Race Reports

Striders of Croydon faced strong opposition in their penultimate Surrey Cross-Country League matches of the season on Saturday. Their men had to settle for ninth place in their match at Richmond Park. They were led by James Rhodes who ran well to place 49th of the 166 finishers, completing the five-mile course in 30 minutes

Striders of Croydon faced strong opposition in the Surrey Cross-Country Championships, held at Denbies Vineyard, near Dorking on Sunday. Their men’s team did well to place eleventh. They were led by Alastair Falconer who ran very well to place 41st out of the 214 finishers, completing the muddy 12.2 kilometre course in 49 minutes 12

Striders of Croydon had several good performances in the New Year’s Day parkruns. Robert Lines ran well to place first out of 95 finishers in the Riddlesdown parkrun, recording 20 minutes 32. James Rhodes was second out of 106 finishers in the South Norwood parkrun (18:53), while Niamh Vincent was the first woman to finish,

Striders of Croydon had several good performances in the Christmas Day parkruns. At South Norwood, Kara Boaks ran very well to be the first woman to finish, placing tenth overall out of 94 finishers in 22 minutes 15. Striders’ men were led by James Rhodes, who placed second (18:51) with Andrew Aitken third (19:06). Ellyw

Tatsuya Okamoto, from Striders of Croydon, ran well against strong opposition in the Battersea Park five-mile road race on Friday evening. He finished in 28 minutes 09 seconds, placing eleventh in the M40 age-group and 83rd overall. On Saturday morning, Selena Wong was the third woman to finish the Roundshaw parkrun, placing 23rd overall (24:22).

Striders of Croydon faced strong opposition in the South of England Masters Cross-Country Championships, held at Lloyd Park on Saturday. In the men’s race, over ten kilometres, Andrew Aitken had an excellent run to place 22nd in a high-quality field, with Tatsuya Okamoto also running very well to finish 27th. They were followed by Matthew

Lorraine Hunte, from Striders of Croydon, had an excellent run in the Ashby Mile, promoted by Croydon Harriers at Croydon Arena on Tuesday evening. Her time of 7 minutes 42.3 seconds was only four seconds outside the Striders W65 club record which she set in March 2020, and her age-grading of 82.55% was better than

Two members of Striders of Croydon ran well in the South of the Thames Cross-Country Association’s annual five-mile race at Aldershot. Tatsuya Okamoto placed 41st out of 84 finishers in the men’s race, recording 31 minutes 47 seconds. Club colleague Matthew Stone finished second in the over-55 age-group and 47th overall (32:44). Andrew Aitken ran

James Rhodes, from Striders of Croydon, ran very well to place 23rd out of 136 finishers in the Sri Chinmoy 10-kilometre road race at Battersea Park on Saturday morning. He recorded a personal best of 34 minutes 38 seconds, lifting him to 20th place in Striders’ all-time club rankings. Club colleague Darren Woods was 77th

Striders of Croydon faced strong opposition in the second Surrey Cross-Country League matches of the season. Their women placed eleventh in their Division Two match at Wimbledon Common on Saturday morning. They were led by Rachel Lindley, who ran very well to place fourteenth of the 248 finishers, completing the six-kilometre course in 26 minutes