Striders Of Croydon Chairperson Tony Flowers ran the Richmond Marathon in warm conditions finishing in 5 hours 39 minutes 28 seconds. James Rhodes lead the Striders Of Croydon men’s relay teams home in 15 mins 16 secs at the Will Bolton Memorial cross-country relays at Sparrows Den, followed by club colleagues Lee Flanaghan (15:38), Andy
80-year-old Kevin Burnett, from Striders of Croydon, climbed to tenth place in this year’s British over-80 discus rankings when he threw a club age-group record of 17 metres 76 at the Herne Hill Open Meeting at Tooting Bec. He also set a new club age-group record of 4 metres 86 in the shot. In the
Niamh Vincent, from Striders of Croydon, had a very good run to be the third woman to finish the RunThrough 10 kilometre road race in Brockwell Park on Wednesday. She placed 22nd overall out of 301 finishers, and recorded a new personal best of 43 minutes 03 seconds, which lifts her to 17th place in
Rachel Lindley, from Striders of Croydon, had an excellent run to be the first woman to finish the Cambridge parkrun on Saturday, placing eighth overall out of 506 finishers and covering the five-kilometre course in 18 minutes 30 seconds. Niamh Vincent was the first woman to finish the South Norwood parkrun, placing sixth overall out
Lee Flanagan, from Striders of Croydon, placed first out of 238 finishers in the weekly parkrun at Lloyd Park on Saturday. This was the third successive week that he had taken first place in this event. He covered the undulating five-kilometre course in 19 minutes 09 seconds. Club colleague Jenny Rowe was the second woman
Sandra Francis, from Striders of Croydon, did very well to win a bronze medal in the W60 long jump in the British Masters Championships at Birmingham on Saturday, recording 2 metres 99 in unpleasantly wet and windy conditions. She also placed fourth in both the W60 100 metres (17.26) and 200 metres (37.06), while club
Lee Flanagan, from Striders of Croydon, ran very well to place first out of 260 finishers in the weekly parkrun at Lloyd Park on Saturday. In warm conditions, he completed the undulating five-kilometre course in 18 minutes 39 seconds. Club colleague Rachel Lindley also ran very well to be the first woman to finish, placing
Tatsuya Okamoto, from Striders of Croydon, ran well to place fourth out of 82 finishers in the 10-kilometre trail race promoted by South London Harriers at Farthing Downs on Thursday. In hot conditions, he completed the undulating course in 39 minutes 51 seconds. Club colleague Alastair Falconer was seventh (41:01), with Martin Filer 33rd (46:32)
Striders of Croydon had 18 finishers in the Elmbridge 10-kilometre road race on Sunday, which was the penultimate event in this year’s Surrey Road League. They were led by Andrew Aitken who ran very well to place 35th of the 602 finishers, and tenth in the over-40 category, recording 36 minutes 14 seconds. Steve Massey
Striders of Croydon produced a very good team performance in their final Southern Veterans League match of the season, at Croydon Arena on Monday. Their men did very well to place second of the eight competing clubs, and also finished second in the South London Division for the first time in the club’s history. Striders’
@James_Athletics @harrierscroydon @SNorwoodparkrun Thanks for the photos James!
