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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

Striders of Croydon produced an excellent team performance to place second out of nine clubs in the opening Surrey Cross-Country League Division Two match of the season, at Wimbledon Common on Saturday. They were led by Peter Mills who ran very well to place eighth of the 207 finishers, covering the five-mile course in 26

James Bennett Bewl Water 15 02/07/2017 2nd, 87.59 15 miles trail Krzysztof Klidzia 46th, 105.14 ***** James Bennett Orpington High Elms 3rd, 37.50 10K trail, approx. Iain Harrison 8th, 40.53 ***** Lucy Finch Croydon Schools 800m, 12 years 4th, 2.59 ***** Robert Lines Jubilee 10K 2nd, 39.37 10K multiterrain, approx John Punt 8th, 44.13 Matt

James Bennett, from Striders of Croydon, ran well to place second out of 809 finishers in the Bewl 15-mile race on Sunday, recording 87 minutes 59 seconds. Club colleague Krzysztof Klidzia was 46th in 1 hour 45 minutes 14. Striders had the first two finishers in the weekly parkrun in Lloyd Park on Saturday. Simone

Three of the oldest members of Striders of Croydon won medals in the Surrey Masters Championships, at Ewell on Sunday. 77-year-old Kevin Burnett won the M75 3000 metre walk in a club age-group record of 24 minutes 24.2, and placed second in the shot (4.97), discus (15.37) and hammer (14.69). Sandra Francis won the W60

Darren Woods, from Striders of Croydon, ran well to place 12th out of 330 finishers in the Bewl Water Half-Marathon on Saturday, recording 94 minutes 03 seconds. On the same day, Simon Ambrosi was second in the weekly parkrun in Lloyd Park, recording 18 minutes 47, while Jay Lidbetter was second in the Riddlesdown parkrun,