James Rhodes, from Striders of Croydon, produced another excellent run to win his heat of the 400 metres at the Blackheath & Bromley Open Meeting, at Norman Park on Saturday. He recorded a new lifetime best of 58.86 seconds, finishing just one-hundredth of a second ahead of the runner-up, Arthur Starvis of Blackheath.
Following on from guidance issued by England Athletics, we are delighted to be able to restart our club runs. . There will be two Tuesday speed sessions at 6:40 pm & 7:40 pm. These are on a first come first served basis & you MUST sign-up in advance. Members, please check your emails on Tuesday
Striders of Croydon’s women produced a very good team performance to finish third in the second Surrey Women’s Cross-Country League Division Two match of the season, at Mitcham on Saturday. They were led by Jodie Gray, making her Surrey League debut, who ran very well to place 16th of the 235 finishers, covering the six-kilometre
Well done to all Striders who picked up an award at last nights AGM! AGM Club Awards 2018/19 Women’s Road Ranking 3rd Nikki Javan 2nd Niamh Vincent 1st Jemma Zakariyyau Women’s Age Graded Road 3rd Debra Bourne 2nd Niamh Vincent & Nikki Javan (joint 2nd) 1st Jemma Zakariyyau Men’s Road Ranking 3rd
James Bennett, from Striders of Croydon, ran very well to gain a comfortable win in the Victoria Park five-kilometre road race on Wednesday. In his first race of the summer, he recorded 16 minutes 37 seconds. There were 176 finishers. On Saturday, Steph Upton was the first woman to finish the Riddlesdown parkrun, placing 35th
Alastair Falconer, from Striders of Croydon, ran very well to place first out of 468 finishers in the Weymouth parkrun on Saturday, covering the five-kilometre course in 17 minutes 19 seconds. Club colleague Tatsuya Okamoto was first out of 373 finishers in the Princes parkrun in Liverpool, recording 17 minutes 45. Closer to home, Nikki
Krzysztof Klidzia, from Striders of Croydon, ran very well to place second in the over-50 category, and 69th overall in a field of more than 2000 runners, in the Paddock Wood Half-Marathon on Sunday. His time of 78 minutes 17 seconds was only 33 seconds outside his own club over-50 record, which he set on
Peter Mills, from Striders of Croydon, ran very well to finish first out of 215 runners in the weekly parkrun in Lloyd Park on Saturday. In hot conditions, he covered the undulating course in 17 minutes 09 seconds. Club colleague Sophia Sachedina was the fourth woman to finish, placing 51st overall (24:17). Tatsuya Okamoto was
Alastair Falconer, from Striders of Croydon, had an excellent run to place second out of 225 finishers in the Titchmarsh 10 kilometre road race on Sunday. He recorded a personal best of 35 minutes 18 seconds, which lifts him to 25th place in Striders’ all-time club rankings. Meanwhile Darren Woods finished 60th in the Gatwick
@James_Athletics @harrierscroydon @SNorwoodparkrun Thanks for the photos James!
