Race Reports

Striders of Croydon produced some good performances in the Sutton 10-kilometre road race on Sunday, which was the third race in this year’s Surrey Road League. They were led by Andrew Aitken who ran very well to place 14th of the 412 finishers, recording 35 minutes 13 seconds. Graeme Drysdale was fifth in the over-50

Andrew Aitken, from Striders of Croydon, ran very well to place 13th out of 322 finishers in the Ranelagh Harriers Richmond Half-Marathon, which incorporated the Surrey Championship, on Sunday. He recorded 76 minutes 07. Tatsuya Okamoto placed 23rd (78:57). Steve Corfield ran well to place third in the over-60 category and 105th overall in a

Andrew Aitken, from Striders of Croydon, ran very well to place 13th of 166 runners in the monthly Serpentine five-kilometre road race at Hyde Park on Friday. He set a new Striders over-40 record of 16 minutes 46 seconds. This was four seconds quicker than the previous record which he set at Ardingly last year.

James Rhodes, from Striders of Croydon, had another good run in an early-season track meeting at Tonbridge. He placed 12th in a good-quality 1500 metre race in a personal best of 4 minutes 23.21 seconds, which was almost two seconds faster than his previous best, set at Battersea last June. On Saturday, Sebastian Munday was

Andrew Aitken, from Striders of Croydon, ran very well to place 13th out of 765 finishers, and second in the M40 age-group, in the Maidenhead 10-mile road race on Good Friday. His time of 56 minutes 26 seconds was his fastest for this distance since 2008 (before he joined Striders) and lifts him to ninth

Sandra Francis, from Striders of Croydon, produced an excellent performance in the Southern Counties Veterans Indoor Championships at Lee Valley. She won the W65 long jump with a new club age-group record of 3 metres 17. This would have won Sandra the gold medal in the British Masters Indoor Championships a month earlier, and places

Striders of Croydon had a very good turnout of 36 runners at the Roundshaw parkrun on Saturday, which incorporated a mob match against Epsom, Collingwood and Tadworth. Striders were led by Matthew Stone who ran well to place sixth of the 207 finishers and first in the M55 age-group, recording 18 minutes 33 seconds. Phil

Andrew Aitken, from Striders of Croydon, ran very well in the monthly Serpentine five-kilometre road race at Hyde Park on Friday. He placed 23rd out of 182 finishers, and fifth in the M40 age-group, recording exactly 17 minutes. Striders had the first male and female finishers at the South Norwood parkrun on Saturday. James Rhodes

Striders of Croydon had five of the first six finishers at the weekly parkrun in Lloyd Park on Saturday. Erik Schrijnemaekers ran well to place first of the 151 finishers (19:33) with Lee Flanagan second (19:39), Simon Ambrosi third (20:11), Graeme Drysdale fifth (20:49) and Kerim Suruliz sixth (21:05). Cindy Siu was the second woman

Andrew Aitken, from Striders of Croydon, ran very well in the Wimbledon Dash five-kilometre road race on Sunday, which incorporated the Surrey Championships and was the first event in this year’s Surrey Road League. He was fifth in the M40 age-group, placing 28th overall and completing the undulating course in 17 minutes 38 seconds. Striders’