Race Reports

Striders faced strong opposition in the London Cross-Country Championships, at Parliament Hill Fields on Saturday afternoon. They were led by Phil Coales, who placed 129th of the 441 finishers, completing the undulating ten-kilometre course in 43:05. Tom Gillespie was 213rd (46:12) and Stephen Siu 375th (54:40). Phil Coales was in action again on Sunday morning

Steve Corfield, from Striders of Croydon, ran very well to place first in the M60 age-group, and 31st overall out of 201 finishers, in the Serpentine five-kilometre road race at Hyde Park on Friday. He recorded 18 minutes 28. Liam Redmond was 34th (18:43) while Darren Woods was 92nd (21:13). On Saturday morning, Striders had

Steve Corfield, from Striders of Croydon, ran very well to finish third in the M60 age-group in the Surrey Masters Cross-Country Championships at Nonsuch Park on Saturday. He completed the nine-kilometre course in 36 minutes 35. Club colleague David Hoben was ninth in the M70 age-group, completing the six-kilometre course in 41:49. Liam Redmond was

Martin Harrison, from Striders of Croydon, had an excellent run in the Bank of America Chicago Marathon. He recorded a personal best of 2:52:42, placing him 25th in Striders’ all-time club rankings. In the Yorkshire Marathon, Marc Burrows ran well to finish in 2:58:51, just outside his personal best. In the RunThrough Battersea Park Marathon

Striders of Croydon faced strong opposition in their first Surrey Cross-Country League matches of the season, at Richmond Park on Saturday. Their men did well to place third out of ten clubs in their Division Three match. They were led by James Rhodes who placed ninth out of 174 finishers, completing the 8500-metre course in

Rachel Lindley, from Striders of Croydon, ran very well to be the third female finisher in the first East Surrey League cross-country race of the season, in Lloyd Park on Saturday afternoon. Club colleague Ally Whitlock also ran well to be the eighth female finisher. Striders’ men were led by James Rhodes, who ran well

Marc Burrows, from Striders of Croydon, ran very well to place first out of 131 finishers in the Pymmes parkrun at Edmonton on Saturday (17:50). Consuelo Kennefick was the second woman to finish the Riddlesdown parkrun, placing 21st overall out of 186 finishers (22:53). Cindy Siu was the third woman to finish the Lloyd parkrun,

Striders of Croydon had the first female finisher in three different parkruns on Saturday morning. Martha Taylor was the first woman to finish the South Norwood parkrun, placing ninth overall out of 213 finishers (20:45). Ally Whitlock was the first woman to finish the Downsview parkrun near Toronto in Canada, placing 15th overall out of

Steve Corfield, from Striders of Croydon, had an excellent run to place second in the M60 800 metres in the British Masters Championships at Derby on Sunday. He finished in 2 minutes 20.78 seconds. On Saturday, Josef Freedman ran well to place eighth out of 187 finishers in the Bewl Water Half-Marathon (1:41:41), while Matthew

Three runners from Striders of Croydon ran well to take first places in parkruns outside the UK on Saturday. In Japan, Tatsuya Okamoto placed first out of 34 finishers at the Momoi Harappa parkrun (17:36), while James Rhodes placed first out of 36 finishers at the Sunshine Beach parkrun in Otsu (18:21). Meanwhile, Phil Coales