Archives: September 2023

Tatsuya Okamoto ran well to place 15th out of 641 finishers in the Barns Green Half-Marathon on Sunday, completing the undulating course in 83 minutes 02. Before this, he had placed 13th in his heat of the Friday Night 5K road race at Battersea Park, where his time of 16 minutes 18 lifted him to

Andrew Aitken, from Striders of Croydon, had an excellent run in the Veterans AC 10000 metre championships at Battersea Park on Wednesday. He placed fourth overall in 34 minutes 39.06, which was a new club M45 record for this distance on the track. Steve Corfield also ran very well to set a club M60 record

Jay Lidbetter, from Striders of Croydon, had an excellent run to win the Richmond Runfest Hal-Marathon on Sunday. In hot conditions, he completed the course in 75 minutes 49 seconds. There were more than two thousand finishers. Club colleague Ben Dowling placed 37th (1:29:07) while Tim Lawlor was 334th (1:47:15). Josephine Thompson was the 123rd

Lorraine Hunte had an excellent run to win the bronze medal in the W65 100 metres in the British Masters Championships in Derby on Saturday. She finished in 17.17 seconds, and became only the third member of Striders to place in the first three in a track event at a British championship. Club colleague Steve