Race Reports

Lorraine Hunte, from Striders of Croydon, had an excellent run in the Blackheath & Bromley Open Meeting at Norman Park on Monday. She set a new Striders W65 100 metre record of 17.01 seconds, which places her fifth in this year’s British W65 rankings. In the 800 metres, Joseph Ibe ran 2:23.96 while Steve Starvis

Striders of Croydon produced some good performances in the Dorking 10-mile road race on Sunday, which incorporated the Surrey Championships. They were led by Tatsuya Okamoto who ran well to finish 26th (59:13). Andrew Aitken was close behind in 27th (59:28) and Martin Filer was 30th (60:22). Steve Corfield completed the scoring team, placing second

Striders of Croydon produced some excellent performances in their first Southern Veterans League match of the season, at Ewell on Monday. Steve Corfield won the M60 800 metres (2:24.7) and 3000 metres (10:46.4), both his times being new club age-group records. Consuelo Kennefick won the W50 3000 metres (12:16.3). Paul Cripps won the M50 long

Striders of Croydon had 15 finishers in the Sutton 10K at Nonsuch Park on Sunday, which was the second race in this year’s Surrey Road League. They were led by Andrew Aitken who ran well to place 25th (36:20). Martin Filer was 30th (37:06) and Erik Schrijnemaekers 53rd (39:10). Steve Corfield was second in the

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