Winter Downs 100

Ally Whitlock, from Striders of Croydon, ran very well in the Centurion Winter Downs 100-mile race, starting at Amberley in Sussex on Friday afternoon and finishing at Mickleham on Saturday morning. She was the fourth woman to finish, placing eleventh overall and completing the course in 20 hours 52 minutes 31.

In the RunThrough Victoria Park Half-Marathon, Keith Simpson was the first M75 to finish, setting a new club age-group record of 2 hours 12 minutes 14. 

Also on Saturday, Rachel Lindley was the first woman to finish the Thonock Lane Farm parkrun in Lincolnshire, placing fourth overall out of 63 finishers (20:54). Martha Taylor was the second woman to finish the Dulwich parkrun, placing 35th overall out of 641 finishers (18:52). Zoe Siu was the second woman to finish the Brockwell parkrun, placing 48th overall out of 451 finishers (21:33). Consuelo Kennefick was the second woman to finish the Riddlesdown parkrun, placing 15th overall out of 121 finishers (23:07). Becky Laurence was the second woman to finish the Dartford Heath parkrun, placing 13th overall out of 75 finishers (24:04). For Striders’ men, there were third places for Marc Burrows in the Valentines parkrun in Ilford (18:12), Nathan Robertshaw in the Kingston parkrun (18:18), Erik Schrijnemaekers in the Oak Hill parkrun in Barnet (19:08) and Tom Gillespie in the South Norwood parkrun (20:11). Striders totalled 118 finishers in the various weekly parkruns.

In the RunThrough Crystal Palace 10K on Sunday, Leonie Hondeborg was the sixth woman to finish, placing 43rd overall (50:06). She was followed by Maili Singh (54:11), Lee Roberts (55:51), Matt Byrne (59:49) and Stephen Tyler (85:51). In the half-marathon at the same venue, James Harrison ran 2:09:14, Jeremy Tonkin 2:30:15, Kerry Kane 2:33:13 and Darren Skinner 2:35:50.