BA Athletics Club News Digest 8th December 2014
Forthcoming Events:
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Wednesday 10th December - December 5 mile handicap 18:00
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Wednesday 17th December - Parkway Mile and Club Christmas Social at the
Heston Clubhouse 18:00 / 20:00 (see below)
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Saturday 10th January - Ladies and Men's Surrey League Cross Country -
Wimbledon / Oxshott, 12:00 / 14:30
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at all of these events. The full diary of club featured
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Perivale Five Mile 7th Dec 2014 Results
Kerstin, Piers, Steve H, Roderick, Petra, Santa [holding up the marker
suggesting the team's average age - and it would have been 55 without Kerstin], Neil, Steve T, Steve N [we
couldn't find Joe - he must have been changing]
| POS |
Race # |
Time |
First Name |
Last Name |
Club |
AG |
AG% |
| 1 |
368 |
26:15 |
Jamie |
Taylor-Caldwell |
Ealing Southall & Middlesex |
SM |
81.27% |
| 40 |
175 |
31:13 |
Leigh |
James |
London Heathside |
SW |
77.61% |
| 101 |
187 |
35:08 |
Piers |
Keenleyside |
Ealing Eagles |
M50 |
73.57% |
| 127 |
213 |
36:55 |
Kerstin |
Luksch |
Unattached |
SW |
65.99% |
| 147 |
366 |
38:27 |
Stephen |
Taylor |
British Airways |
M50 |
63.95% |
| 181 |
104 |
40:28 |
Neil |
Frediani |
British Airways |
M50 |
63.87% |
| 183 |
154 |
40:36 |
Roderick |
Hoffman |
British Airways |
M50 |
62.07% |
| 249 |
276 |
45:49 |
Petra |
Otto |
Thorney Running Club |
W55 |
70.24% |
| 270 |
261 |
49:05 |
Steve |
Newell |
British Airways |
M70 |
59.38% |
| 278 |
151 |
49:53 |
Steve |
Hillier |
British Airways |
M60 |
53.17% |
| 279 |
267 |
50:00 |
Joe |
Nolan |
British Airways |
M50 |
52.59% |
"I competed in this race on Sunday - we had a good turnout from BAAC. I
chose to stick close to the Santa running at fifty minute pace, and he dragged
me round to a pleasing time, with some accurate splits at the mile markers.
Joe Nolan would have been impressed by this quality pacer, whoever he was.
I didn't get a chance to talk to Santa after the race - after the team photo he
hopped on his sleigh, and headed north across the park."
Steve Hillier
Checking the results it would appear that Santa did a
disappearing act after Steve crossed the line but before Joe himself did. Neil
and I can confirm that the 40 minute Santa also did a great pacing job though we
were not able to keep up - and similarly Petra with the 45 minute Santa.
Roderick Hoffman
Magic Mile 4th December Results
Hi All,
| Runner |
Previous Best |
06-Nov-14 |
04-Dec-14 |
Improvement from previous |
| James Morris |
00:08:10 |
00:08:10 |
00:07:39 |
31 (new best) |
| Jeremy Short |
00:05:49 |
00:06:20 |
00:05:56 |
24 seconds |
| Neil Frediani |
00:07:04 |
00:07:31 |
00:07:16 |
15 seconds |
| Simon Ashford |
00:06:18 |
00:06:28 |
00:06:18 |
10 & matched best |
| Steve Taylor |
00:06:45 |
00:06:59 |
00:06:52 |
07 seconds |
| Sharon Kassemzadeh |
00:06:47 |
|
00:07:16 |
| Richard Ruffell |
00:06:03 |
00:06:20 |
00:06:15 |
05 seconds |
| Roderick Hoffman |
00:07:08 |
|
00:07:11 |
| Bernard Sexton |
00:05:39 |
00:05:38 |
00:05:49 |
+11 seconds |
| Dave Bird |
00:05:52 |
00:06:07 |
00:06:24 |
+17 seconds |
We had a good turnout for the last event of the year considering the weather
conditions. Mind you it could have been worse, I think the idea of mince pies
and mulled wine waiting at the finish lined spurred a few of you on as there
were lots of quicker times this week and one PB. James Morris ran a time of
7:39, which was 31 seconds quicker than his previous best. If he carries on like
that he will be under 7 mins in February… Simon Ashford managed to equal his PB
(6:18), showing that his half marathon training has paid off, but for the wrong
event!
