Striders of Croydon had the first two finishers in the weekly parkrun at Lloyd Park on Saturday, with Lee Flanagan placing first in 19 minutes 23 seconds and Steve Corfield finishing second (20:15). Robert Lines was first in the Riddlesdown parkrun (19:24), while Samuel Hansen was third out of 701 finishers in the Newcastle parkrun
Striders of Croydon did well to place sixth in their Surrey Women’s Cross-Country League Division Two match at Wimbledon on Saturday. They remain fourth in the overall Division Two table with one match remaining. Striders were led by Jodie Gray who ran very well to place 15th of the 245 finishers, covering the five-mile course
Striders of Croydon faced strong opposition at the Surrey Cross-Championships at Dorking on Sunday. Alastair Falconer ran very well to place 34th of the 199 finishers in the senior men’s race, completing the muddy 12-kilometre course in 45 minutes 18 seconds. Tatsuya Okamoto also ran well for 51st (47:30) with Lee Flanagan 68th (49:02), Steve
Alastair Falconer, from Striders of Croydon, ran well to place second out of 102 finishers in the Riddlesdown parkrun on Saturday, completing the five-kilometre course in 18 minutes 04 seconds. He also placed fourth of 46 finishers in the annual Pirie 10-mile cross-country race on Farthing Downs last week, recording 59 minutes 30 seconds. Tatsuya
Striders of Croydon’s women produced a very good team performance to finish third in the second Surrey Women’s Cross-Country League Division Two match of the season, at Mitcham on Saturday. They were led by Jodie Gray, making her Surrey League debut, who ran very well to place 16th of the 235 finishers, covering the six-kilometre
Keith Simpson, from Striders of Croydon, ran very well to finish first in the over-70 age-group in the Thames Meander Marathon, starting and finishing at Kingston-on-Thames, on Saturday. In wet and windy conditions, he set a new club over-70 record of 4 hours 09 minutes 07 seconds, placing 129th overall out of 307 finishers. Earlier
Striders of Croydon had three of the first ten women to finish the Croydon 10K road race on Sunday. Niamh Vincent ran well to be the fifth woman to finish, recording 44 minutes 04 seconds. Club colleague Marianne Chua was just one place and ten seconds behind her, while Jennifer Gutteridge was ninth in 45
Striders of Croydon produced a good team performance to place fifth in their first Surrey Womens Cross-Country League Division Two match of the season, at Reigate on Saturday. They were led by Jenny Rowe who ran well to place 24th of the 217 finishers, completing the undulating four-mile course in 29 minutes 16 seconds. Steph
Rachel Lindley, from Striders of Croydon, had an outstanding run in the Chester Marathon on Sunday. She was the fourth woman to finish, setting a new club over-35 record of 3 hours 06 minutes 02 seconds, and lifting her to second place in the club’s all-time women’s rankings. Later that day, Striders produced some good
Striders of Croydon had a very good turnout of 50 runners as they began their cross-country season with a ‘mob match’ against Dulwich Runners, in conjunction with the weekly parkrun in Lloyd Park on Saturday. Dulwich only fielded 26 runners, although they showed impressive quality by having the first four men and the first eight
@James_Athletics @harrierscroydon @SNorwoodparkrun Thanks for the photos James!
