Race Reports

Debra Bourne, from Striders of Croydon, had a very good run in difficult weather conditions in the North Downs Way 100-mile race, starting at Farnham in Surrey on Saturday and finishing at Ashford in Kent on Sunday morning. She was the sixth woman to finish, placing first in the W50 age-group and 65th overall out

Matthew Stone, from Striders of Croydon, had an excellent run in the RunThrough Lee Valley Velo Park 10-mile race on Saturday. He placed fourth overall in a field of 60 runners, and was the first over-50 to finish, setting a new Striders over-55 record of 61 minutes 22 seconds. This was over four minutes faster

Five members of Striders of Croydon won medals in the Surrey Masters Track & Field Championships at Kingsmeadow. They were led by the club’s oldest registered athlete, 82-year-old Kevin Burnett, who had an excellent day, winning four gold medals. He won the M80 shot (4.22), discus (9.75), javelin (7.51) and hammer (10.68). On the track,

Matthew Stone, from Striders of Croydon, had an excellent run in the Veterans AC five-kilometre road race at Battersea Park on Tuesday evening. He placed 16th out of 72 finishers in a new club over-50 record of 17 minutes 53 seconds, which was eight seconds faster than the previous record, set by Krzysztof Klidzia at

Striders of Croydon produced some good performances in the second Southern Veterans League match of the season, at Sutton Arena on Monday. In wet conditions, Paul Cripps did well to win both the high jump, where he set a new club over-55 record of 1 metre 45, and the triple jump, where he set a

Alastair Falconer, from Striders of Croydon, had an excellent run to place fourth out of 263 finishers in the Kenley Summer 10K on Sunday. He recorded 36 minutes 33 seconds, just over a minute outside his personal best. Club colleague Liam Redmond was 18th (39:22) with Peter Johnson 30th (41:39), Martin Filer 32nd (41:47), Sheena

James Rhodes, from Striders of Croydon, continued his regular programme of track racing with two races in the space of four days last week. At Battersea Park he improved his personal best for 1500 metres to 4 minutes 24.9 seconds, placing second in his race. He followed this by placing 11th out of 15 runners

Striders of Croydon produced some good performances in their first Southern Veterans League meeting of the season, at Kingsmeadow on Monday. Julian Spencer-Wood, in his first track race for four years, had an excellent run to set a club over-70 800 metre record of 2 minutes 53.7 seconds, placing third in his heat. This made

Two members of Striders of Croydon produced excellent performances in the South Downs Way 100-mile race, from Winchester to Eastbourne in hot conditions on Saturday. Ally Whitlock was the fourth woman to finish, placing first in the over-40 age-group and 56th overall out of 433 starters. She finished in 21 hours 18 minutes 38 seconds,

Peter Johnson, from Striders of Croydon, ran very well to finish first in the over-55 age-group in the RunThrough 10-kilometre road race at Battersea Park on Saturday. He finished 65th overall out of 389 finishers, recording a personal best of 41 minutes 02 seconds. Earlier the same day, Susan Haynes was the fourth woman to