James Rhodes, from Striders of Croydon, continued his regular programme of track racing with two races in the space of four days last week. At Battersea Park he improved his personal best for 1500 metres to 4 minutes 24.9 seconds, placing second in his race. He followed this by placing 11th out of 15 runners
Striders of Croydon produced some good performances in their first Southern Veterans League meeting of the season, at Kingsmeadow on Monday. Julian Spencer-Wood, in his first track race for four years, had an excellent run to set a club over-70 800 metre record of 2 minutes 53.7 seconds, placing third in his heat. This made
Two members of Striders of Croydon produced excellent performances in the South Downs Way 100-mile race, from Winchester to Eastbourne in hot conditions on Saturday. Ally Whitlock was the fourth woman to finish, placing first in the over-40 age-group and 56th overall out of 433 starters. She finished in 21 hours 18 minutes 38 seconds,
Peter Johnson, from Striders of Croydon, ran very well to finish first in the over-55 age-group in the RunThrough 10-kilometre road race at Battersea Park on Saturday. He finished 65th overall out of 389 finishers, recording a personal best of 41 minutes 02 seconds. Earlier the same day, Susan Haynes was the fourth woman to
@James_Athletics @harrierscroydon @SNorwoodparkrun Thanks for the photos James!
