Race Reports

James Bennett, from Striders of Croydon, had an excellent run to place 63rd in a large field in the Vitality Big Half-Marathon, at Tower Bridge on Sunday. His time of 72 minutes 05 seconds was only 30 seconds outside his own club record, set at Oxford two years ago. On the same day, Tatsuya Okamoto

Sandra Francis, from Striders of Croydon, did very well to win the over-60 women’s long jump at the South of England Masters Indoor Championships, at Lee Valley on Sunday. Her winning leap of 3 metres 42 was a new club age-group record, and she is the first female Strider to win a South of England

Striders of Croydon produced some good performances in the Wokingham Half-Marathon on Sunday. They were led by Darren Woods who ran a personal best 84 minutes 18 seconds. There were also personal bests for Luke Burden (86.50), Becky Laurence (97.48) and Nikki Javan (98.08). Striders’ best age-grading was achieved by veteran Chris Morton, who ran

Striders of Croydon produced an excellent team performance in the final Surrey Cross-Country League Division Two match of the season, at a cold and wet Lloyd Park on Saturday. They placed third in the match, narrowly beaten by champions Guildford and local rivals Croydon Harriers, but held off the challenge of  promotion rivals Fulham to place

The fifth annual mobmatch between Striders of Croydon and local rivals Croydon Harriers took place at Lloyd Park on Saturday, in conjunction with the weekly parkrun. Striders provided the first three runners to finish with Tatsuya Okamoto first across the line in 18 minutes 06, Peter Mills second (18.09) and Phil Coales third (18.12). Tony

Striders of Croydon faced strong opposition in the South of England Cross-Country Championships at Brighton on Saturday. In the senior women’s race, Niamh Vincent was 219th of the 351 finishers, covering the muddy eight-kilometre course in 41 minutes 49 seconds. Club colleague Hannah Luffman was 300th (48.09). In the under-13 girls’ race, Lucy Finch was

Striders of Croydon fielded a good turnout of 28 runners, but had to settle for third place in their annual mobmatch against Beckenham Running Club and Blackheath & Bromley, held on a muddy seven-mile course at West Wickham. Striders were led by Alastair Falconer, who ran well to place eighth of the 109 finishers in

Striders of Croydon had the first four finishers in the weekly parkrun at Lloyd Park on Saturday. In very muddy conditions, Peter Mills ran very well to be the first runner home, recording 18 minutes 19 seconds and finishing more than a minute clear of the rest of the field. Lee Flanagan was second (19.35)