James Bennett, from Striders of Croydon, had an outstanding run to win the Olympic Park 10-kilometre road race on Wednesday evening. His time of 31 minutes 40 seconds was a new club record by 32 seconds, breaking the previous record set by Henrique Galvan in 1988. It was also a new course record. Three
James Bennett, from Striders of Croydon, ran very well to place fifth out of more than 1400 finishers in the Maidenhead Half-Marathon on Sunday, recording 72 minutes 17 seconds, which was only 37 seconds outside his club record for the distance. Peter Mills also ran well to place 18th (76:02) while Andrew Aitken was 24th
Andrew Aitken, from Striders of Croydon, ran well to finish first out of 109 runners in the South Norwood parkrun on Saturday, covering the five-kilometre course in 18 minutes 14 seconds. Becky Laurence was the first woman to finish, placing 28th overall in 22 minutes 47. Tatsuya Okamoto was second in the Riddlesdown parkrun (17:09)
Striders of Croydon had the first two finishers in the Roundshaw parkrun on Saturday, with Tatsuya Okamoto finishing first in 17 minutes 34 seconds, and veteran Krzysztof Klidzia placing second in 18 minutes 31. Club colleague Lee Flanagan finished first out of 231 runners in the Lloyd parkrun, recording 18 minutes 54. Niamh Vincent was
Andrew Aitken, from Striders of Croydon, had an excellent run in the Perseverance Wimbledon Dash five-kilometre road race on Sunday. The race incorporated the Surrey Championships and was the final event in this year’s Surrey Road League. Andrew placed 19th out of 208 finishers, and fourth in the over-40 category, covering the undulating course in
56-year-old Dave Shaw, from Striders of Croydon, had an excellent run to finish first out of more than 200 runners in the weekly parkrun in Lloyd Park on Saturday. In warm and windy conditions, he outpaced all his younger rivals and completed the undulating five-kilometre course in 18 minutes 45 seconds, which was only nine
Striders of Croydon faced strong opposition on Sunday in the Elmbridge 10-kilometre road race, which was the penultimate race in this year’s Surrey Road League. In hot conditions, they were led by Matthew Stone, who ran very well to place seventh in the over-50 category, and 61st overall, completing the course in 38 minutes 13
Matthew Stone, from Striders of Croydon, did very well to win a silver medal in the M55 age-group in the ITU Aquathlon World Championships in Denmark on Thursday. He was in eighth place at the end of the one-kilometre swim, but covered the five-kilometre run in 18 minutes 14 seconds to gain six places and
Iain Harrison, from Striders of Croydon, ran very well to win the Midsummer Munro Half-Marathon, starting and finishing at Box Hill. He completed the hilly course in 1 hour 59 minutes 45 seconds, more than three minutes ahead of his nearest rival. On Saturday Alastair Falconer was first of 295 runners at the Huntingdon parkrun,
Andrew Aitken, from Striders of Croydon, produced a very good run to place third in the M40 category in the British Masters Multi-Terrain Championships, held in conjunction with the annual North Downs 30 kilometre trail race, starting and finishing at Gravesend. He was only four seconds behind the silver medallist, and finished 12th overall, completing
@James_Athletics @harrierscroydon @SNorwoodparkrun Thanks for the photos James!
