BA Athletics Club News Digest 22nd September 2014
Forthcoming Events:
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Wednesday 24th September - Nine Lives Exercise - Concorde Centre (see below)
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Sunday 28th September - Track & Field Championships and Family Fun Day at
Eton track (see below)
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Weekend 4th/5th October - World Airline Road Race 5k / 10k - Dublin (see
below)
New members and non-members of all fitness levels and abilities are welcome
at all of these events. The full diary of club featured
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Nine Lives Exercise - Wednesday 24th September from 18:00 - Concorde Centre
Field
Something new this year - Joe Nolan has agreed to lead a race fitness and
training session which promises to take each of us to within an inch of our
ninth life but no further, hopefully*. All are
welcome and participation is optional. Start time 18:00 and will feature
entertaining and beneficial exercises and running opportunities.
World Airline Road Race - 2nd to 5th October 2014 - Dublin
We'll soon be heading out to Dublin to take part in the 33rd World Airline
Road Race hosted by members of the Aer Lingus running club. The British
Airways Road Running team have an event T Shirt and these can be collected from
myself or Daniela as follows:
- This Wednesday Evening at the Concorde Centre after Joe's event.
- Any workday from Tuesday lunchtime onwards at Waterside in Asia GA team
space "second gap on the left"
- In Dublin from Thursday 2nd at the host hotels (but we'd really like to
give them to you before we set off).
We have at least one shirt for all the entrants we know of and the first
shirt for each club member will be priced at a bargain £2 and additional shirts
at £5. We may have one or two spare but ask quickly.
I know that at least one of the team (Monica) will be arriving in Dublin
after registration has closed at 13:00 on Saturday. As team captain I can
register on behalf of team members BUT I need an email from them granting me
permission. Email me on
roderick.hoffman@ba.com .
Finally - for anyone NOT doing the parkrun on Saturday morning could anyone
stand in for me at the Team Captain's meeting in Dublin Castle from 10:30?
Please volunteer if you are able to.
Roderick Hoffman
roderick.hoffman@ba.com
Equinox 5km Wednesday 17th September 2014 Results
This event has often competed for a slot on the calendar with Brian
Forrester's birthday relay (on or around 26th September), WARR (this year first
weekend of October), the BA Clubs AGM (last year on Thursday 26th September) and
the threatening impact of earlier sunsets on a traditional all
daylight/twilight event.
The runners enjoyed a mild calm evening and followed the same course as last
year round an anticlockwise loop using the A312 cycle tracks, "Watersplash
Meadows" as an alternative to Roseville Road, the subway, the cobbles, Cranford
Park, Avenue Park and Cranford High Street. Some fly-tipping (over a week ago)
in the Field of Hope was an eyesore but can't be blamed for any slow times.
Runners were asked to estimate their time to the nearest minute for start wave
allocation with the usual mix of the over modest and the optimists. One
over eager group started a minute early {"blame the timekeeper",
Anon}
resulting in more overtaking along the narrow pavement in Cranford High Street
than ideal but everyone survived.
Results |
age |
time |
age grade |
|
2013 time |
Comment |
Chris Kelly |
49 |
20:28 |
71.49% |
|
19:50 |
a bit slower |
Gary Rushmer |
53 |
21:00 |
71.96% |
|
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Graham Taylor |
54 |
21:56 |
69.48% |
|
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Roderick Hoffman |
54 |
24:24 |
62.46% |
|
24:28 |
about the same |
Joe Nolan |
59 |
24:31 |
64.86% |
|
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Denis Foxley |
65 |
24:54 |
67.36% |
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Eddie Giles |
65 |
25:09 |
66.69% |
|
30:06 |
much better |
Neil Frediani |
57 |
25:42 |
60.81% |
|
24:22 |
slower |
Steve Hillier |
60 |
29:36 |
54.19% |
|
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Steve Newell |
70 |
29:51 |
59.05% |
|
29:46 |
about the same |
Alan Anderson |
79 |
30:01 |
68.38% |
|
28:38 |
slower |
Tony Barnwell |
72 |
30:01 |
60.24% |
|
33:24 |
much better |
average(12 runners) |
61 |
25:38 |
64.75% |
|
24:26 |
(all 14 runners) |
Post race:
The runners and officials enjoyed sausages (average 3), chips and baked
beans in the Washington room while the age-grading scores were calculated using
a Hudl tablet using the club WiFi. Chris Kelly won a bottle of strong beer for
the best agegrade% in the room. He was also the youngest. Gary Rushmer had left
early to watch Champion(ship) football (Nottingham Forest 5, Fulham 3!)
