Simone Luciani, from Striders of Croydon, had an excellent run to place second out of 231 finishers in the RunThrough 10 kilometre road race at the Olympic Park in Stratford on Wednesday evening. His time of 33 minutes 13 seconds was a personal best, and lifts him to fifth place in Striders’ all-time club rankings.
Debra Bourne, from Striders of Croydon, again showed her exceptional stamina in the Centurion Running Autumn 100-mile trail race, starting and finishing at Goring in Oxfordshire. She completed the course in a personal best of 23 hours 08 minutes 48 seconds, which was the first time she has run 100 miles in under 24 hours.
James Rhodes, from Striders of Croydon, had an excellent run in the Stan Allen Mile, organised by Herne Hill Harriers at Tooting Bec on Saturday. He set a new Striders club record of 4 minutes 43.72 seconds, beating the previous record set which was set by Phil Coales at Bromley in 2016. Club colleague Krzysztof
Martin Filer, from Striders of Croydon, ran very well to place seventh out of 141 finishers in the Bewl Water Trail Half-Marathon. He was also the second over-40 to finish, recording 94 minutes 03 seconds. On the same day veteran Keith Simpson was 56th out of 103 finishers in the Fox Marathon in Godalming, recording
Keith Simpson, from Striders of Croydon, ran very well to be the first over-70 to finish the Andover Trail Marathon. He placed 50th overall (out of 120 finishers), completing the undulating course in 4 hours 33 minutes 23 seconds. His club colleague James Rhodes produced another lifetime best performance at Battersea Park on Tuesday evening.
Debra Bourne, from Striders of Croydon, ran well to be the 12th woman to finish the Chiltern 50-mile race on Saturday. She was second in the women’s over-50 category and 78th overall (out of 209 finishers), recording 9 hours 56 minutes 42 seconds. On the same day James Rhodes competed in the South London Harriers
James Rhodes, from Striders of Croydon, produced another very good run in the South London Athletics Network Open Meeting at Tooting on Saturday. He ran the 800 metres in a new personal best of 2 minutes 09.45 seconds, placing fifth in his heat. At the same venue three days earlier, in the Herne Hill Harriers
James Rhodes, from Striders of Croydon, produced another excellent run to win his heat of the 400 metres at the Blackheath & Bromley Open Meeting, at Norman Park on Saturday. He recorded a new lifetime best of 58.86 seconds, finishing just one-hundredth of a second ahead of the runner-up, Arthur Starvis of Blackheath.
Two members of Striders of Croydon competed in the Belgrave Harriers Endurance Night series of 3000 metre races at Battersea Park on Wednesday. James Rhodes placed 32nd overall (out of 48 competitors) in a lifetime best of 9 minutes 58.64 seconds, while club colleague Andrew Aitken was 35th in 10 minutes 13.04.
Kara Boaks, from Striders of Croydon, had an excellent run to be the first woman to finish the Vanguard Way Marathon, starting and finishing in Lloyd Park. She placed 13th overall, completing the hilly course in 4 hours 33 minutes 03 seconds. Her club colleague Rachel Lindley was the second woman to finish, placing 19th
@James_Athletics @harrierscroydon You’ve had a fantastic season James 👏🏻👏🏻
