Debra Bourne, from Striders of Croydon, completed her 100th marathon at Nottingham on Saturday. In icy conditions, she ran well to place second in the W50 category, recording 3 hours 56 minutes 54 seconds, which was her fastest time of the year. In the Valencia Marathon on Sunday, Striders were led by James Rhodes, who
Striders of Croydon faced strong opposition in the South of the Thames Cross-Country Association’s annual five-mile inter-club race, held at Morden Park on Saturday. They placed 13th in the eight-to-score competition for the Brent Shield, awarded in memory of the late Alan Brent of Blackheath Harriers. Striders were led by veteran Steve Corfield, who ran
Striders of Croydon faced strong opposition in the London Cross-Country Championships, at Parliament Hill Fields on Saturday. Their women’s team placed 18th, while their men’s team placed 23rd. Striders’ women were again led by Jodie Gray, who ran very well to place 54th of the 309 finishers, completing the muddy six-kilometre course in 26 minutes
57-year-old Dave Shaw, from Striders of Croydon, had an excellent run in the Yorkshire Marathon on Sunday, He finished 109th overall in a field of more than 4300 runners, and recorded a lifetime best of 2 hours 50 minutes 31 seconds. This is a new Striders over-55 club record and lifts him to eleventh place
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
Keith Simpson, from Striders of Croydon, ran very well to finish second in the over-70 category in the Bacchus Marathon at Dorking last week, setting a new club age-group record of 4 hours 14 minutes 19 seconds, and becoming the oldest Strider to run a marathon in under five hours. Striders had the first two
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
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