BA Athletics Club News Digest 8th May 2017
Events:
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Wednesday 10th May - RunTogether Session 18:30 Heston Venue
* (see below)
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Monday 22nd May - Track and Field Club Grand Prix events 1000m and triple
jump Uxbridge Track * (see below)
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Wednesday 24th May - Heston Venue Last Use Wake (to be confirmed next week)
-
Monday 29th May (Bank Holiday) - Vitality 10,000 - Marshalling (see below
and contact Clara)
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. Updated May 5th.
*Club Event Map:
[Clickable link to Google Maps]
Not for you, no longer interested?
remove me please.
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Corrections:
The links on the on-line version of the digest were sound.
RunTogether - please pass information on
We are having a second RunTogether event at Heston Venue from 18:30 on
Wednesday 10th May. All are welcome and encouraged to attend - starters
and experienced runners alike. Joe Nolan will be leading the session this time.
In summary:
1- briefing
2- warm up and dynamic stretches
3- strides
4- speed work session 20mins
5- warm down & stretches)
I will lay out a short form course for any new joiners and
run/monitor them myself.
Cheers, Joe
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The annual Harmondsworth "traditionally BA" Fun Run for Cancer Research UK
has been confirmed for Thursday 20th July and we are currently proposing that we
run a "Couch to 5k" programme under the RunTogether banner. This would be
focused on meet-ups every Thursday at 17:30 at Waterside/Harmondsworth from May
25th. Please let us know if this would interest you, and pass this on to
anyone you know who might be interested in starter or refresher sessions leading
towards 5k participation towards the end of July. See
https://groups.runtogether.co.uk/baRunner/Runs/Summary/bbb3a359-3cda-4538-9161-a9267eb157fa
for details and how to sign-up (free).
As well as wanting volunteers to help with the marshalling for the Fun Run,
because BA is not funding the event this year there is also a call out for other
help:
- Do we have any musicians, DJ's or entertainers who might like to do us a
favour at this year's Fun Run?
- We need Raffle Prizes this year. Can you help us? Perhaps you could put
us in touch with an individual or company who might be in a position to help
?
Any suggestions to me in the first instance and I'll pass them on.
mail to:
Roderick Hoffman
NOTICE TO BACLUBS MEMBERS
For those who attend Heston Venue note that we now expect to retain access to
the changing rooms and showers until the end of SEPTEMBER BUT we are still
losing the clubhouse and its meeting rooms at the end of May.
We are now able to confirm that Imperial College has agreed that we
can remain at Heston until 30 September 2017, supported by our current
sports and membership team. This means that all activities in the
sports hall, pavilion, squash courts and including the gym and rifle and
pistol, can continue until then. This includes pay and play
sessions. *** The reason for this short period of continued use is
that some of our sections are mid-season and Imperial are honouring our
agreement until the season ends. There will not be any new season
activity at Heston beyond 30 September 2017. *** The bar will
remain open on Wednesdays and Saturdays as usual until the end of May
2017.
Alison Hartigan
BA Clubs Limited
Concorde Club Trustee
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Volunteers for Vitality 10k, BH Monday 29 May 2017
Volunteers are still being sought for the Vitality 10k. 14 have come forward
and I am still looking for 26.
There will be a coach leaving the Heston Club in the morning to take us to
the event, and drop us back afterwards. Final details of the event will be
emailed when I have them.
If you are interested in helping, please email me your requirements by
tomorrow (Tuesday 9th) if possible:
- shirt size,
- veg / non veg food,
- coach or making your own way there.
Late volunteers may have to accept whatever sizes/food available as I need to
let the organisers know of our requirements and will have to guess if I am not
told specific preference.
Thank you.
Clara
mail to:
Clarapn@aol.com
Also note the following:
Standard Chartered Great City Race 2017 - new date
Evening Everyone,
I wanted to let you know that the publicised date for the 2017 has
now changed.
The new date for the 2017 event is Monday 24th July. The change is as
a result of a State Visit banquet at the Guildhall having been moved
following the announcement of the General Election last month.
Hopefully you’re keen to be involved in the event again this year and
you can pencil Monday 24th July in your diary for now that would be
great.
Many thanks,
James Quinlan | Volunteer Manager
{Simon Turton will ask for volunteers nearer the time}
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Team Members needed for LBH Bridges Relay (Westminster) Wednesday 21st June,
from 19:30.
