Archives: May 2022

Striders of Croydon produced some good performances in their first Southern Veterans League match of the season, at Ewell on Monday. Steve Corfield had an excellent run to win the M60 3000 metres in a new club age-group record of 11 minutes 09.8, and also won the M60 800 metres (2:29.8). Jon Dean won the

Rachel Lindley, from Striders of Croydon, ran very well to be the fifth woman to finish the North Downs Way 50-mile race from Farnham to Knockholt on Saturday. She completed the undulating course in 8 hours 48 minutes 31 seconds, placing 20th overall out of 235 finishers. Club colleague Nikki Javan also ran well to

Striders of Croydon produced some good performances in the Sutton 10-kilometre road race on Sunday, which was the third race in this year’s Surrey Road League. They were led by Andrew Aitken who ran very well to place 14th of the 412 finishers, recording 35 minutes 13 seconds. Graeme Drysdale was fifth in the over-50

Andrew Aitken, from Striders of Croydon, ran very well to place 13th out of 322 finishers in the Ranelagh Harriers Richmond Half-Marathon, which incorporated the Surrey Championship, on Sunday. He recorded 76 minutes 07. Tatsuya Okamoto placed 23rd (78:57). Steve Corfield ran well to place third in the over-60 category and 105th overall in a

Andrew Aitken, from Striders of Croydon, ran very well to place 13th of 166 runners in the monthly Serpentine five-kilometre road race at Hyde Park on Friday. He set a new Striders over-40 record of 16 minutes 46 seconds. This was four seconds quicker than the previous record which he set at Ardingly last year.