Race Reports

Matthew Stone, from Striders of Croydon, produced an excellent run in the RunThrough Half-Marathon at Newbury Racecourse on Saturday. He placed eighth out of 208 finishers, and his time of 80 minutes 53 seconds was a new club men’s over-55 record. It was 17 seconds faster than the previous record, which had been set by

James Rhodes, from Striders of Croydon, ran very well to record a new personal best of 9 minutes 33.62 seconds for 3000 metres in the Harrow AC Open Meeting on Thursday. He placed sixth in his heat, and his time was almost eight seconds quicker than his previous best, set at Wimbledon last September. On

Matthew Stone, from Striders of Croydon, had an outstanding run in the RunThrough 10-kilometre road race at the Olympic Park in Stratford on Wednesday evening. He was the first over-50 to finish, placing 25th overall in a new club age-group record of 35 minutes 53 seconds, and becoming the oldest Strider ever to run 10

Andrew Aitken, from Striders of Croydon, had an excellent run to place seventh out of 88 finishers in the Veterans AC five-kilometre road race at Wimbledon on Sunday morning. He covered the undulating five-kilometre course in 17 minutes 27 seconds. In the Blackheath & Bromley Open Meeting, at Norman Park on the same day, Nikki

Keith Simpson, from Striders of Croydon, had an excellent run in the Dorney Lake Marathon on Saturday. He placed third in the over-70 category in a new club age-group record of 4 hours 06 minutes 35 seconds, which was more than two minutes faster than the previous club record which he set at Kingston in

Three members of Striders of Croydon produced very good performances in the RunThrough ten-kilometre road race at the Olympic Park in Stratford on Wednesday evening. They were led by James Bennett who placed sixth of the 279 finishers, recording 33 minutes 41 seconds. James Rhodes was 17th in a personal best 35 minutes 44 seconds,

Simone Luciani, from Striders of Croydon, had an excellent run to win the RunThrough ten-kilometre road race at the Olympic Park in Stratford on Sunday, recording 34 minutes 13 seconds. He finished 38 seconds ahead of his nearest rival. In the five-kilometre race at the same venue, James Rhodes was third (17:43) with Andrew Aitken