Keith Simpson, from Striders of Croydon, ran very well to finish first in the over-70 age-group in the Thames Meander Marathon, starting and finishing at Kingston-on-Thames, on Saturday. In wet and windy conditions, he set a new club over-70 record of 4 hours 09 minutes 07 seconds, placing 129th overall out of 307 finishers. Earlier
Striders of Croydon had three of the first ten women to finish the Croydon 10K road race on Sunday. Niamh Vincent ran well to be the fifth woman to finish, recording 44 minutes 04 seconds. Club colleague Marianne Chua was just one place and ten seconds behind her, while Jennifer Gutteridge was ninth in 45
Striders of Croydon produced a good team performance to place fifth in their first Surrey Womens Cross-Country League Division Two match of the season, at Reigate on Saturday. They were led by Jenny Rowe who ran well to place 24th of the 217 finishers, completing the undulating four-mile course in 29 minutes 16 seconds. Steph
Rachel Lindley, from Striders of Croydon, had an outstanding run in the Chester Marathon on Sunday. She was the fourth woman to finish, setting a new club over-35 record of 3 hours 06 minutes 02 seconds, and lifting her to second place in the club’s all-time women’s rankings. Later that day, Striders produced some good
Striders of Croydon had a very good turnout of 50 runners as they began their cross-country season with a ‘mob match’ against Dulwich Runners, in conjunction with the weekly parkrun in Lloyd Park on Saturday. Dulwich only fielded 26 runners, although they showed impressive quality by having the first four men and the first eight
Well done to all Striders who picked up an award at last nights AGM! AGM Club Awards 2018/19 Women’s Road Ranking 3rd Nikki Javan 2nd Niamh Vincent 1st Jemma Zakariyyau Women’s Age Graded Road 3rd Debra Bourne 2nd Niamh Vincent & Nikki Javan (joint 2nd) 1st Jemma Zakariyyau Men’s Road Ranking 3rd
Keith Simpson, from Striders of Croydon, ran very well to finish second in the over-70 category in the Bacchus Marathon at Dorking last week, setting a new club age-group record of 4 hours 14 minutes 19 seconds, and becoming the oldest Strider to run a marathon in under five hours. Striders had the first two
Striders Of Croydon Chairperson Tony Flowers ran the Richmond Marathon in warm conditions finishing in 5 hours 39 minutes 28 seconds. James Rhodes lead the Striders Of Croydon men’s relay teams home in 15 mins 16 secs at the Will Bolton Memorial cross-country relays at Sparrows Den, followed by club colleagues Lee Flanaghan (15:38), Andy
80-year-old Kevin Burnett, from Striders of Croydon, climbed to tenth place in this year’s British over-80 discus rankings when he threw a club age-group record of 17 metres 76 at the Herne Hill Open Meeting at Tooting Bec. He also set a new club age-group record of 4 metres 86 in the shot. In the
Niamh Vincent, from Striders of Croydon, had a very good run to be the third woman to finish the RunThrough 10 kilometre road race in Brockwell Park on Wednesday. She placed 22nd overall out of 301 finishers, and recorded a new personal best of 43 minutes 03 seconds, which lifts her to 17th place in
@James_Athletics @harrierscroydon @SNorwoodparkrun Thanks for the photos James!