Next event will be Thursday 8th January 2015, not to sure we would get many
takers for the 1st!!!
Paul Knechtl
Club parkrun results for Saturday 6th December
| 6th Dec |
parkrunner |
time |
parkrun |
comment |
Grade |
| Julie |
Barclay |
22:14 |
Woking |
course pb |
76% |
| Dave |
Tyas |
19:18 |
Bushy Park |
run #326 |
76% |
| Jeremy |
Short |
19:59 |
Crane Park |
|
76% |
| Gary |
Rushmer |
20:01 |
Bedfont Lakes |
8th/133 |
76% |
| Colin |
Haylock |
19:20 |
Bushy Park |
|
73% |
| John |
Coffey |
24:46 |
Bushy Park |
|
73% |
| Chris |
Kelly |
20:16 |
Hanley |
14th/129, club course rec |
72% |
| Ian |
Cunningham |
21:10 |
Bushy Park |
|
71% |
| Kerstin |
Luksch |
23:12 |
Gunnersbury |
|
64% |
| Richard |
Ruffell |
24:04 |
Tring |
10th/87 (winner > 20 mins) |
63% |
| Scott |
Davison |
22:27 |
Bedfont Lakes |
17th/133 |
62% |
| Steve |
Newell |
30:17 |
Gunnersbury |
30' pacer |
58% |
| Roderick |
Hoffman |
26:59 |
Lloyd Park |
park #99, club course record |
56% |
| Alan |
Anderson |
38:50 |
Gunnersbury |
late start/course setup delay |
53% |
| Joe |
Nolan |
31:04 |
Black Park |
pacer pacer |
51% |
| Piers |
Keenleyside |
volunteer |
Gunnersbury |
marshal |
| Tom |
Rowley |
volunteer |
Woking |
marshal |
| Linda |
Winning |
volunteer |
Llyn Llech Owain |
| Bob |
Winning |
volunteer |
Llyn Llech Owain |
parkrun numbers were down a little this week with counterattractions such as
the ladies cross country, Perivale 5 and Christmas shopping diverting people
away. The cooler weather may have had something to do with it as well.
Fewer than 800 runners turned out at Bushy Park.
Serial course set up volunteer Alan Anderson was unlucky to be sent off round
the re-introduced alternative "winter" course at Gunnersbury without all the
signs he usually carefully hammers into the ground. Several had been left
in the cafe the previous week. After spending time exerting initiative and
defacing centuries old trees with spray paint he arrived back at the start to
find everyone had gone without him. Undaunted he gave chase and after
about a mile caught up with the back markers. {Ed: A more
devious non-parkrunner might have allowed the course directions to filter out
and would then have "won" the "race" by being the first finisher to have
followed the correct course. But this was a parkrun and Alan].
Julie Barclay improved her age group record (V50) at Woking with a 22:14.
Gary Rushmer matched her 76% performance with 20:01 at Bedfont Lakes. Also
running at Bedfont was Scott Davison who is now just one short of his black
"100" shirt. Dave and Jeremy also achieved 76% performances. At Bushy Colin and
John were neck and neck by grade - though over five minutes apart on time.
Chris Kelly popped into Hanley and bettered the time run by Richard Ruffell
just over a year ago. Richard meanwhile was having another go at Tring and
like everyone else found it hard work. Even the winner failed to get
inside 20 minutes.
Joe Nolan has developed a new role mentoring pacers at Black Park and by the
finish was keeping a close eye on the 31 minute apprentice (see below).
Roderick Hoffman ran his 99th park, his latest at a rather frost-bound Lloyd
Park in Croydon.
Updated parkrun stats:
www.barunner.org.uk/results/ba_parkrun_park_totals.xls
Steve Newell (mainly)
BA parkrun map:
http://www.barunner.org.uk/attachments/BA-Parkruns-2014.jpg {some parkruns
may have been missed}.
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Brilliant pacing by my new team at Black Park with 61 new PB's
reported by the Event Director. Pacing was provided in pairs for
every minute between 20-32mins. I started with the 24 and dropped
back progressively shadowing 25-31 to keep a check on proceedings !
First Saturday of every month now planned.
