbury (the one to the north and west of Melbourne, Australia which has an average attendance of 99.9) for the second time and lingered long enough to earn a volunteer credit for finish token support! Steve Newell Updated parkrun Stats - club parkrun stats
Feltham parkrunFeltham parkrun is starting up soon but it won't be one that you can just turn up and run at since it is being held within the grounds of, for for the occupants of, Feltham Young Offenders Institute. Nevertheless it is interesting that the course that will probably be used for the Feltham parkrun will be on the other side of the railway line from the Bedfont Lakes parkrun - and the two will of course be running simultaneously. At their nearest the two courses may be only 60 meters apart - out of sight perhaps, but not out of earshot! Steve Newell points out that about 30 years ago several of us visited the Feltham YOI to take part in the "Breakout Biathlon", part of the BTA London Region Triathlon winter series when the BA Munchman was the flagship event. The inmates were all locked in the buildings but were cheering/jeering as we ran out through the gates (which were firmly closed behind us!). The bikes were racked in the carpark so after the first run leg we didn't re-enter the fortress again. I think it was probably organised by a member of Thames Turbo who was working for the prison service at the time. Does anyone reading this remember any more details? Roderick / Steve From the past - The Millennium Mile (St Swithin's Day, 15th July 1999)This summer will see the 20th anniversary of the Millennium Mile held at Waterside (rather than Harmondsworth Moor) on a working day in July 1999. The attempt was to set a corporate record for the 4 x1 mile (mixed) relay and was the launch event for the BA Clubs Millennium celebrations. BA Clubs paid for the first aid cover. Email had only just been introduced for the majority of staff and without it wouldn't have been possible. With an event stretching over about 12 hours many people juggled shifts and used flex time to the max to fit in a run when they could during prearranged timeslots. I remember by late afternoon because the average runner had been a bit conservative we were getting ahead of schedule and came close to not having a fresh runner ready but we never actually stopped. We had two teams and the baton was passed between runners each mile. The course had two dead turns and a running handover between runners. The gold team consisted of 100 different runners all strictly either serving staff (not contractors) and pensioners. Simon Turton ran leg 1 starting at 06:45 and then leapt in his car for Gatwick to depart at 10:10 to Miami on duty! Over the day John Taylor was our fastest in 04:48, PK next in 05:00 and then Barry Walters with a V40 record of 05:07. 99 runners into the event and Steve Newell knew that the 100 was going to be achieved so was able to run the last leg - finishing the 100th mile in a total of 11 hours, 36 minutes and 8 seconds (average time 00:06:58). The silver (Clubs) team had fewer than 100 different runners and some people ran more than once - Dorothy Cook ran the first leg, James Bond the 50th (no, not that one) and John Taylor was allowed the glory leg due to his fast time in the gold team. Contractors and family BA Clubs members ran in the silver baton team. Some gold team runners also put in a leg for the silver team. Their time was slightly slower at 11 hours, 38 minutes and 42 seconds. Steve Newell A fuller write-up, and the full results, are available in the printed "Round-the-Block" club magazine, Issue 53, October 1999. I'll have this edition at the Bedfont Club on Wednesday. Roderick Next Digest - - - - Results, news, pictures, feedback, jokes, stories - send them to the editor, Roderick Hoffman, at news@barunner.org.uk. Not for you, no longer interested? remove me please. Difficulty viewing this? Read it from the website:- http://www.barunner.org.uk/News Latest.shtml. Club website: www.barunner.org.uk.
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Don't
forget to mark September 5th through 7th in your event calendars as the
dates for this year's World Airline Road Race in Amsterdam. Race
Registration will be possible from April 2019.