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BA Athletics Club News Digest 10th February 2020Events:
Our next Bedfont Club meeting will be on February 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. Reminder - Sunday 23rd February BA Cross Country 10:30 Start, Cranford Park #Please let Gary know of runners and marshals for this event. And please pass the massage onto other runners, including friends and runners from other clubs, who may want to join us on the day - email me with names (runners and marshal please). There is no entrance fee...but also no prizes. Many thanks, Gary Rushmer {Menscaptain@barunner.org.uk}. The Inaugural Parkland Mile was run on Thursday 6th February from 12:45 #Results:
Most months the event will be self-timed so please do bring a watch / timing device. For those based at Waterside meet outside the Gym @ 12:25 for a one mile warm-up to the start.
Please forward details to anyone else you think might be interested. Ian Cunningham https://baplc.sharepoint.com/sites/parklandmilerunners/SitePages/Pa.aspx?web=1 (Internal BA only) Final Ladies Surrey League match result and report
Four ladies competed for the club in the final Surrey Cross Country League match in Richmond Park on Saturday 8 February. The morning was clear with bright sunshine and there was no sign of the storm that would arrive on Sunday and cause the park to close. The five-mile two-lap course started near to the junction of Sheen Gate and Sawyer’s Hill. The race crossed fields before ascending the long uphill Queen’s Ride before turning and skirting the edge of Sidmouth Wood and continuing downhill to the Pen Ponds. The ground was soft apart from muddy sections at the edge of the water. The course climbed steeply to White Lodge, home of the Royal Ballet School before taking two left turns and descending to the bottom of Queen’s Ride to start the second lap. Although spikes were recommended for the course, many of the paths were sandy and trail shoes would have been a better choice. Christine Munden results:
In the team competition, on the day, BAAC finished 20th of 23 "A" teams. Overall for the year we appear to have finished 21st of 25 "A" teams (in the 2nd division). Kelly adds... This year I managed to join 3/4 of the matches and I really enjoyed myself. Although it was usually a little cold and/or muddy the rain held off and we stayed pretty dry. We had a fantastic turn out at Wimbledon Common and meeting the rest of the lovely ladies has been a pleasure. I feel like the hills of some of these courses will make the London Marathon seem like a walk in the park. Thanks especially to Clara for making sure we all knew where, when and what we were doing. Thanks for letting me join in. I have really loved it and look forward to next year. Kelly Davis Men's Surrey League match result #
On the day the team finished 7th of 11 teams and overall across the season 9th of 12 (having been in 10th place going into Saturday's match). For the series Paul Knechtl appears to have finished 5th overall and 2nd 50+ runner, and Mike Dennison was 1st V60 with Barry Walters 4th. World Airline Road Race updateDetails are beginning to fall into place for this event. Although Race Registration has not yet been opened up the host hotels have been announced and a post-race event has been announced. The host hotels are described on this page: https://www.worldairlineroadrace.org/the-run/host-hotel-2/ but cannot be booked before you have registered for the race. The post-race event is an Hawaiian Dinner Luau on Sunday 25th from 5pm. Note that all WARR race awards will be presented shortly after the races. The Dinner Luau is a show with dinner that is also open to the general public. Fuller details will be provided once registration has opened. Also I'll set-up a Facebook Event for WARR attendance - but in the meantime you can register your interest through me. Last week's long distance training coaching sessionGood turnout at the club last Wednesday evening for the session: ‘Interval Training for Distance Running’ where we had some first timer marathoners as well as others who already wear dozens of marathon medals, as well as other members up for some punishing training as well ! I hadn’t planned to actually run beforehand but thought I’d better share the pain, running, timing and blowing my whistle, and must admit to quite a lot of muscle twinges the next day. The session comprised a series of high intensity workouts interspersed with recovery periods. Full speed running for 4 minutes followed by 2 minutes recovery by jogging slowly on the spot to save getting too cold, repeated 4 times ! 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, and similar sessions should carry on in between your longer runs. There is a danger that if you only do the long runs you may find yourself plodding slower and slower with no ‘headroom’ being developed/maintained. Many thanks to Steve Hillier for leading the warm-up and warm-down. We had a useful chat afterwards in the clubroom about many other issues/concerns/anxieties about the big day and preparations before ! Joe Nolan
CiRF (JoeN@barunner.org.uk) parkrun Review Saturday 8th February 2020
This was possibly the lull before the storm as the vast majority of the Saturday 5km parkruns were run as scheduled but almost all the 2km junior parkruns on Sunday were cancelled because of the severe gale force winds (actual or forecast). Jain Reid (26:53) continued her gradual and steady improvement at Richmond with a fifth consecutive pb. James Shoulder (18:52) knocked one more second of his parkrun pb, this time at Rushmoor as he set a new club record (time). Adrian Haines(19:20) was first finisher at Ifield Mill Pond having only managed 3rd or 4th there before. With a first place Atholl in South Africa a couple of weeks ago he will be on a hat trick next time out. He went on to compete in cross country later in the day. “IMP” as it is known locally is looking out for more volunteers if anyone feels like helping out some time. Mike Dennison (22:00) ran at Lloyd Park for the first time early on and lowered the club record there and then re-emerged later on to feature in our Surrey League team (see details elsewhere). Chris Kelly, denied his run at Reading yet again because of the flooded course, ran at Dinton Pastures before setting off for Croydon. Trish McCabe (28:42) continued her tour of London parkruns and tried the five and a bit laps at Highbury Fields for the first time setting a female club record. There are 56 parkruns in the London Boroughs and ten more inside the M25 so she still has a long way to go! Roderick Hoffman (28:35) was at Portsmouth Lakeside to chalk up his 299th different parkrun. David Duggan (29:41) went to East Park in Wolverhampton to take the club total to 566. If he was really only looking for an “E” then Ellenbrook Fields (Hatfield) would have been a lot nearer. 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.
Tourist parkrun updateI will be celebrating my (arbitrary) 300th different parkrun on Saturday week (22nd February) at the UK's smallest parkrun - Girvan Prom in Ayrshire. All are welcome to join me - you can be almost guaranteed cake and a top twenty finish. The week after, the first ever 29th February parkrun, parkrun Netherlands starts up with six events starting on the same day. I'll be flying out to take part in one of them and if anyone wants to join me then let me know. Message from Andy RaynerDear Ed, No run reports recently following a health scare in November. However, I can report that I did my Cookham walk yesterday which involved Winter Hill and muddy terrain. It is a 6.25 mile 'journey.' Post my hospital visit end this month I hope to resume jogging. Andy Rayner 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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Thanks
to Steve for timekeeping at this inaugural event. 