• Serpentine five-kilometre road race

    Steve Corfield, from Striders of Croydon, ran very well to place first in the M60 age-group, and 41st overall out of 246 finishers, in the Serpentine five-kilometre road race at Hyde Park on Friday. He recorded 18:10, achieving an age-grading of 90.1%. Ellyw Evans was the ninth woman to finish, placing 103rd overall (20:21). Striders

  • parkrunning

    Tatsuya Okamoto, from Striders of Croydon, ran very well to place first out of 188 finishers at the Hasenheide parkrun in Berlin on Saturday. He completed the five-kilometre course in 17 minutes 27. For the second successive week, Striders had the first two female finishers at the South Norwood parkrun. Niamh Vincent was the first

  • parkruns!

    Daniel Finch, from Striders of Croydon, ran very well to place first out of 93 finishers in the Dartford Heath parkrun on Saturday morning. He completed the five-kilometre course in 19:55. Striders had the first two female finishers in both the Lloyd parkrun and the South Norwood parkrun. At South Norwood, Niamh Vincent was the

  • A week of half-marathons!

    James Rhodes, from Striders of Croydon, ran well to place fourth in a 1500 metre race at Apeldoorn (Netherlands) on Tuesday, which was staged as a rehearsal event for the European Indoor Championships. He recorded 4 minutes 26.77 seconds. In the Paddock Wood Half-Marathon on Sunday, Tatsuya Okamoto ran well to place 126th out of

  • East Surrey League

    Striders of Croydon did well to finish second in the East Surrey League senior men’s cross-country race at Lloyd Park on Saturday. They were led by Tatsuya Okamoto who ran very well to finish third, completing the muddy eight-kilometre course in 31 minutes 40. Lee Flanagan was eighth (33:23) and Greg Kirby ninth (34:39), while