Archives: August 2022

Steve Corfield ran very well to win the Surrey Road League over-60 championship for 2022. He was the first over-60 to finish in three of the seven league races, and placed third in two of the others. Club colleague Andrew Aitken placed second in the over-40 championship, while Tatsuya Okamoto was third. Striders’ men did

Andrew Aitken, from Striders of Croydon, ran well to place first out of 149 finishers in the South Norwood parkrun on Saturday. His time of 18 minutes 22 seconds saw him finish more than half a minute ahead of the runner-up. Striders had the first two women to finish the Riddlesdown parkrun, with Consuelo Kennefick

Andrew Aitken ran well to place 41st out of 191 finishers in the Sri Chinmoy five-kilometre road race at Battersea Park on Monday, recording 17 minutes 32 seconds. Club colleague Ellyw Evans was the 29th woman to finish (22:32), while Darren Woods was 136th (21:45). On Saturday, Striders had the first two finishers in the

Striders of Croydon did very well to have three of the first four female finishers in the Vanguard Way Marathon on Sunday, starting and finishing at Lloyd Park. They were led by Kara Boaks who was the second woman to finish, placing tenth overall in 4 hours 29 minutes 05. She was closely followed by

Striders of Croydon produced some good performances in the South London Harriers 10K, held at Farthing Downs on Thursday evening. They were led by Tatsuya Okamoto who ran well to place fifth of the 70 finishers, completing the undulating course in 38 minutes 41. Phil Coales also ran well to finish seventh (39:00), while Lee