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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,

Rachel Lindley, from Striders of Croydon, produced another very good run to be the first woman to finish the Coldham’s Common parkrun in Cambridge on Saturday morning. She placed eleventh overall out of 347 finishers, completing the five-kilometre course in 19 minutes 08 seconds. Ellyw Evans was the second woman to finish the South Norwood

Rachel Lindley, from Striders of Croydon, had an excellent run in the RunThrough Olympic Park Half-Marathon in Stratford on Sunday. She was the third woman to finish, placing first in the W40 age-group and 46th overall. She set a new club W40 record of 87 minutes 01 second, which was more than seven minutes faster

Matthew Stone, from Striders of Croydon, ran very well to place 15th out of 112 finishers, and first in the M55 age-group, in the Serpentine five-kilometre road race at Hyde Park on Friday. His time of 17 minutes 48 seconds was a new Striders mens over-50 record, being five seconds faster than the previous record

Ally Whitlock, from Striders of Croydon, had an excellent run on Monday to set the fastest known time by a woman for the Vanguard Way. She completed the undulating 68-mile route from Croydon to Newhaven in 16 hours 26 minutes 52 seconds. Rachel Lindley ran very well to be the third woman to finish the

Marc Burrows, from Striders of Croydon, ran very well to finish first in the Fontainebleau parkrun in France on Saturday morning, recording 21 minutes 29 seconds. Matthew Stone also ran very well to place third in the Lloyd parkrun (19:16), while third places were also achieved by Rob Sharpe in the Riddlesdown parkrun (20:12) and

Debra Bourne, from Striders of Croydon, had a very good run in difficult weather conditions in the North Downs Way 100-mile race, starting at Farnham in Surrey on Saturday and finishing at Ashford in Kent on Sunday morning. She was the sixth woman to finish, placing first in the W50 age-group and 65th overall out

Matthew Stone, from Striders of Croydon, had an excellent run in the RunThrough Lee Valley Velo Park 10-mile race on Saturday. He placed fourth overall in a field of 60 runners, and was the first over-50 to finish, setting a new Striders over-55 record of 61 minutes 22 seconds. This was over four minutes faster

Five members of Striders of Croydon won medals in the Surrey Masters Track & Field Championships at Kingsmeadow. They were led by the club’s oldest registered athlete, 82-year-old Kevin Burnett, who had an excellent day, winning four gold medals. He won the M80 shot (4.22), discus (9.75), javelin (7.51) and hammer (10.68). On the track,

Matthew Stone, from Striders of Croydon, had an excellent run in the Veterans AC five-kilometre road race at Battersea Park on Tuesday evening. He placed 16th out of 72 finishers in a new club over-50 record of 17 minutes 53 seconds, which was eight seconds faster than the previous record, set by Krzysztof Klidzia at