On-the-night discussions:
Will you need a passport as well as a barcode for a parkrun in Scotland next
week? Will we be joined by the Imperial College Cross Country squad next year?
Thanks to:
- Paul Brandon (timekeeper), Paddy O'Shea (marshal) and Harry Wild
(marshal).
- Acknowledgement; Howard Grubb - age grade calculator.
- Best wishes to Brian Forrester - at home following his hip operation.
- Apologies for absence: Ian Hudson, Helen Smith, Charles Hawkshaw-Burn
Steve Newell (18th September 2014)
Track&Field Championships and Family Fun Day - Eton track -
THIS Sunday 28th
September 12:00 to 17:00
Please put this date in your diary and plan to be there and bring your family,
colleagues and friends. The events will include most of those that you
might like to try your hand at...and your legs too. Free to enter but you
must turn up to take part.
Provisional list of events:
Track |
Field |
Family and Fun |
800m |
Discus |
Balloon and Egg and Spoon Race |
200m |
Long Jump |
Wellie Wangling |
400m |
High Jump |
Age 7 and under 50m sprint |
3000m |
Shot |
Age 8-10 80m sprint |
100m |
Javelin |
100m backwards |
1500m |
Hammer |
3 legged race |
[participants take part entirely at their own risk. Some advice may be given
before each event]
More details - email
Eddie Giles
Club parkrun results for Saturday 20th September
20th Sept |
runner |
time |
parkrun |
comment |
grade |
Chris |
Kelly |
19:55 |
Reading |
|
73% |
Richard |
Ruffell |
21:19 |
Burgess |
park #26 |
71% |
Simon |
Ashford |
23:33 |
Chichester |
run #10, BA park #130 |
59% |
Kerstin |
Luksch |
24:10 |
Gunnersbury |
|
61% |
Roderick |
Hoffman |
24:38 |
Horsham |
park #88, BA park #131 |
62% |
Alice |
Banks |
24:39 |
Black Park |
parkrun pb |
75% |
Joe |
Nolan |
25:00 |
Black Park |
25' pacer |
64% |
Piers |
Keenleyside |
25:34 |
Gunnersbury |
injured, worn out! |
61% |
Monica |
Alonso |
26:38 |
Woking |
club course record (F) |
61% |
Ray |
Hampton |
27:14 |
Woodbank |
run #10, course pb |
66% |
Alan |
Anderson |
27:53 |
Gunnersbury |
|
74% |
Janet |
Cunningham |
27:59 |
Guildford |
run #101 |
61% |
Sreeram |
Sethuraman |
28:22 |
Upton Court |
another minute better |
46% |
Helen |
Smith |
29:22 |
Woking |
|
63% |
Marion |
Taylor |
29:22 |
Gunnersbury |
|
57% |
Steve |
Newell |
29:25 |
Gunnersbury |
|
60% |
Ian |
Cunningham |
29:59 |
Bushy |
30' pacer |
50% |
A remarkable performance by Jane Davies (former BA member now with Epsom &
Ewell Harriers) who celebrated moving into a new age group with a WAVA score of
99.6% at Bushy Park. That is the best score ever achieved by a parkrunner.
