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BA Athletics Club News Digest 3rd February 2020Events:
Our next Bedfont Club meeting will be on February 5th (Coaching Session) and 26th (Five Mile Handicap). March club evenings will be 4th (Awards evening) and 25th (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: 8th January. * Club Event Map: [Clickable link to Google Maps] (parkrun details updated 8th January 2020) / # 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, Tuesday 28th January 2020, 3.4 miles, result #
The weather was fair with runners facing a strong chilly breeze in the final mile. Regular runners were a little slower than last year. Thanks to Roderick Hoffman for course build and clear up, Steve Newell and Paul Brandon for timekeeping. After the run several of the group retired to the Queens Head for a pleasant lunch. Times:
This event was first held in 1981 (+/- a year) and once had around 200 participants. In 2012 it only had three participants and I managed a first finish! No mean feat - I had to outsprint Steve Newell and a pregnant lady. However for three of the last four years we have had nine participants and without a local base in the Cranford area the time has come to retire the event (unless someone new steps forward wanting to organise it for next year).
Roderick Hoffman Interval Training for Distance Running - Bedfont Club Wednesday 5th from 18:00We will be having an Interval training session with a series of high intensity workouts interspersed with recovery periods. The high-intensity periods are typically at or close to anaerobic exercise, while the recovery periods involve activity of lower intensity. Varying the intensity of effort exercises the heart muscle, providing a cardiovascular workout, improving aerobic capacity and permitting the person to exercise for longer and/or at more intense levels. This is particularly useful session for developing distance running capability.
During the briefing we will discuss recovery techniques ‘whilst on the move’ and try these out during the repeat recovery times. Discussion of the session afterwards in the comfort of the Bedfont Club, and to cover any other longer distance running factors. Joe Nolan The Bedfont Club changing rooms will be available from 17:45. The session is expected to finish by 19:15. The right hand bar room is available afterwards (there is no food provided, but we are welcome to bring in sandwiches). All members and friends are welcome at the training session - frequent visitors are expected to join BA Clubs or the Bedfont and Feltham Football and Social Club. Reminder - The Inaugural Parkland Mile will be run on Thursday 6th February at 12:45 #
This may be a self-timed event so please bring a watch / timing device. For those based at Waterside meet outside the Gym @ 12:25 for 1 mile warm up to start. Please do forward on to anyone else you think will be interested. Ian Cunningham Final Men's Surrey League match #The final fixture of this season takes place on Saturday at 12 noon at Lloyd Park, Croydon. Details can be found at: http://surreyleague.org/slm/match/122/ We are in 9th place, the same as we finished last season but are scoring much better. There are 2 catchable teams less than 103 points ahead of us and the following team is 300 behind. Individually, Paul Knechtl is 5th best overall scorer as well as leading the over 40s with Ross Davies in 5th and Mike Dennison leads the over 60s with Barry Walters in 5th place. So there is lots to play for and we can go for a beer and lunch afterwards at the Coombe Lodge as we did last year. Newcomers are always welcome. Please let me know if you plan to attend. email: Neil Frediani BAAC Awards Evening, March 4th - nominations neededWe hope that you will be able to attend our annual Awards evening at the beginning of March. The judges are about to go into conclave to pick the BAAC stars of 2019. This is your last chance to nominate a deserving candidate for:
All suggestions are welcome, including for yourself, but please make sure you get them to me by Wednesday morning (Feb 5th). Thanks, Marathon Training Update - collated from our London Marathon entrantsSarah Freeman Smith "My training is coming along and I will be doing 12 miles early on Saturday hopefully finishing up with my 99th parkrun. Just want to squeeze in the 100th the week after, before the miles increase too much. There’s something very satisfying about running through the parkrun finish knowing that’s your long run done for the weekend!" David Williams "...as for the training. I am in my 4th week now. I'm loving it! Quite surprising really. But haven't got to the 2hr + runs yet. So ask me again in a few weeks!" Emma Moreton "My training is going to plan, touch wood, and I'm cross-training with hot yoga and Pilates! Hope everyone is enjoying their long runs" Lisa Green "My training is going well. I did the Dorney