The annual LBH Bridges Relay is being held this year on Wed 21Jun at 7.30pm
from the Albert Embankment/Westminster Bridge. Teams (Mixed or Women) are
made up of 4 runners each doing a 2.3 mile leg. Entry is £4 per runner which I
would collect on the night. It’s a good event, albeit with a rather
chaotic start, and is one of the last surviving ‘LBH’ fixtures.
We hope to have two teams. Please let me know IMMEDIATELY if you consider
yourself a definite or maybe. Entries close soon and I intend to send our
entry away this week as it tends to fill up.
Brgds.
mail to: Simon Ashford
Speedbird Ladies Race May 2017 - Results
Place |
Name |
Team name |
Category |
Time |
Comment |
1 |
Lydia O'Donoghue |
West 4 Harriers |
F Senior |
20:17.3 |
First finisher |
2 |
Kay Trindo |
Woking AC |
F 45 |
21:04.1 |
First over 45 |
3 |
Maria Jovani |
Runnymede Runners |
F 35 |
21:11.9 |
First F35 |
4 |
Julie Barclay |
Woking AC |
F 45 |
21:29.1 |
Running for Woking AC |
5 |
Deborah Helsdon |
British Airways AC |
F 35 |
21:37.6 |
First BA finisher |
6 |
Stephanie Muzzall |
Datchet Dashers |
F Senior |
22:25.5 |
|
7 |
Helen Bolt |
Datchet Dashers |
F 55 |
22:31.1 |
|
8 |
Carol Jones |
Ealing, Southall & MIddlesex AC |
F 55 |
22:58.5 |
|
9 |
Jane Hounsome |
Datchet Dashers |
F 45 |
23:17.2 |
|
10 |
Patricia Thomas |
Ealing, Southall & MIddlesex AC |
F 45 |
23:24.4 |
|
11 |
Veronika Fikackova |
Datchet Dashers |
F Senior |
23:54.2 |
|
12 |
Fiona Jane Bishop |
Woking AC |
F 55 |
23:59.3 |
|
13 |
Louise Prince |
Ealing, Southall & MIddlesex AC |
F 45 |
24:44.0 |
|
14 |
Louise Rachel Flisher |
Datchet Dashers |
F Senior |
25:03.3 |
|
15 |
Mel Holman |
British Airways AC |
F 35 |
25:05.8 |
Second BA |
16 |
Angharad Price |
Walton Athletics Club |
F Senior |
25:09.3 |
|
17 |
Alice Banks |
British Airways AC |
F 55 |
25:30.4 |
Third BA |
18 |
Danijela Spasojevic |
Shepperton Running Group |
F 45 |
26:39.0 |
|
19 |
Helen Clifton |
Shepperton Running Group |
F 45 |
26:43.6 |
|
20 |
Sharon Crichton |
|
F 55 |
27:28.5 |
|
21 |
Sarah Baggs |
Shepperton Running Group |
F 45 |
27:48.5 |
|
22 |
Alison Joyce |
Shepperton Running Group |
F 55 |
28:17.8 |
|
23 |
Christine Mundon |
Thames Valley Harriers |
F 45 |
28:33.4 |
|
24 |
Helen Smith |
British Airways AC |
F 55 |
29:19.2 |
Good packing by the BA second team! |
25 |
Monica Alonso |
British Airways AC |
F 45 |
29:22.9 |
26 |
Linda Baker |
British Airways AC |
F 55 |
29:27.4 |
27 |
Becky Langford |
|
F Senior |
29:47.6 |
|
28 |
Anne Bannister |
Runnymede Runners |
F 55 |
29:49.3 |
|
29 |
Tara Spasojevic |
Shepperton Running Group |
F Senior |
30:15.3 |
|
30 |
Nikki Crawford |
Shepperton Running Group |
F 55 |
30:18.6 |
|
31 |
Janey Harris |
Shepperton Running Group |
F 45 |
30:20.5 |
|
32 |
Victoria Everest |
Shepperton Running Group |
F 45 |
30:30.3 |
|
33 |
Annette Williams |
Shepperton Running Group |
F 45 |
30:41.5 |
|
34 |
Janet Smith |
Datchet Dashers |
F 45 |
32:30.8 |
|
35 |
Alison Allan |
Datchet Dashers |
F 35 |
32:40.9 |
|
36 |
Nicola Dean |
|
F Senior |
33:11.1 |
|
37 |
Kelly Davis |
Shepperton Running Group |
F Senior |
33:48.5 |
|
38 |
Ann Chandler |
Datchet Dashers |
F 45 |
34:38.5 |
|
39 |
Clare Regale-Day |
Burnham Joggers |
F 35 |
35:18.6 |
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Woking won the team prize followed by Datchet Dashers and then Ealing,
Southall & Middlesex AC. The rules under which we compete are quite clear
that Julie has to run for her first claim club Woking. Had she been in the BA
team then the BA team would have come first to Datchet Dashers by just one
second!
