Krzysztof Klidzia, from Striders of Croydon, ran well to place fourth in the over-40 category, and 23rd overall, out of more than 1800 runners in the Tunbridge Wells Half-Marathon on Sunday, recording 81 minutes 21 seconds. Club colleague Paul Finch placed 126th in 89 minutes 57 seconds. Striders’ first woman was Sandie Fay who ran
Striders of Croydon faced strong opposition in the South of England Cross-Country Championships, held at Parliament Hill on Saturday. They did well to place 18th of the 31 competing clubs. Their best performance came from Iain Harrison who placed 126th of the 541 finishers, completing the very muddy 15-kilometre course in 59 minutes 36 seconds.
Striders of Croydon produced a good team performance in their final Surrey Cross-Country League Division Two match of the season at Dorking on Saturday. They finished fourth of the nine clubs in the match, and finished fifth in the final Division Two table. Striders were led by Lee Flanagan who ran very well to place
Krzysztof Klidzia, from Striders of Croydon, ran very well to win the weekly parkrun in Lloyd Park on Saturday morning, covering the muddy five-kilometre course in 19 minutes 34 seconds, and finishing 91 seconds ahead of his nearest challenger. Club colleague Natalie Osher was the third woman to finish, placing 28th overall in 28 minutes