Archives: April 2022

James Rhodes, from Striders of Croydon, had another good run in an early-season track meeting at Tonbridge. He placed 12th in a good-quality 1500 metre race in a personal best of 4 minutes 23.21 seconds, which was almost two seconds faster than his previous best, set at Battersea last June. On Saturday, Sebastian Munday was

Andrew Aitken, from Striders of Croydon, ran very well to place 13th out of 765 finishers, and second in the M40 age-group, in the Maidenhead 10-mile road race on Good Friday. His time of 56 minutes 26 seconds was his fastest for this distance since 2008 (before he joined Striders) and lifts him to ninth

Sandra Francis, from Striders of Croydon, produced an excellent performance in the Southern Counties Veterans Indoor Championships at Lee Valley. She won the W65 long jump with a new club age-group record of 3 metres 17. This would have won Sandra the gold medal in the British Masters Indoor Championships a month earlier, and places

Striders of Croydon had a very good turnout of 36 runners at the Roundshaw parkrun on Saturday, which incorporated a mob match against Epsom, Collingwood and Tadworth. Striders were led by Matthew Stone who ran well to place sixth of the 207 finishers and first in the M55 age-group, recording 18 minutes 33 seconds. Phil