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James Rhodes, from Striders of Croydon, ran very well to place 23rd out of 136 finishers in the Sri Chinmoy 10-kilometre road race at Battersea Park on Saturday morning. He recorded a personal best of 34 minutes 38 seconds, lifting him to 20th place in Striders’ all-time club rankings. Club colleague Darren Woods was 77th

Striders of Croydon faced strong opposition in the second Surrey Cross-Country League matches of the season. Their women placed eleventh in their Division Two match at Wimbledon Common on Saturday morning. They were led by Rachel Lindley, who ran very well to place fourteenth of the 248 finishers, completing the six-kilometre course in 26 minutes

Rachel Lindley, from Striders of Croydon, ran very well on Saturday to be the fourth woman to finish the Wendover Woods 50-mile race. She placed 40th overall out of 173 finishers in 11 hours 04 minutes 22. Club colleague Joshua Quinn was 68th in 11 hours 47 minutes 22. Striders had two teams in the

Three members of Striders of Croydon produced very good performances in the monthly Serpentine five-kilometre road race in Hyde Park on Friday. They were led by Andrew Aitken who was the first over-40 to finish, placing fifth overall out of 147 finishers in 16 minutes 52 seconds. Club colleague James Rhodes placed eleventh in 17

Rachel Lindley, from Striders of Croydon, had an excellent run in the Asda Yorkshire Marathon, starting and finishing at York. She was the 22nd woman to finish, setting a new club W40 record of 3 hours 11 minutes 07 seconds. Club colleague Nikki Javan was the 57th woman to finish, recording a personal best of

Striders of Croydon faced strong opposition in the first Surrey Cross-Country League races of the season on Saturday. Their men placed ninth in their Division Two match at Epsom Downs. They were led by Tatsuya Okamoto who ran well to finish 35th, completing the eight-kilometre course in 28 minutes 52 seconds. Andrew Aitken was 42nd

Striders of Croydon had eight finishers in the Manchester Marathon on Sunday. They were led by Mark Lankester, running his second marathon within a month, who did well to finish in 3 hours 15 minutes 04 seconds. Striders’ next two finishers both ran well to record personal bests, with James Burree finishing in 3 hours

Striders of Croydon had 14 finishers in the Virgin London Marathon on Sunday. They were led by Graeme Drysdale who ran very well to finish in 3 hours 00 minutes 47 seconds. Striders’ oldest finisher, Steve Corfield, also ran well to finish in 3 hours 16 minutes 47. Striders’ women were led by Rachel Lindley

Tatsuya Okamoto, from Striders of Croydon, had an excellent run to place first out of 220 finishers in the Beckenham Half-Marathon on Sunday, recording 81 minutes 48 seconds, and finishing more than a minute ahead of his nearest rival. Club colleague Peter Johnson placed tenth (92:37). Andrew Aitken also ran very well to place fourth

Peter Johnson, from Striders of Croydon, ran very well to place fourth in the M55 age-group in the Veterans AC 10000 metre championships at Wimbledon Park on Wednesday. His time of 41 minutes 16.67 seconds was a Striders age-group record for this distance on the track, being almost 40 seconds faster than the previous record,