Race Reports

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

Andrew Aitken ran well to place 41st out of 191 finishers in the Sri Chinmoy five-kilometre road race at Battersea Park on Monday, recording 17 minutes 32 seconds. Club colleague Ellyw Evans was the 29th woman to finish (22:32), while Darren Woods was 136th (21:45). On Saturday, Striders had the first two finishers in the

Striders of Croydon did very well to have three of the first four female finishers in the Vanguard Way Marathon on Sunday, starting and finishing at Lloyd Park. They were led by Kara Boaks who was the second woman to finish, placing tenth overall in 4 hours 29 minutes 05. She was closely followed by

Striders of Croydon produced some good performances in the South London Harriers 10K, held at Farthing Downs on Thursday evening. They were led by Tatsuya Okamoto who ran well to place fifth of the 70 finishers, completing the undulating course in 38 minutes 41. Phil Coales also ran well to finish seventh (39:00), while Lee