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Tatsuya Okamoto ran very well to finish 12th in a strong field in the Surrey 5000 metre championship at Kingsmeadow on Sunday. His time of 16 minutes 27.75 was a new club M40 record, breaking the record which he had set two weeks earlier at Battersea Park. Striders dominated the Lloyd parkrun on Saturday, with

Matthew Stone did very well to win the M60 age-group in the World Aquathlon Championships in Ibiza on Monday. He completed the 1000 metre swim in 17 minutes 49, in second place, and overhauled his Czech rival on the five-kilometre run, which he completed in 18 minutes 43. On Sunday Striders faced strong opposition in

Two runners from Striders of Croydon set club age-group records in the Comeback 5000 metres at Battersea Park on Friday evening. Tatsuya Okamoto finished third in his heat in a personal best of 16 minutes 27.80, which was a club M40 record. Club colleague Andrew Aitken was ninth in the same heat in a club

Striders of Croydon had 18 finishers in the TCS London Marathon on Sunday. They were led by Simone Luciani who ran very well to finish in 2 hours 46 minutes 18. Graeme Drysdale (2:59:13) and Liam Redmond (2:59:50) also finished in under three hours. Striders’ first woman to finish was Niamh Vincent who ran very

Two runners from Striders of Croydon ran well to win their respective age groups in the East Surrey League, which published its final league tables this week. Tatsuya Okamoto won the men’s over-40 championship, while Daniel Finch won the boys’ under-15 championship. Striders’ men’s team finished the season in third place. On Sunday, Tatsuya Okamoto

Consuelo Kennefick, from Striders of Croydon, ran very well in the South Downs Way 50-mile race, from Worthing to Eastbourne on Saturday. She was the 15th woman to finish, placing third in the W50 age-group. Her time of 9 hours 13 minutes 45 placed her fourth in Striders’ all-time women’s rankings, and was a new

Striders of Croydon faced strong opposition in the East Surrey League road race at Ewell on Thursday. They were led by Tatsuya Okamoto who ran well to place tenth out of the 73 finishers, completing the 4.2 mile course in 25 minutes 30. Steve Massey was 30th (29:33), Peter Johnson 34th (30:20), Andy Perks 35th

Andrew Aitken, from Striders of Croydon, ran very well to place 23rd out of more than 1900 finishers in the Hastings Half-Marathon on Sunday. He completed the undulating course in 78 minutes 57. On the same day, Maria Gabriel was 141st in the Cranleigh 21-mile road race, recording 3 hours 45 minutes 47. In the

Jennifer Gutteridge, from Striders of Croydon, ran very well to be the 12th woman to finish the RunThrough Victoria Park Half-Marathon on Sunday. Her time of 92 minutes 30 was a new personal best, and lifted her to tenth place in Striders’ all-time women’s rankings. In the RunThrough 10K at the same venue, Peter Johnson

Striders produced some very good performances in the Paddock Wood Half-Marathon on Sunday. They were led by Andrew Aitken who ran well to place 78th out of 1697 finishers, recording 77 minutes 06. Martin Filer also ran well to place 102nd in a new club over-45 record of 78 minutes 38. Conor O’Hara-Barrett was 137th