Race Reports

Striders of Croydon faced strong opposition in the South of the Thames Cross-Country Association’s annual inter-club race at Beckenham on Saturday. Both their men and women placed 15th in the team event. Striders’ women were led by Ellyw Evans who was the 38th woman to finish, completing the five-mile course in 36 minutes 49. Cindy

Striders faced strong opposition at the Southern Cross Country London Championships, held at Parliament Hill Fields on Saturday. The ladies were led by Selena Wong who placed 171st completing the 6km course in 33:07, Ruth Pearson was 230th (38:27), Maria Gabriel 234th (39:19), Alexander Sujatha 244th (41:11), Jadwiga Brzask-makiela 250th (42:51). Striders men were led

Striders of Croydon produced some good performances in their second Surrey Cross-Country League matches of the season, at Hurst Green on Saturday. Their men’s team did very well to place second out of ten clubs in their Division Three match. They remain in second place in the overall Division Three table. Harry Madgwick-Lawton ran well

Striders of Croydon did well to place seventh out of 42 teams in the Reigate Priory Relays on Saturday. Luke Burden ran the first leg in 14 minutes 41, handing over in tenth place to Robert Zietz, the oldest member of the team, who ran 17 minutes 29. Phil Coales gained several places on the

Striders of Croydon produced some good performances in the Surrey Masters Cross-Country Championships, at Nonsuch Park on Saturday. Their best placing came from their oldest competitor, Dave Hoben, who was third in the M70 age-group, completing the six-kilometre course in 45 minutes 51. Matthew Stone ran well to place fourth in the M60 age-group, completing

Tatsuya Okamoto ran very well to place tenth out of 402 finishers in the Chelmsford Marathon. He completed the course in 2 hours 56 minutes 27. In the RunThrough Battersea Festival Half-Marathon, Simone Luciani ran well to place 23rd overall and third in the M40 age-group (1:19:44). In the RunThrough Battersea Festival Marathon, Jeremy Tonkin

Striders of Croydon faced strong opposition in their first Surrey Cross-Country League matches of the season, at Epsom Downs on Saturday. Striders’ men did well to place second out of ten clubs in their Division Three match. They were led by Tatsuya Okamoto who ran well to place seventh, completing the eight-kilometre course in 29

Tatsuya Okamoto, from Striders of Croydon, ran very well to finish third in the first East Surrey League cross-country race of the season, in Lloyd Park on Saturday. Rob Lines was 12th, Tom Gillespie 16th and Andy Perks completed the men’s scoring team in 18th place. Striders’ women were led by Kara Boaks who was

Steve Corfield ran very well to finish first in the M60 age group, and 34th overall out of 225 finishers, in the Serpentine Running Club five-kilometre road race at Hyde Park on Friday. He completed the course in exactly 18 minutes. On Saturday morning, Martin Filer was second in the Riddlesdown parkrun (18:48). At the

Tatsuya Okamoto ran well to place 15th out of 641 finishers in the Barns Green Half-Marathon on Sunday, completing the undulating course in 83 minutes 02. Before this, he had placed 13th in his heat of the Friday Night 5K road race at Battersea Park, where his time of 16 minutes 18 lifted him to