• Cross Country, road races & parkruns!

    Two members of Striders of Croydon ran well in the South of the Thames Cross-Country Association’s annual five-mile race at Aldershot. Tatsuya Okamoto placed 41st out of 84 finishers in the men’s race, recording 31 minutes 47 seconds. Club colleague Matthew Stone finished second in the over-55 age-group and 47th overall (32:44). Andrew Aitken ran

  • 10km PB for James Rhodes

    James Rhodes, from Striders of Croydon, ran very well to place 23rd out of 136 finishers in the Sri Chinmoy 10-kilometre road race at Battersea Park on Saturday morning. He recorded a personal best of 34 minutes 38 seconds, lifting him to 20th place in Striders’ all-time club rankings. Club colleague Darren Woods was 77th

  • A weekend of Cross Country Action!

    Striders of Croydon faced strong opposition in the second Surrey Cross-Country League matches of the season. Their women placed eleventh in their Division Two match at Wimbledon Common on Saturday morning. They were led by Rachel Lindley, who ran very well to place fourteenth of the 248 finishers, completing the six-kilometre course in 26 minutes

  • From 5km to 50 miles…

    Rachel Lindley, from Striders of Croydon, ran very well on Saturday to be the fourth woman to finish the Wendover Woods 50-mile race. She placed 40th overall out of 173 finishers in 11 hours 04 minutes 22. Club colleague Joshua Quinn was 68th in 11 hours 47 minutes 22. Striders had two teams in the

  • A week of 5kms!

    Three members of Striders of Croydon produced very good performances in the monthly Serpentine five-kilometre road race in Hyde Park on Friday. They were led by Andrew Aitken who was the first over-40 to finish, placing fifth overall out of 147 finishers in 16 minutes 52 seconds. Club colleague James Rhodes placed eleventh in 17