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The women from Striders of Croydon did very well in their first Surrey Cross-Country League Division Two match of the season, at Reigate on Saturday. Their A team finished fourth out of 26 clubs. Jennifer Gutteridge ran well to place 17th, completing the six-kilometre course in 28 minutes 11. Kara Boaks was 34th (29:03), Ellyw

Striders had an excellent turnout of 27 runners in the East Surrey League cross-country races at Lloyd Park on Sunday, which was the first cross-country fixture of the season. Striders’ men were led by Phil Coales who ran well to place fifth. Tatsuya Okamoto was eighth, Andrew Aitken eleventh, and Lee Flanagan completed the Men’s A team

Matthew Stone, from Striders of Croydon, ran very well to win the M60 age-group in the European Aquathlon Championships in Bilbao last week. He was in sixth place after the one-kilometre swim but overtook all his rivals on the five-kilometre run, which he completed in 18 minutes 37 seconds. His total time of 34 minutes

James Rhodes, from Striders of Croydon, ran very well to place sixth in the Folkestone Half-Marathon on Sunday. He recorded a personal best of 77 minutes 55 seconds, lifting him to 23rd place in Striders’ all-time club rankings. Club colleague Andrew Aitken also ran well to place ninth in 79 minutes 21. Nikki Javan was

Rachel Lindley, from Striders of Croydon, ran very well in the Chiltern Wonderland 50-mile race, starting and finishing at Goring-on-Thames on Saturday. She was the third woman to finish, placing 16th overall out of 203 runners, and completing the course in a personal best of 8 hours 35 minutes 42 seconds. On Sunday afternoon, Striders’

Striders of Croydon produced some good performances in their final Southern Veterans League match of the season, at Walton on Monday. They did very well in the 3000 metres, where Tatsuya Okamoto won the men’s race (9:57.2) and Rachel Lindley won the women’s race (11:17.7). Steve Massey was second in the M50 race (11:11.7), having

Ally Whitlock, from Striders of Croydon, ran very well to be the first woman to finish the South Norwood parkrun on Saturday, placing 13th overall (22:50). Club colleague Tom Gillespie placed second of the 153 finishers (20:22), while Angela Seesurrun was the third woman to finish, placing 42nd overall (25:17). Consuelo Kennefick was the second

Steve Corfield ran very well to win the Surrey Road League over-60 championship for 2022. He was the first over-60 to finish in three of the seven league races, and placed third in two of the others. Club colleague Andrew Aitken placed second in the over-40 championship, while Tatsuya Okamoto was third. Striders’ men did

Andrew Aitken, from Striders of Croydon, ran well to place first out of 149 finishers in the South Norwood parkrun on Saturday. His time of 18 minutes 22 seconds saw him finish more than half a minute ahead of the runner-up. Striders had the first two women to finish the Riddlesdown parkrun, with Consuelo Kennefick