Joe Nolan
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"parkrun much more than just a run in the park" by Debra Bourne
This was supposed to be a review of the book but it is a lengthy
volume, 345 pages, and I'm only half way through it so let's tell you
about the author instead. At school Debra preferred the 1500 and mile
distances but in her late thirties she got into long-distance running.
She did her first half marathon as recently as 2009 and her first Ultra
Marathon in January 2012. She runs cross country including
finishing Saturday's Surrey League Cross Country in 29:45. In 2011
she found parkrun and admits that it has changed her life - she is Event
Director at Lloyd parkrun and on Saturday, before the Cross Country, she
was also the Run Director. I changed my plans for that morning so that I
could meet up with her and ask her how the book got written.
I had first heard that the book was to be written twelve months ago.
Debra had posted a request in the weekly parkrun newsletter asking
people to send in their stories. The plan then was to have the book
ready for the parkrun 10 year anniversary but on Saturday she told me
that it became obvious that not only did the book need more time, but
also it made more sense to include within the book statistics and
photographs of the tenth anniversary itself (thus also reporting on Paul
SH's CBE) - and to have the book out in time for Christmas (she didn't
say that…but it's obviously a great opportunity of a stocking filler for
parkrunners and non-parkrunners the world over). Debra told me that she
had been spending twenty hours a week on the book in the first four
months of this year - including travelling to meet lots of the people
featured in the book and spending an hour talking to each. Then
she lost her job; and from then onwards she took on writing the book as
a full time occupation. Now that it is out she will be able to
look for a new job. So for Debra the day job clearly comes second to
parkrun. Such is the power of parkrun.
The book is a narrative of everything to do with parkrun. It
explains how the first Bushy Time Trial was set up including interviews
and "where are they now"s with each of the participants of that first
event. It documents how, when and why the event changed from "Time
Trial" to "parkrun". It lists the people who work for parkrun and says
what they do and how they got sucked in. It covers the growth since that
first event, including how it spread to each country that parkrun is to
be found in today. It talks about the individuals that make
each parkrun event happen, the jobs that they do, the equipment they
use, and how the computer systems evolved. It talks about the
runners and includes lots of stories of the fast and the slow and the
inspirational. It discusses the parkrun communities, including the
community of parkrun tourists. It covers the kids, dogs, buggies and
anything that you would expect to be covered. Including cake. It
covers awards and the future and it even includes listing some of the
things that have gone wrong - for instance it exposes who it was at the
inaugural parkrun at the third venue, Banstead Woods, who managed to
wipe all of the results data before it had been transferred.
The book is clearly the result of a labour of love so please return
the love by buying a copy. Each copy sold generates a contribution
for parkrun. It is available through retailers like Amazon
(including an iPad version) but please note that parkrun gets a bigger
contribution if you buy it from the official parkrun merchandiser -
http://www.wiggle.co.uk/parkrun . I'd say more, but I've still
several chapters to read.
Roderick Hoffman
Please note that the websites say that the book isn't currently in
stock but is expected soon. That may be standard for new books
these days - they are actually printed and distributed on demand.
I got my copy within days of ordering it.
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Ladies Cross Country
I've got several photographs from last Saturday's Ladies
Surrey League Cross Country but so far no results or write-up. Hopefully I
can include a full report next week. But just a quick taster of one of our
runners suffering on the way round the cold, muddy, exhausting cross country
course:
Parkway Mile Relay 17th December followed by Social including Santa's Sack
The following have entered so far -
Gary Rushmer, Chris Kelly, Barry Walters, Eddie Giles, John Scaife, Neil
Frediani, Denis Foxley, Alan Friar, Steve Newell, Tony Barnwell, Alan Anderson
and Steve Hillier - so we have basis for a good race. [ Ed:
Perhaps if the ladies cross country team asked Steve he'd allow them to be a
single team to take on each of the men's teams. ]
Harry Wild expects to be at the halfway turn point as usual.
Please contact Steve Newell by 16th December if you are planning to run.
Nobody will be turned away.
The party in the clubhouse afterwards is for runners and non-runners alike,
all members, potential new members and anyone associated. Try to let us
know in advance so that we can arrange enough mince pies. Santa's Sack is
optional but encouraged - the guideline price range for gifts in Santa's sack is
between five US dollars and five pounds.
Steve Newell
Running Shorts - The Cooks
I've got a new email address for Dorothy and Martin Cook and a Christmas
message from them. Please let me know if you'd like me to forward that to
you.
Roderick Hoffman
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