Elsewhere Richard Ruffell returned to action after a couple of months out at
Burgess Park (Camberwell) and Simon Ashford was out warming up for WARR at
Chichester. With Roderick Hoffman trying the new run at Horsham that takes
the BA parks total to 130. There were very close finishes between Roderick and
Alice (pb), AlanA and Janet and Helen and MarionT. Each pair at different
parks.
Ray Hampton ran a pb at his local Woodbank course (Stockport) and is now just
seven seconds behind marathon legend Ron Hill in the MV70-74 table there.
Dublin bound Monica Alonso and Helen Smith were spotted by Tom Rowley at
Woking. Tom reported "...each time Monica came up the hill she still had
that big friendly smile, ...every time Helen came up the hill she was still
talking".
Joe Nolan needs to give Ian Cunningham a lesson in pace judgement.
No one from the club ran at Bedfont Lakes last Saturday but anticipate that
run featuring on the TV soon since Mike Bushall, the Breakfast TV sports
presenter, ran his first parkrun finishing in 32:13 - one pace ahead of parkrun
founder Paul Sinton-Hewitt.
Steve Newell [ with politically incorrect additions from 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 {some parkruns
may have been missed}
Running Shorts
How's Charles Hawkshaw-Burn these days?
"I still get the newsletter, tis good to see how folks are doing. There are
some very good juniors about and Harrogate Harriers, my brother-in-law is
chairman, have a very promising & popular juniors section. I'm still running
regularly but the distances are getting shorter and it's now 9 minute miles if
I'm lucky! Give my best to those that know me. I have many happy memories
of BAAC & our exploits at WARR, the Green Belt Relay, Hood to Coast, Round
Norfolk Relay etc. Oh & of course the London & NYC marathons. Hope to see some
of you marshalling the London Marathon in 2015. Cheers, Charles"
Who wants to run a short race in Singapore?
If you watched the Grand Prix on Sunday and wondered what it would be
like to start a race from the F1 Pits Building then you have that
opportunity on 2nd November with the Singapore Airlines Charity Run (10k
and 5k options). The website is
http://www.siacharityrun.com.sg/
but don't enter until you've spoken to me because I've got an entry code
that will probably reduce the cost for those prepared to travel from the
UK. Also as a double treat there is the Singapore parkrun on
Saturday morning so you need not miss out on your regular time trial.
I intend to get to Singapore on the Thursday and do both runs.
Roderick Hoffman
roderick@rhoff.org.uk
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* Joe's Training session is called "Nine Lives"
because he is planning it on Monday evening whilst at the vets with his cat.
Quite what will be involved, and how the cat got on, we'll all have to discover
on Wednesday!
Running Longs
Steve Newell thought you might like to read a report he found
recently (when clearing out the attic) of Ron Hopcroft’s World Record
100 miles:
"I had always regarded 5 am as the most unearthly hour and swore
that, once I left the army, nothing would ever get me up at this time,
but, there I was at Hyde Park Corner all ready to run a 100 miles to the
little village of Box in Wiltshire, which is a short distance from Bath.
A foggy morning, but not too cold, and at 5am precisely we were away.
We being three John Legge, Bill Wortley and myself) hoping to run all
the way, and half a dozen others including Percy Cerutty, the Australian
coach, to see us on our journey.
First incident of note was that of Hammersmith Broadway, three club
members turned out - Jackie King (who first started me on this long
distance lark) Terry Stacey with a full day's growth distinctly showing
even before the light of dawn, and Maurice Keating to run a couple of
miles and wish us luck.
At Turnham Green (5 miles - 35m26s) I changed into a singlet for the
rest of the way, parted company with the other two runners and faced up
to the rest of the journey alone - the battle now being against the
clock. At Hounslow (9.5 miles) I passed the office a 6.05am but I don't
think they will ever believe me. Onto Cranford - how could I ever have
thought that four laps for the 10 miles Cross Country was a never ending
run? Here was Bob Chard out for a training spin, having been at work
till 10 pm the night before. He kept me company until Slough (20.5 miles
in 2hr 22m 51s) and then turned back for home - all this on a breakfast
of one biscuit!