Wings for Life World Run results
A summary for those who haven't been listening - This event started on the
dot at 11:00 UTC (12:00 BST) at 25 locations worldwide. There were over
100,000 registered to start and 100,745 recorded as having started. We all
had a thirty minute head start before catcher cars set off after us, initially
driving at 15km/hour but speeding up each hour. When the catcher car
overtook you your race is won and you are bussed back to the start to enjoy a
beer whilst watching the leaders on the big screen still pounding the road.
And some highlights from the results...
Rank |
Full name |
Nation |
Location |
Rank2 |
Cat. |
Cat. Rank |
km |
Caught (est.) |
Pace m/km (est.) |
stnr |
Comment |
1 |
Anderson, Aron |
SWE |
Dubai |
1 |
M25 |
1 |
92.14 |
17:42:25 |
03:42:59 |
54548 |
Global male winner |
16 |
Stelmach, Dominika |
POL |
Santiago |
1 |
F35 |
1 |
68.21 |
16:30:38 |
03:58:03 |
30003 |
Global female winner |
19935 |
Banks, Alice |
GBR |
Cambridge |
3020 |
F60 |
10 |
20.13 |
13:49:14 |
05:25:36 |
26039 |
10th in gender age category worldwide (vs 425) |
41945 |
Howard, Paola |
GBR |
Santa Clarita, CA |
10717 |
F50 |
510 |
14.35 |
13:27:24 |
06:05:26 |
53935 |
Long standing friends of the club. |
35109 |
Hoffman, Roderick |
GBR |
Cambridge |
27122 |
M55 |
817 |
15.75 |
13:32:49 |
05:53:34 |
21362 |
11479 |
Gordon, Richard |
GBR |
Cambridge |
10130 |
M25 |
1671 |
23.86 |
14:03:13 |
05:09:52 |
95396 |
Roderick's nephew. |
100934 |
Howard, Philip |
GBR |
Santa Clarita, CA |
55782 |
M55 |
1863 |
0 |
13:56:15 |
05:17:03 |
53996 |
Philip says he did 22k but appears to have been missed being caught
by the car. |
So in the Cambridge leg, running during the afternoon with a nice running
temperature though an occasional headwind, I managed to run for 15.75k before
being caught. That was equivalent to 5:53 minute kms for the 15.75k and
slightly exceeded my realistic target of 15k (last year I didn't manage 12k, the
year before I was fitter and slimmer and managed just over 18). Alice did
really well, covering over 20k before she was caught and therefore being first
in her category at Cambridge and internationally tenth.
Now, look at the top two. Winning lady, Stelmach, running at a faster
pace and keeping on going, kept ahead of the catcher car in Chile for 68km!
And someone who wasn't chilly was Alan, no sorry, Aron Anderson, a Swede running in Dubai.
Yes, the Dubai leg, starting at 3pm local time and with an average temperature of 34C
(the hottest of all 25 venues). I would have jogged to the end of the
start road and then waited under a shady palm to flag down the catcher car 31
minutes later. Aron ran 92km at an average pace of 3:43 minutes per k (18
consecutive 18:35 parkruns). Inhuman. I was glad to be enjoying my
beer watching him out there.
The event is to raise funds for research into cures for spinal injuries.
The event itself is paid for by Red Bull and other sponsors so that 100% of the
money raised can go into the research. The entry fees alone will be about £4m
and sponsorship is on top of that so a good day's fundraising all round.
Next year's event will be on 6th May (subject to confirmation of the dates of
next year's F1 Grand Prix dates). It'd be good to see some more club
colleagues taking part - including our faster distance runners. If you can keep
up a pace of 4:50 minutes per km then you could expect to cover an impressive
31k before being caught. At 4:23 pace you'd do 48k.
Roderick Hoffman
Club Track & Field Grand Prix Events
Each year we'll have a series of track evenings which will each feature two
or three events. Everyone is encouraged to attend and give the events a
try. Over the season we'll keep track of the best performer and give them a
trophy at the annual awards evening. This year we are kicking off on
Monday 22nd May with the 1,000m and the triple jump. The venue is
Hillingdon Athletics Stadium in Gatting Way (UB8 1ES).
