Race Reports

Striders of Croydon promoted their 25th annual Switchback race on Sunday, over an undulating five-mile course in Lloyd Park and Addington Hills. The winner was Ollie Garrod of Epsom, who recorded 27 minutes 49. For Striders, Phil Coales ran very well to place second in 28 minutes 17. Peter Mills was fourth (28.51), Bill Makuwa

James Bennett, from Striders of Croydon, had an excellent run to place second out of 2683 finishers in the Edinburgh Half Marathon on Sunday. He recorded 73 minutes 22 seconds, which is only 95 seconds outside his own club record for the distance. In the British Masters Championships at Birmingham on Saturday, Alan Dolton placed

Striders of Croydon produced a good team performance to place 11th out of 55 teams in the annual Will Bolton Memorial Relays, organised by Blackheath & Bromley Harriers at Sparrows Den on Saturday. 16-year-old Matthew Ostrowski, the youngest member of the team, gave them a good start by running the first leg of four kilometres

Lee Flanagan, from Striders of Croydon, ran well to place second out of 205 finishers in the weekly parkrun in Lloyd Park on Saturday, covering the undulating five-kilometre course in 18 minutes 45 seconds. His club colleague Selena Wong was the second woman to finish, placing 37th overall and recording exactly 24 minutes. Striders had

Phil Coales, from Striders of Croydon, had an outstanding run to win the mile race at the Blackheath & Bromley open Meeting at Norman Park last week, setting a new club record of 4 minutes 44.95 seconds. His club colleague, 15-year-old Matthew Ostrowski, also ran well to finish tenth in a club under-17 record of

James Bennett, from Striders of Croydon, ran very well to win the Olympic Park 10 kilometre road race in Stratford on Saturday. He recorded 33 minutes 37 seconds, and finished more than a minute clear of the runner-up. On the same day Lee Flanagan was first runner home at the weekly parkrun in Lloyd Park,

Serena Stracey, from Striders of Croydon, ran very well to be the second woman to finish the Andover parkrun on Saturday. She placed 38th overall in a field of 266 runners, and covered the five-kilometre course in 22 minutes 31 seconds. Meanwhile Graeme Drysdale was third in the Riddlesdown parkrun (18.44), while Lee Flanagan was

Striders of Croydon produced some good performances in hot conditions in the Elmbridge 10-kilometre road race on Sunday. They were led by Lee Flanagan who ran well to place 48th in 36 minutes 59 seconds. Graeme Drysdale was 90th (39.06) with Steve Massey 123rd (40.46), Chris Morton 152nd (42.17) and Sunjay Bhogal 154th (42.21). Striders’

Striders of Croydon produced some good performances at their final Southern Veterans League match of the season, at Croydon Arena on Monday. Their men did well to place third of the seven competing clubs, while their women were fifth. Sam O’Dongo had an excellent run to win the 400 metres in a new club M40