Race Reports

Striders of Croydon produced some good performances in the East Surrey League cross-country races at Lloyd Park on Saturday. They were led by Tatsuya Okamoto and Phil Coales, who tied for 18th place, each completing the muddy five-kilometre course in 18 minutes 48 seconds. Andrew Aitken was 28th (19:52)  and James Rhodes completed the scoring

Simone Luciani, from Striders of Croydon, had an excellent run to place second out of 231 finishers in the RunThrough 10 kilometre road race at the Olympic Park in Stratford on Wednesday evening. His time of 33 minutes 13 seconds was a personal best, and lifts him to fifth place in Striders’ all-time club rankings.

James Rhodes, from Striders of Croydon, had an excellent run in the Stan Allen Mile, organised by Herne Hill Harriers at Tooting Bec on Saturday. He set a new Striders club record of 4 minutes 43.72 seconds, beating the previous record set which was set by Phil Coales at Bromley in 2016. Club colleague Krzysztof

Martin Filer, from Striders of Croydon, ran very well to place seventh out of 141 finishers in the Bewl Water Trail Half-Marathon. He was also the second over-40 to finish, recording 94 minutes 03 seconds. On the same day veteran Keith Simpson was 56th out of 103 finishers in the Fox Marathon in Godalming, recording

Keith Simpson, from Striders of Croydon, ran very well to be the first over-70 to finish the Andover Trail Marathon. He placed 50th overall (out of 120 finishers), completing the undulating course in 4 hours 33 minutes 23 seconds. His club colleague James Rhodes produced another lifetime best performance at Battersea Park on Tuesday evening.

Kara Boaks, from Striders of Croydon, had an excellent run to be the first woman to finish the Vanguard Way Marathon, starting and finishing in Lloyd Park. She placed 13th overall, completing the hilly course in 4 hours 33 minutes 03 seconds. Her club colleague Rachel Lindley was the second woman to finish, placing 19th

Susan Haynes, from Striders of Croydon, became the first Strider to complete a parkrun since the coronavirus lockdown began in March, when she competed in the Lower Hutt parkrun in New Zealand on Saturday. Susan was the fourteenth woman to finish, placing 84th out of a total of 227 finishers, and covering the five-kilometre course