World Airline Road Race update
"270 of 600 rooms blocked at the Pan Pacific Hotel in Singapore have
already been booked as of May 3, 2017. If you are thinking of
attending this year's WARR event in Singapore October 5 - 8 and want to
take advantage of the generous WARR discount offered you will need to
act fast. If you are currently unsure of your plans please note
that you can cancel your reservation prior to September 12, 2017 without
charge. Also, the breakfast for children under the age of 12 will
SGD25 net. This is a special rate from the norm of SGD45++.
Dinner capacity 650 paxs-will now be at Host Hotel Pan Pacific
instead of Suntec Convention centre. So all the events will now take
place at the host hotel.
Remember, you must register first in order to obtain the discount
booking code for the Host Hotel Pan Pacific Singapore."
World Airline Road Race comms
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http://worldairlineroadrace.org/the-run/registration/
Let me know that you've entered and I'll put together a team list nearer the
time. Thank you to those who already have.
mail to: Roderick
Hoffman
Dream Mile May 2017 - results
A nice temperature for running, dry and with an occasional tailwind. Five of
us ran.
04-May-17 |
Chris Kelly |
00:05:56 |
04-May-17 |
Matthew Stratful |
00:05:56 |
04-May-17 |
Jeremy Short |
00:05:59 |
04-May-17 |
Simon Ashford |
00:07:29 |
04-May-17 |
Roderick Hoffman |
00:07:41 |
Whilst none of us were
close to breaking our historic records at least four of us can talk about recent
improvements. We'll let Simon think of something else to talk about.
The next Dream Mile is on Thursday 1st June.
Green Belt Relay
The next big event for eleven of us led by Chris Kelly (and driven by Nick
Edge and ourselves) is the Green Belt Relay which is the
weekend of 20th/21st May. As a team we'll circumnavigate the whole of London.
Anyone is welcome to come and cheer us on and if you do so at the following
places and times then you can help us operate the marshalling points that we are
required to deliver as we run round...
Day |
Stage |
Mileage |
From |
1stRunner |
Until |
Location |
Postcode |
Comment |
Saturday |
1 |
0 |
|
08:00 |
|
Hampton Court |
KT8 9AS |
Start |
Saturday |
4 |
11 |
12:25 |
12:35 |
13:30 |
A4128 crossing to Boss Lane, north of High Wycombe |
HP14 4PE |
High risk, water |
Saturday |
9 |
7 |
17:25 |
17:35 |
18:15 |
Corner of Godwin Close and A112, south of Waltham Abbey. |
EN9 3QQ |
Low risk, water |
Sunday |
16 |
4.75 |
11:45 |
11:55 |
12:20 |
Rose&Crown, near Dunton Green (Seven Oaks) |
TN13 2TH |
Medium risk, no parking at pub |
Sunday |
21 |
4.5 |
16:25 |
16:35 |
17:00 |
Byfleet / New Haw |
KT15 3JH |
High risk, water |
Sunday |
|
|
|
17:55 |
|
Hawker Centre, Kingstone upon Thames |
KT2 5BH |
Finish |
This map:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1UdUPDtwS2zuDf5OKgoYJxKIN4RU&usp=sharing
may show you you all of our stage starts and marshaling points. Let me
know if you are prompted for access.
