Race Reports

Striders of Croydon produced some good performances in their first Southern Veterans League match of the season, at Kingsmeadow on Monday. Sam O’Dongo won the M50 100 metres in a new club age-group record of 12.98 seconds, and also won the M50 400 metres (63.81). Steve Corfield won both the M60 400 metres (62.42) and

Striders of Croydon did well to have 22 finishers in the Sutton 10K on Sunday, which was the first race in this year’s Surrey Road League. They were led by Marc Burrows, who placed 37th (38:12), just ahead of Steve Corfield who was 38th (38:15). Martin Filer was 55th (39:47), Stephen Harris 62nd (40:22) and

Striders of Croydon produced some good performances in the Brighton Marathon on Sunday. They were led by Liam Redmond, who ran well to place 173rd in a very large field, recording 2 hours 59 minutes 56. Graeme Drysdale placed fifth in the M55 age-group and 350th overall (3:10:36). Niamh Vincent was the 58th female finisher,

Steve Corfield, from Striders of Croydon, ran very well to place first in the M60 age-group, and 41st overall out of 246 finishers, in the Serpentine five-kilometre road race at Hyde Park on Friday. He recorded 18:10, achieving an age-grading of 90.1%. Ellyw Evans was the ninth woman to finish, placing 103rd overall (20:21). Striders

Tatsuya Okamoto, from Striders of Croydon, ran very well to place first out of 188 finishers at the Hasenheide parkrun in Berlin on Saturday. He completed the five-kilometre course in 17 minutes 27. For the second successive week, Striders had the first two female finishers at the South Norwood parkrun. Niamh Vincent was the first

Daniel Finch, from Striders of Croydon, ran very well to place first out of 93 finishers in the Dartford Heath parkrun on Saturday morning. He completed the five-kilometre course in 19:55. Striders had the first two female finishers in both the Lloyd parkrun and the South Norwood parkrun. At South Norwood, Niamh Vincent was the

James Rhodes, from Striders of Croydon, ran well to place fourth in a 1500 metre race at Apeldoorn (Netherlands) on Tuesday, which was staged as a rehearsal event for the European Indoor Championships. He recorded 4 minutes 26.77 seconds. In the Paddock Wood Half-Marathon on Sunday, Tatsuya Okamoto ran well to place 126th out of

Striders of Croydon did well to finish second in the East Surrey League senior men’s cross-country race at Lloyd Park on Saturday. They were led by Tatsuya Okamoto who ran very well to finish third, completing the muddy eight-kilometre course in 31 minutes 40. Lee Flanagan was eighth (33:23) and Greg Kirby ninth (34:39), while

Striders of Croydon faced strong opposition in the National Cross-Country Championships, at Parliament Hill Fields on Saturday. Their women were 68th in the team event. They were led by Ellyw Evans who ran well to place 349th of the 830 finishers, covering the muddy eight-kilometre course in 41 minutes 54. Cindy Siu was 441st (44:32),

Steve Corfield, from Striders of Croydon, ran very well in the England Masters Indoor Inter-Area Challenge at Lee Valley on Sunday. He placed second out of nine runners in the M60 800 metres, recording 2 minutes 22.14 seconds to be the first English finisher, only being beaten by Scottish international Robert McHarg. In the Veterans