Archives: March 2022

Andrew Aitken, from Striders of Croydon, ran very well in the monthly Serpentine five-kilometre road race at Hyde Park on Friday. He placed 23rd out of 182 finishers, and fifth in the M40 age-group, recording exactly 17 minutes. Striders had the first male and female finishers at the South Norwood parkrun on Saturday. James Rhodes

Striders of Croydon had five of the first six finishers at the weekly parkrun in Lloyd Park on Saturday. Erik Schrijnemaekers ran well to place first of the 151 finishers (19:33) with Lee Flanagan second (19:39), Simon Ambrosi third (20:11), Graeme Drysdale fifth (20:49) and Kerim Suruliz sixth (21:05). Cindy Siu was the second woman

Andrew Aitken, from Striders of Croydon, ran very well in the Wimbledon Dash five-kilometre road race on Sunday, which incorporated the Surrey Championships and was the first event in this year’s Surrey Road League. He was fifth in the M40 age-group, placing 28th overall and completing the undulating course in 17 minutes 38 seconds. Striders’

Ally Whitlock, from Striders of Croydon, had an excellent run in the Phoenix Running 12-hour track race at Elmbridge on Friday. She set a new Striders’ women’s 50-mile record of 7 hours 55 minutes 52 seconds, becoming the first female Strider to run the distance in less than eight hours.   On Saturday Striders faced