Race Reports

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

Striders of Croydon faced strong opposition in their final Surrey Cross-Country League races of the season, at Lloyd Park on Saturday. Their women produced an excellent team performance to take second place in their Division Three match and third in the final Division Three table, winning promotion back to Division Two. They were led by

Striders of Croydon faced strong opposition in the South of England Cross-Country Championships, at Beckenham Place Park on Saturday. Their senior men placed 21st out of 42 clubs in the team event. They were led by James Rhodes who ran well to place 188th out of 633 finishers, completing the 15-kilometre course in 54 minutes

Conor O’Hara-Barrett, from Striders of Croydon, ran well to place second out of 217 finishers in the Lloyd parkrun on Saturday, completing the undulating five-kilometre course in 19 minutes 48. Club colleague Lee Flanagan was fifth (20:26) with Steve Corfield sixth (20:28) and Nathan Robertshaw seventh (20:50). Cindy Siu was the third woman to finish,

Striders of Croydon faced strong opposition in their penultimate Surrey Cross-Country League matches of the season, at Oxshott on Saturday. Their women did well to finish ahead of promotion rivals Walton, and climbed to third place out of 14 clubs in the overall Division Three table. They were led by Ellyw Evans who placed 13th