Race Reports

Jon Dean, from Striders of Croydon, produced an excellent run to win gold in the M60 400 metres at the South of England Masters Championships, at Battersea Park on Sunday. He recorded 67.76 seconds, winning his first South of England championship. Club colleague Alan Dolton won bronze in the M60 1500 metres (6:05.39). The previous

Five members of Striders of Croydon won medals in the Surrey Masters Championships at Ewell on Sunday. Striders’ best event was the W60 100 metres, where Lorraine Hunte won gold (16.92) and Sandra Francis won silver (17.29). Earlier, Sandra had won the W60 80 metre hurdles in a club age-group record of 19.39 seconds, and

Rachel Lindley, from Striders of Croydon, had an excellent run in the Dorking 10-mile road race on Sunday, which incorporated the Surrey Championships and was the third race in this year’s Surrey Road League. In very hot conditions, she was the fifth woman to finish, recording 66 minutes 18 seconds. Club colleague Michelle O’Mahony was

Striders of Croydon faced strong opposition in their first Southern Veterans League match of the season, at Ewell on Monday. Their men did well to place fourth out of the eight clubs in the match, while their women were sixth. Paul Cripps won the M50 triple jump (9.95), while Steve Massey was second in both

Striders of Croydon produced some good performances in the Sutton 10-kilometre road race on Sunday. They were led by Andrew Aitken who ran very well to place 24th of the 448 finishers, recording 36 minutes 42 seconds. Tom Lawson also ran well to place 37th (38.03), with Jamie Hopps 66th (39.46), Dave Vinton 68th (39.50),

Striders of Croydon produced some good performances in Sunday’s Richmond Half-Marathon, which incorporated the Surrey Championships and was the first event in this year’s Surrey Road League. They were led by Alastair Falconer who ran very well to place 15th of the 517 finishers in a personal best 78 minutes 15 seconds. Club colleague Andrew

James Bennett, from Striders of Croydon, had an excellent run to finish first out of 520 competitors in the Olympic Park 10-kilometre road race on Sunday. His winning time of 32 minutes 54 seconds was less than half a minute outside his personal best, and was a new club over-35 record. On the previous day

Striders of Croydon had an impressive total of 22 finishers in the London Marathon on Sunday. In hot conditions, their first man home was Liam Redmond, who ran very well to complete the course in 3 hours 3 minutes 11 seconds. He was followed by Andy Perks (3.10:44), Dave Shaw (3.12:33) and Mike Stewart (3.23:14).

Striders of Croydon faced strong opposition in the East Surrey League’s annual road race at Ewell last Thursday. They had to settle for sixth place in the team competition. Striders’ best performance came from Sam Hansen who ran well to finish 16th, completing the four and a half mile course in 26 minutes 46 seconds.