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BA Athletics Club News Digest 20th October 2014Forthcoming Events:
New members and non-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. Running related gossip and chat: Facebook "BA Runner" (link: https://www.facebook.com/groups/636199849751546/). This news digest is being sent to you because you are on the BA Athletics Club email list. To be removed please email us at news@barunner.org.uk. Difficulty viewing this email? Read it off the website instead - http://www.barunner.org.uk/News Latest.shtml. TO BA CLUBS SECTION OFFICIALS - PLEASE INFORM YOUR MEMBERSA Member's Forum is being held on Thursday 30 October at 6.30 p.m. in Bridgetown/Washington at the Club. An update and review of the first two months under the different structure, will be given plus members will have the chance to ask any questions. If there are any specific questions you would like raised that may need more thought, email them to me before the meeting. Regards, Pat French Office Manager pat.french@ba.com Men's Cross Country Richmond Park 11th October ResultsHi all, the first Surrey cross country of the season was held in Richmond park on 11th October. Sadly I didn't get to test the conditions as I was not feeling too well. There was a good turnout of 9 runners, and despite our best efforts we finished 8th in Div. 3. Paul Knechtl lead the team home with a fine run finishing 8th place with John Taylor & Mark Taylor in 46th & 47th. All so good to see two new runners to cross country in Colin Haylock & Ian Haylock having fine runs as well.
Thanks to Helen for the photographs and to Steve Newell for marshaling the ladies {I thought that was Barry's job? Ed} and Tom for cheering us on and up and the Coffeys also. Our next fixture is on 8th November at Epsom downs with the same start time of 3pm.
Many thanks, Gary Rushmer Cabbage Patch 10 19th October 2014 ResultsChris Kelly reports "A pleasantly warm day for the annual trip round Twickenham, Kingston and
Richmond, with a reasonable turn out of friends and family - though Mr. Ruffell
had an injury, and Mr. Dixon picked one up while going quite well."
Joe Nolan adds the news that his time is a new 10miler PB, an improvement of 30s from before, so ageing bones still working well ! So hope for us all. Club parkrun results for Saturday 18th October
Very little in the way of parkrun "togetherness" this week with our attendees well spread out - 18 at 14 different parkruns. Maybe time for a club featured parkrun one Saturday soon? Some were taking it easy ahead of the Cabbage Patch 10, and others were just running at their usual speed. Simon Ashford was out again at Chichester - this could be becoming a habit. Joe Nolan was a "pacer" at Black Park and assures us that whatever the official results might say he ran exactly 28 minutes! "...the results are in error - have tried to keep my pacing record straight by having several email exchanges with the event director who can't quite fathom out the mistake but has left the time as 27m54s". Roderick Hoffman, having reported last week how many undone parkruns there were within 60 minutes of his home turns up a seven hour drive away at Ayr (no, he cheated and flew) to add another to his and the club's collection. He says his slow time was partly due to a cold and partly due to the course - both the male and female first finishers where down a minute and a half on their usual times. Alastair Heslop continues to try all the volunteer roles at Guildford and our old friends Bob and Linda Winning are closing in on their "50" shirts in rural West Wales. Before the WARR weekend, Steve Newell was tempted to try the Waterstown parkrun to the west of Phoenix Park in Dublin which features a descent and then a climb out of the valley by the banks of the Liffey. This run is a rarity in that more women than men take part some weeks but nobody over 70 had ever finished the course! Well we are now glad to be able to report that a certain Guss O'Connell has cracked it (in 50:01). Clearly a true gentleman, his wife beat him by three seconds. Since the Waterstown parkrun started there have been 205 different men running (and/or volunteering) at least once, and 254 women. Compare with Woking - 441 men, 307 women. Steve Newell / Roderick Hoffman Updated parkrun stats: www.barunner.org.uk/results/ba_parkrun_park_totals.xls Updated BA parkrun map: http://www.barunner.org.uk/attachments/BA Parkruns 2014.jpg World Airline Road Race 2015 Dubai - 19th to 23rd October 2015It was announced in Dublin that WARR 2015 would be in Dubai in the week 19th to 23rd October. Unusually race day will be on Friday since in Dubai Friday is the equivalent of Saturday (and Saturday is Sunday). For those who haven't participated at previous World Airline Road Races be aware that this is the most prestigious intra-airline industry sporting event. The first WARR was held in San Francisco back in 1982 so next year's event will be the 34th. It is regularly attended by 1,000 runners representing 50 airlines and the main events are 5k and 10k road races. Most participants go to run, many to race and some to simply take part - and in some cases participation and finishing the pre and post event parties are seen as more important than the races themselves! The 2015 event will be co-hosted by Emirates and Fly Dubai. We all know Emirates but less so Fly Dubai. They are the lower cost alternative to Emirates founded in 2008. They operate to a number of destinations including some in direct competition with Emirates. Fly Dubai have been attending WARR since their foundation including bringing a team of 16 to London in 2010. The host organising committee are planning the familiar WARR elements and in a city and nation whose future depends on attracting tourists so we can expect to be well looked after. The expectation is that the 10k will start as early as 6am when the temperature will be fine, it may get warm for the later 5k but a dry heat that should be more manageable compared to running in Singapore, Kuala Lumpur or Cancun. Some of us will be familiar with Dubai but for those of us who haven't been there in the last decade we are unlikely to recognise anything other than perhaps elements around The Creek. The race is penciled in to be run on The Palm, Jumeirah, which until recently was way out to sea. Registration is unlikely to open before next Easter but in the meantime for those of us who need to plan a long way ahead please put that week aside for what will be another memorable World Airline Road Race. I've got lots more information and answers to questions so please ask.
Roderick adds: I can't make this event this year but I do highly recommend it. OK, you have to run on a beach on the North Sea coast in December but the entry is free, the bus is free and quite a few goodies are thrown in for free as well. There are usually a dozen or so English speaking runners so you don't have to speak Dutch either. Running Shorts
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