Lakes half this weekend which was ok but glad it was over after 4 laps of the
lake!!! Victoria Balandis "Training is going well here, up to 14 miles comfortably, I've been adding some tempo runs to my plan and swimming twice a week. I've had Asthma my whole life and find the speed work and swimming really helps my lung capacity. I have entered a couple of hilly half marathons and a 20 miles race 4 weeks before just to calm my race nerves! Hope everyone else is doing well." Fraser Cameron is recovering from an unusually tough
Christmas…. Physically, I am still shaking off some left over joint pain from the illness and trying to build back the lost muscle, but I ran 13 miles last Sunday comfortably (thanks to some strength training the day before). Speedwise, I was roughly 40 secs off my average mile pace for the distance, so not too bad all things considering. Suffice to say, I am now just enjoying training and looking forward to London immensely!" Steve Hillier parkrun review Saturday 1st February 2020
It may have been the morning after the night before for some but life goes on whether we are part of Europe (politically) or not and there was another large turnout by members this week. The largest group were at Osterley where they were joined by local MP, Ruth Cadbury, a staunch remain supporter in a strong remain constituency. parkrun exports will continue as before and indeed later this month there will be inaugurals on offer in The Netherlands – through trains now run from St Pancras. Maria Jovani (20:21) was our quickest at Osterley but she was a little adrift of her female club record which she holds with 19:47. Bob Bannister (22:35) was 39 seconds better than his previous best effort at Osterley. Zoe Ostley, on the other hand improved by four minutes! Pbs were also achieved by James Shoulder (19:06) at Bedfont Lakes, Murray Hogge (21:42, club record) at Mile End, Jain Reid (27:02) at Richmond Park and Roderick Hoffman (30:51) at Sunny Hill (subject to VAR – it could be even better). Mike Dennison visited Crystal Palace for the first time and improved the club record there down to 20:17. The course there uses good paths but is far from flat! Julie Barclay (22:53) and Paul Watt (22:02) were back down to earth after pioneering alphabet chasing runs recently. It was Julie’s 50th run at Rushmoor. Attendances there of around 600 are now common. Trish McCabe (28:53) set a club female record on her first visit to Finsbury Park, her 62nd different park. Dave Dixon still holds the men’s record with 18:01. Barry Walters (22:08) went to Northala Fields for the first time, his 46th different park. Maria Jovani is the outright club record holder there with 19:44.
Joe Nolan’s famous pacing squad were out in force at Black Park (1st Saturday of every month). Over 100 PBs were recorded so that says it all. The recent wet weather and high river levels are still affecting some parkrun courses and the Higginson Marlow and Reading courses were still too wet to run on this week. Both have only operated normally on three Saturdays since the end of November (and no festive season special runs either). Steve Newell Steve's parkrun stats - club parkrun stats (updated to 4th Jan) Full club parkrun database - {read access to new club parkrun database} - Download and explore. Pictured - Joan Foxley, dressed for Tail Walking, giving the first timers briefing at Harrow on January 25th.
Marathon Update aka Where's Piers been this weekFrom Facebook - "My first marathon for 2020 in (very) sunny Murcia. Gun time 3:50:04 and chip time 3:49:10 which was pretty much on plan. Excellent course for PB potential and cheap food and beer make this an attractive option for future years. Oh and did I mention it was sunny and hot?" Ian Cunningham (not Piers)
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The traditional post-Christmas lunchtime run was held on the last Tuesday in
January starting and finishing in Cranford High Street opposite the Cranford
Community School. The race, originally based at the Concorde Centre (or was it
even the Speedbird Club) was created as an interdepartmental team event almost
40 years ago by David Barnard who gallantly walked the course this year even
after arriving later than planned due to traffic jams caused by road works in
Southall.
Sarah Gordon was the only one to visit a new parkrun for the club this week.
She recorded 34:07 at Salcey Forest in Northamptonshire. Park #118
for her and 565 for the club collection.
Chichester
10k Results