Maidenhead soon came in sight - the first marathon done in 3hr 2 min.
Out of Maidenhead and my first bit of trouble - chased by a dog for a
couple of hundred yards and no one in sight to help me. 30 miles in
3hr 28m through a very busy Reading and now the hills were starting. 40
miles in 4hr 36min and well into the open country and my first bad patch
lasting 4 or 5 miles. 50 miles (5hr 46m 37s) the next objective being
Newbury (55.75 miles) before it became crowded with race-goers. Newbury
cleared and I had a quick wash and a good drink. 60 miles (6hr 59m 55s)
5 seconds inside the 7 min mile average I had aimed for.
Between 60 & 70 miles I had my first feed - a cup of tomato soup and
a very thin savoury sandwich of wholemeal bread dipped the soup (gobbled
down as quickly as poss. whilst half trotting)
70 miles (8hr 19m10s) - the countryside really looking its autumn
best. A very steep downhill into Marlborough (74.5miles) which was
almost taken at walking pace (or so it seemed) then through this sleepy
old town only to find a terrifying hill out of it.
80 miles (9hr 36m26s) and I was really in trouble. For the first time
I had two or three little walks – 20 yards or so. Another wash, with my
attendants pulling the bucket away from me just as I was enjoying it.
Another meal as before, and I was away to a really good spell of eight
miles at a speed just inside 7 minute miles. This good spell fortunately
took me over some pretty formidable hills.
90 miles (11hr 0m 10s) Chippenham – the last town, with quite a crows
to cheer us on. ‘All down hill’ we were told, but just around the corner
was a shocker – up and up we went. ‘The last hill’ a young local cyclist
told me ‘Yes’ I thought ‘it lasts all the way’
Downhill & uphill and still going well. 95 miles in 11hr 32m 28s.
Exactly 48 mins left to beat the record – a ‘cert.’ everyone thought,
and by now we has a terrific following of motorists, motor and pedal
cyclists and pedestrians running etc. Percy Cerutty was also in running
kit dashing up to groups of spectators ‘A world record is being broken
here – give him a cheer, come on – a big one’
Only three miles left now. But what is this? Another hill – and this
proved to be the last straw. I just couldn’t run up it. Pleadings and
exhortations almost turned to threats in an effort to keep me running.
Upon the scene came Harry Dennis who had gone onto Box to park his car
and then run back. Fortunately, he had brought our last bottle of ‘pop’
which I quickly downed, and the welcome news that past the next big
copse of trees it was definitely all downhill. Eventually. After what
seemed ages, we passed the trees and a mad run downhill began as time
was very short.
It was dusk now and what a joy to see the lights in the village of
Box, but where was the Bear Inn? Just around the corner….just around the
corner….just around the corner … and all I could see was a straight
road. At last we were round the corner – not another hill – but dismay
quickly gave way to relief when I saw a big banner across the road with
the wonderful word ‘FINISH’.
Time 12hours 18min 16sec which I did not find out until the Sunday.
What a reception there was! Almost the whole village had turned out
(population of Box - 2,100). A garland of flowers round my neck
and females queuing to congratulate me in the traditional manner. But,
enough of that or we’ll have some of the juniors attempting this run.
What a wonderful team of attendants I had and what a marvellous job
they did. The village of Box had never seen our club crest ‘vTh’ before,
but we were very soon let them know it stood for ‘Very Tired Hopcroft’
If you click on the link below then click on the 1956 London to
Brighton you can see Ron winning that race
http://www.roadrunnersclub.org.uk/johnJewell.htm
__________________ "If you want to be a runner, run a 100 metres:
if you want to experience another life, run a marathon" Emil Zatopek
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