Race Reports

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

Graham Hansen, from Striders of Croydon, ran very well in the monthly Serpentine five-kilometre road race, at Hyde Park on Friday. He placed first in the M65 category with a new club age-group record of 20:11, which was more than two minutes faster than the previous record, set by Colin Cotton in 2014. He placed

Striders of Croydon had the first two finishers, and the first female finisher, at the South Norwood parkrun on Saturday morning. Daniel Finch ran very well to take first place out of 271 finishers in 19 minutes 46, six seconds ahead of club colleague Chris Bourchier. Martha Taylor was the first woman to finish, placing

Debra Bourne, from Striders of Croydon, ran very well to complete the 215-mile Race Across Scotland, from Portpatrick to Cockburnspath. She was the 22nd female finisher, recording 97 hours 06 minutes 32. Striders’ women faced strong opposition in the annual Rosenheim League Final, held at Kingsmeadow on Wednesday. Their best placing came from Sarah Allport