Roderick Hoffman
Club parkrun results for Saturday 6th May
6th May |
family & friends |
time |
parkrun |
commentary |
grade |
Chris |
Evans |
22:55 |
Bedfont Lakes |
run #164 |
65% |
Scott |
Davison |
26:04 |
Bedfont Lakes |
run #202 |
54% |
John |
Lennon |
26:17 |
Bedfont Lakes |
run #250 |
59% |
Caroline |
Cockram |
28:38 |
Bedfont Lakes |
and photographer |
57% |
David |
Duggan |
29:12 |
Bedfont Lakes |
run #199 |
54% |
Trish |
McCabe |
30:00 |
Bedfont Lakes |
run #183 |
51% |
Ian |
Cockram |
33:41 |
Bedfont Lakes |
run #390 |
43% |
Gary (junior) |
Rushmer |
35:38 |
Bedfont Lakes |
run #3 |
55% |
Gary (granddad) |
Rushmer |
35:41 |
Bedfont Lakes |
run #67 |
43% |
Joe |
Nolan |
|
Black Park |
Pacer Squad Organiser |
|
Janet |
Smith |
33:08 |
Brueton |
run #66, 1st at Brueton |
52% |
John |
Coffey |
26:30 |
Bushy Park |
run #237, 205th at Bushy Park |
72% |
Jeremy |
Short |
20:20 |
Crane Park |
run #82 |
76% |
Ben |
Chaytow |
21:39 |
Crane Park |
run #166 |
63% |
Jonathan |
Cox |
22:13 |
Crane Park |
run #310 |
70% |
Kerstin |
Luksch |
21:08 |
Gunnersbury |
F-3, run #223 |
71% |
Piers |
Keenleyside |
23:42 |
Gunnersbury |
run #164 |
68% |
Alan |
Anderson |
31:26 |
Gunnersbury |
run #456 |
69% |
Denis |
Foxley |
28:37 |
Harrow |
run #71 |
65% |
Joan |
Foxley |
38:20 |
Harrow |
run #60 |
56% |
Benita |
Scaife |
30:58 |
Maidenhead |
run #72, 35th at Maidenhead |
64% |
John |
Scaife |
30:59 |
Maidenhead |
run #85, 37th at Maidenhead |
53% |
Alice |
Banks |
51:07 |
Maidenhead |
tail runner |
37% |
Steve |
Taylor |
25:24 |
Northala Fields |
run #61 |
60% |
Chris |
Kelly |
19:37 |
Reading |
best time at Reading for years |
76% |
Sharon |
Kassemzadeh |
23:22 |
Rickmansworth |
age cat rec |
85% |
Roderick |
Hoffman |
26:13 |
Rickmansworth |
course pb |
59% |
Becky |
Thurtell |
28:34 |
Rickmansworth |
run #400, park #200 |
63% |
Steve |
Newell |
36:08 |
Rickmansworth |
course pb |
51% |
Chris |
Cowell |
1:01:18 |
Rickmansworth |
run #395, park #182, tail runner |
29% |
Barry |
Walters |
20:46 |
Rushmoor |
1st run at Rushmoor |
78% |
Paul |
Watt |
21:26 |
Rushmoor |
run #45 |
70% |
Julie |
Barclay |
21:53 |
Rushmoor |
run #95 |
80% |
Eddie |
Giles |
26:13 |
Salisbury |
run #81, 6th at Salisbury |
66% |
Crusher |
McBones |
26:15 |
Salisbury |
first timer |
56% |
Sarah |
Gordon |
33:06 |
Shipley (Derbys) |
1st run at Shipley, park #81 |
58% |
Alan |
Friar |
27:36 |
Woodley |
run #229, 66th at Woodley |
66% |
This week saw another record attendance, exceeding 120,000, across the nation
with Cannon Hill in Birmingham and Southampton both joining Bushy Park and
playing host to more than a 1,000 runners. Some runs may be feeling
somewhat overwhelmed and needing to rethink course design to provide adequate
space at the start and over the first few hundred metres. Chip timing is
NOT the solution! Running on redundant golf courses could be.
We had a good group of runners in the field of 274 at Bedfont Lakes (second
highest attendance ever) where John Lennon (26:17) became the latest club member
to earn his green “250” vest. Check out the Bedfont Lakes parkrun website
to see the many excellent photographs of the celebrations taken by Caroline
Cockram (28:38). Gary Rushmer senior (35:41) is still recovering from his
London Marathon and the best pictures of his five-year-old grandson (also Gary)
(35:38) are taken from behind!
The best run this week came from Chris Kelly (19:37), his best time at
Reading for years. The recent dry weather can only have helped.
Barry Walters (20:46) made his debut at Rushmoor and he is now ranked 4th out of
exactly 100 in his age category there. That time was not good enough to
snatch the club record from Paul Watt whose best time at Rushmoor is 20:28.
Jeremy Short (20:20) also had a good run at Crane Park. Former member
Sharon Kassemzadeh (23:22, 84.84%) set a new category record at Rickmansworth.
Roderick Hoffman (26:13) and Steve Newell (36:08) returned to Rickmansworth
after a gap of a few weeks to try it again, this time round what will become the
regular two lap course. The visit was partly triggered by the knowledge
that Becky Thurtell (28:34), onetime pacer for Alan Anderson at Bushy Park,
would be running her landmark 400th run and 200th different park. Chris
Cowell (61:18) who was the first to run at 100 different parks made a cameo
appearance.
