Race Reports

Jenny Rowe, from Striders of Croydon, had an excellent run to be the first woman to finish the weekly parkrun in Lloyd Park on Saturday. She placed 31st overall out of 261 finishers, completing the undulating five- kilometre course in 22 minutes 54 seconds. Club colleague Sophia Sachedina was the first woman to finish the

Striders of Croydon faced strong opposition in the penultimate Surrey Cross-Country League Division One match of the season, at Mitcham on Saturday. They were led by Alastair Falconer who was 118th of the 235 finishers, covering the 8.3 kilometre course in 31 minutes 37 seconds. Andrew Aitken was close behind in 120th (31:41) with Lee

Striders of Croydon faced strong opposition in the Surrey Cross-Country Championships, at Lloyd Park on Saturday. Their best performance came from Rachel Lindley, who ran very well to place 21st of the 138 finishers in the senior women’s race, covering the eight-kilometre course in 31 minutes 56 seconds. Jenny Rowe also ran well to place

Nikki Javan, from Striders of Croydon, ran well to be the second woman to finish the Northampton parkrun on Saturday. She placed 35th overall out of 416 finishers, recording 21 minutes 39 seconds. For Striders’ men, Martin Filer was third in the Riddlesdown parkrun (18:36) while veteran Simon Pannell was third in the South Norwood

Striders of Croydon faced strong opposition in the South of the Thames Cross-Country Championships, held in cold and wet conditions on Saturday afternoon at Beckenham. Their first man home was Andrew Aitken, who ran well to place 75th of the 337 finishers, completing the 12-kilometre course in 44 minutes 41 seconds. Team manager Krzysztof Klidzia

Striders of Croydon had the first two finishers in the weekly parkrun in Lloyd Park on Saturday. For the second successive week, Robert Lines took first place, covering the muddy five-kilometre course in 19 minutes 09 seconds. Club colleague Krzysztof Klidzia was second in 19 minutes 47. On the same day, Martin Filer finished second

Robert Lines, from Striders of Croydon, ran well to take first place in the weekly parkrun at Lloyd Park on Saturday. He completed the muddy five-kilometre course in 19 minutes 11 seconds. Club colleague Matthew Stone placed fourth (19:51), and achieved the highest age-grading. Jenny Rowe was the fifth woman to finish, placing 33rd overall

Striders of Croydon did well to place 11th out of 40 teams in the South of the Thames Cross-Country Association’s annual inter-club race, at Morden Park on Saturday. They were led by Phil Coales who ran very well to place 24th of the 182 finishers, covering the five-mile course in 28 minutes 45 seconds. Andrew

Striders of Croydon had several competitors in the Brighton 10-kilometre road race on Sunday. They were led by Andrew Aitken who ran well to place 71st out of 1974 finishers, recording 35 minutes 30 seconds. He was followed by Michael Stewart (37:37), Darren Woods (40:05), Joseph Ibe (40:53) and Steve Massey (42:08). Niamh Vincent was

Jemma Zakariyyau, from Striders of Croydon, had an excellent run in the Amsterdam Mizuno Half-Marathon. She was the 31st woman to finish, placing 402nd overall in a field of more than 15,000 runners. Her time of 89 minutes 01 seconds places her sixth in Striders’ all-time women’s half-marathon rankings. Club colleague Niamh Vincent was the