Race Reports

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

Andrew Aitken, from Striders of Croydon, had an excellent run in the Veterans AC 10000 metre championships at Battersea Park on Wednesday. He placed fourth overall in 34 minutes 39.06, which was a new club M45 record for this distance on the track. Steve Corfield also ran very well to set a club M60 record

Jay Lidbetter, from Striders of Croydon, had an excellent run to win the Richmond Runfest Hal-Marathon on Sunday. In hot conditions, he completed the course in 75 minutes 49 seconds. There were more than two thousand finishers. Club colleague Ben Dowling placed 37th (1:29:07) while Tim Lawlor was 334th (1:47:15). Josephine Thompson was the 123rd

Lorraine Hunte had an excellent run to win the bronze medal in the W65 100 metres in the British Masters Championships in Derby on Saturday. She finished in 17.17 seconds, and became only the third member of Striders to place in the first three in a track event at a British championship. Club colleague Steve