Sarah Gordon (33:06) ran at Shipley (Derbyshire) to break new ground for
herself and the club. A couple of seconds ahead of Janet Smith (33:08) at
Brueton (Solihull) which become the female club record there.
Lastly, Eddie Giles thought he was settling well into his new home parkrun at
Salisbury (26:13) until he saw in the results that he was only a few seconds
ahead of a certain Crusher McBones. Now some people have a sense of humour
and birth certificates are not required when registering for parkrun but Eddie
challenges everyone to check out the names of people chasing them and let us
know if there are any more scary named rivals to keep well ahead of!
Steve Newell
Updated club parkrun stats
The photograph shows a selection of the tourists at Rickmansworth on
Saturday. To help you put some names to faces, Becky Thurtell is holding her
cake. I've got my new green 250 shirt on, Steve Newell is behind me in the red.
Chris Cowell has the blue cap on. His 100 parkruns led to the tourist
achievement being called a Cowell which led to Kathy Brown (directly to Becky's
left) designing the yellow Cow Cowl that many of us are wearing. Photo from
Nicola Tarrant's camera (Nicola has her hand up high). Of those featured
Rosemary Egbe (middle front) is probably the most travelled with 226 parkruns
run at.
If you want to promote a special parkrun then let Steve or I know.
Roderick Hoffman
Pacer Day at Black Park
BP parkrun pacer day again last Saturday - 118 new PBs, 672 runners
(included the 34 pacers) - job done again this month.
I often encourage members of the pacing squad to 'take a month off'
and either go help 'quality check' the team or even 'see how the pacers
work for them'. I've had a few feedbacks before on this but here is
another received after Saturday:
"Having been a regular of the pacing team over the last couple of
years, it was an interesting experience on Saturday to hang up the
pacing flag and to try following one of the pacers, and I have to say it
was great! Many thanks to the 22 minute pacer for both setting a really
steady pace around the 5 kilometres and also for his words of support
and encouragement in the last kilometre when the going was getting
tough. I both managed a PB and ran a time I didn’t think I was capable
of – so pacing definitely works! As well as the physical benefit of
having a steady pace to follow, I found psychologically that focusing on
the pacer made me think less about how hard it felt!"
Joe Nolan
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Tom's Diary
On Thursday evening, 4th May, Paul Watt entered the Dave Clarke 5k at
Nonsuch with Julie Barclay as cheer leader Paul had a great
run to finish 12th out of 94 in a 20.26. A figure of 8 course so
able to see the runners 4 times in the middle of the 8. This was after a
1 mile swim earlier at Guildford Sports Park.
Sat.6th both Paul/Julie nipped along to Rushmoor and had a nice
surprise to find Barry Walters looking fit and well after 2 years away
retired. Barry was running the course for the first time
After a chat about the 2 lap course from Paul/Julie and I reminded Barry
to stay behind them both out of the wind and don’t pass them at all. But
Barry forgot and got off to a flying start that he said latter was just
a bit to fast but came past me twice in complete charge of his pace to
finish 1st over60 (33rd overall) in 20.46.
Paul said he felt the second lap was all uphill and glad to finish in
45th spot with a time of 21.26; Julie now back into serious training and
beginning to run more relaxed with better performances followed Paul
into funnel in 21.56 and 1st over50 (4th lady). Today 477
finished. Come again Barry.
Sun.7th May both Paul/Julie returned to Nonsuch to run the
Sutton 10k, another excellent viewing event for spectators over a longer
figure of 8 course. Well organised event with goodie
bags/medals/traffic free. 460 ran and results on web in same evening.
Paul’s chip time was 44.36 to finish 174th and pleased with
performance after Sat. plus today it was windy across the open space for
over a 1k; (Julie said). Julie keeping Paul in her sights as a
good pace setter and looked comfortable all the time then over the final
400m had little sprint to finish 187th in 45.15. End a of week of
racing so now both of on holiday for a while.
No first claim BA members ran Sutton, hope to see the regulars next
Sunday at the Staines 10k.
Tom Rowley
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Running Shorts
- Nicola Hinxman (W45), who joined the club last autumn (also a Runnymede
Runner) completed the Prague Marathon yesterday in a chip time of 3h 46m 35s.
Nicola was 1680th out of 6509 finishers.
- More England Athletics courses for Leaders, Coaches and Officials are
available - see
www.englandathletics.org/courses and talk to Roderick or
Steve Hillier
about what you'd be interested in doing.
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