Southern Cross Country London Championships

Striders faced strong opposition at the Southern Cross Country London Championships, held at Parliament Hill Fields on Saturday. The ladies were led by Selena Wong who placed 171^st completing the 6km course in 33:07, Ruth Pearson was 230^th (38:27), Maria Gabriel 234^th (39:19), Alexander Sujatha 244^th (41:11), Jadwiga Brzask-makiela 250^th (42:51).

Striders men were led by James Rhodes who placed 115^th completing the 10k course in 45:05, Phil Coales was 165^th (47:07), Andy Perks 172^nd (47:19), Luke Burden 236^th (50:02), Simon Webster 308^th (53:25), Jason Gallagher 382^nd (58:33), Mick Turner 395^th (59:38), Mark Harman 419^th (1:06:25).

Earlier in the day, Consuelo Kennefick was the first female to finish at Riddlesdown parkrun, placing her 16^th overall out of 73 finishers (25:53). Lottie Nusca was the second female to finish South Norwood parkrun, placing 11^th overall out of 95 finishers (23:08).

Lee Flanagan (20:40) and Steve Corefield (20:55) were the 2^nd and 3^rd men to finish Lloyd parkrun out of a field of 126 runners. Striders had a total of 69 finishers in the various weekly parkruns.

At the Battersea Park Half Marathon, Ellyw Evans was the 26^th female to finish, placing her 238^th overall out of 1146 finishers (1:39:52).

On Sunday, Mark Stanford was the 379^th male to finish the Hampton Court Palace 10k out of 1893 finishers (51:37)