Race Reports

James Bennett, from Striders of Croydon, ran very well to place second in the penultimate Surrey Cross-Country Division Two match of the season at Reigate on Saturday, covering the undulating nine-kilometre course in 32 minutes 12 seconds. Peter Mills also had an excellent run to place third (32.22). Team manager Krzysztof Klidzia ran well to

Peter Mills, from Striders of Croydon, had an excellent run to place 12th out of 231 finishers in the Surrey Cross-Country Championship at Dorking on Sunday, covering the muddy 12-kilometre course in 44 minutes 51 seconds.  This was the best placing any Strider has ever achieved in the senior men’s race. Veteran Krzysztof Klidzia was

Tyler O’Callaghan, from Striders of Croydon, ran very well to place eighth of the 597 finishers in the Tadworth 10-mile race on Sunday, recording 63 minutes 46 seconds in wet and windy conditions. Krzysztof Klidzia also ran well to place fifth in the over-50 category and 23rd overall (67.31), while Matthew Stone was 54th (71.17)

Simon Ambrosi, of Striders of Croydon, ran well to place third in the Boxing Day parkrun at Lloyd Park, covering the very muddy course in 20 minutes 33 seconds. He was just one place and one second ahead of club colleague Krzysztof Klidzia, who was first in the over-50 category. Meanwhile Taric Matticks was fourth

Striders of Croydon faced strong opposition in the South of the Thames Cross-Country Championship at Tonbridge on Saturday. Their best performance came from Peter Mills who ran well to place 22nd of the 220 finishers, covering the muddy 12-kilometre course in 46 minutes 34 seconds. Veteran Krzysztof Klidzia was 80th (52.39) with Simon Pannell 107th

Striders of Croydon had the first two finishers in the weekly parkrun at Lloyd Park on Saturday morning, with Simone Luciani a comfortable winner in 18 minutes 37 and veteran Krzysztof Klidzia placing second in 19 minutes 17. Striders had an impressive total of 56 finishers in the various weekly parkruns (28 at Lloyd Park

Simon Pannell, from Striders of Croydon, had a very good run to be the first over-55 in the East Surrey League cross-country race at Wimbledon Common on Saturday. He beat all his younger team-mates, and placed 35th overall of the 124 finishers, covering the five-mile course in 32 minutes 23 seconds. Paul Stanford was 56th

Striders of Croydon produced a very good team performance to win the second annual Helen Furze Memorial Mobmatch against Wimbledon Windmilers, held in conjunction with the weekly parkrun at Nonsuch Park on Saturday. Striders had an impressive total of 42 finishers, while Windmilers could only muster 26. Striders were again led by Peter Mills, who

Striders of Croydon faced strong opposition in the South of the Thames inter-club cross-country race at Polesden Lacey on Saturday afternoon. They were led by Peter Mills who ran very well to place 33rd of the 284 finishers, covering the hilly five-mile course in 29 minutes 40 seconds. Phil Coales also ran well to place

Phil Coales, from Striders of Croydon, had a very good run to win the Beckenham Running Club 10-kilometre road race last week, covering the muddy course in 37 minutes 06 seconds. Club colleague Krzysztof Klidzia placed fourth in 38 minutes 34. Striders’ women were led by Selena Wong who placed 87th overall in 53 minutes