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Striders of Croydon produced some good performances in their first Southern Veterans League meeting of the season, at Kingsmeadow on Monday. Julian Spencer-Wood, in his first track race for four years, had an excellent run to set a club over-70 800 metre record of 2 minutes 53.7 seconds, placing third in his heat. This made

Two members of Striders of Croydon produced excellent performances in the South Downs Way 100-mile race, from Winchester to Eastbourne in hot conditions on Saturday. Ally Whitlock was the fourth woman to finish, placing first in the over-40 age-group and 56th overall out of 433 starters. She finished in 21 hours 18 minutes 38 seconds,

Peter Johnson, from Striders of Croydon, ran very well to finish first in the over-55 age-group in the RunThrough 10-kilometre road race at Battersea Park on Saturday. He finished 65th overall out of 389 finishers, recording a personal best of 41 minutes 02 seconds. Earlier the same day, Susan Haynes was the fourth woman to

Ally Whitlock, from Striders of Croydon, ran very well in the Devil’s Lite 50-kilometre race, starting and finishing at Steyning on Saturday. She was the fourth woman to finish, placing first in the W40 age-group and 26th overall out of 192 finishers. She completed the undulating course in 5 hours 41 minutes 50 seconds. On

Matthew Stone, from Striders of Croydon, had an excellent run in the Blackheath & Bromley Open Meeting, at Norman Park on Saturday. In his first track race, he placed third in his heat of the 5000 metres, setting a new club over-55 record of 17 minutes 58.47 seconds. This was three seconds faster than the

Two members of Striders of Croydon ran very well to set new club age-group records for five kilometres within four days. In the Ardingly five-kilometre road race on Wednesday evening, Andrew Aitken set a new club over-40 record of 16 minutes 50 seconds, finishing 88th in a high-quality field. In the Reunion five-kilometre road race

Debra Bourne, from Striders of Croydon, ran very well to be the eighth woman to finish the Thames Path 100-mile race from Richmond to Oxford on Saturday. She was second in the over-50 category, and placed 91st overall out of 272 runners, finishing in 23 hours 29 minutes 21 seconds. On Sunday, James Rhodes ran

Matthew Stone, from Striders of Croydon, produced an excellent run in the RunThrough Half-Marathon at Newbury Racecourse on Saturday. He placed eighth out of 208 finishers, and his time of 80 minutes 53 seconds was a new club men’s over-55 record. It was 17 seconds faster than the previous record, which had been set by

James Rhodes, from Striders of Croydon, ran very well to record a new personal best of 9 minutes 33.62 seconds for 3000 metres in the Harrow AC Open Meeting on Thursday. He placed sixth in his heat, and his time was almost eight seconds quicker than his previous best, set at Wimbledon last September. On

Matthew Stone, from Striders of Croydon, had an outstanding run in the RunThrough 10-kilometre road race at the Olympic Park in Stratford on Wednesday evening. He was the first over-50 to finish, placing 25th overall in a new club age-group record of 35 minutes 53 seconds, and becoming the oldest Strider ever to run 10