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Lorraine Hunte, from Striders of Croydon, had an excellent run in the Ashby Mile, promoted by Croydon Harriers at Croydon Arena on Tuesday evening. Her time of 7 minutes 42.3 seconds was only four seconds outside the Striders W65 club record which she set in March 2020, and her age-grading of 82.55% was better than

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

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

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

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

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

Rachel Lindley, from Striders of Croydon, had an excellent run in the Asda Yorkshire Marathon, starting and finishing at York. She was the 22nd woman to finish, setting a new club W40 record of 3 hours 11 minutes 07 seconds. Club colleague Nikki Javan was the 57th woman to finish, recording a personal best of

Striders of Croydon faced strong opposition in the first Surrey Cross-Country League races of the season on Saturday. Their men placed ninth in their Division Two match at Epsom Downs. They were led by Tatsuya Okamoto who ran well to finish 35th, completing the eight-kilometre course in 28 minutes 52 seconds. Andrew Aitken was 42nd

Striders of Croydon had eight finishers in the Manchester Marathon on Sunday. They were led by Mark Lankester, running his second marathon within a month, who did well to finish in 3 hours 15 minutes 04 seconds. Striders’ next two finishers both ran well to record personal bests, with James Burree finishing in 3 hours

Striders of Croydon had 14 finishers in the Virgin London Marathon on Sunday. They were led by Graeme Drysdale who ran very well to finish in 3 hours 00 minutes 47 seconds. Striders’ oldest finisher, Steve Corfield, also ran well to finish in 3 hours 16 minutes 47. Striders’ women were led by Rachel Lindley