Archives: March 2014

Ernie Hann, from Striders of Croydon, had an excellent run to win the Selsdon Half-Marathon on Saturday, covering the undulating course in 83 minutes 21 seconds. This was more than six minutes faster than he ran in the same race last year, when he finished second. Club colleague Iain Harrison showed that he has recovered

James Bennett, from Striders of Croydon, had an excellent run to place fifth out of 465 finishers in the Cranleigh 21-mile road race on Sunday, recording 2 hours 10 minutes 57 seconds. Club colleague Matthew Chapman was 44th (2.30.13) with Mick Turner 138th (2.49.47) Striders’ first woman to finish was Louise Grech who placed 358th

Rachel Lindley, from Striders of Croydon, had a very good run in the Cambridge Half-Marathon on Sunday. She recorded a personal best of 89 minutes 04 seconds, lifting her to fifth place in Striders’ all-time women’s rankings. She finished 178th in a field of over 3300 runners, and was the 13th woman to finish. On

Iain Harrison, from Striders of Croydon, made the long journey to Japan to run in the Tokyo Marathon last week. He finished 448th in a large field, recording a very creditable time of 2 hours 53 minutes 13 seconds. He was the fifth British runner to finish. Striders finished second to local rivals Croydon Harriers