Race Reports

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.

Alastair Falconer, from Striders of Croydon, ran very well to finish third in the eighth annual Croydon Half-Marathon, held at Sandilands on Sunday. He completed the undulating course in 78 minutes 41 seconds, less than a minute behind the winner, Kieran Hayles of Sudbury. Striders’ second man home was Andrew Aitken who ran well to

Striders of Croydon had the first three finishers at the 400th Lloyd parkrun, which took place on Easter Saturday. They were led by Simone Luciani who completed the muddy five-kilometre course in 18 minutes 35 seconds. Alastair Falconer was second (18:43) and Simon Ambrosi third (20:19). Lee Flanagan was second in the South Norwood parkrun

Striders of Croydon ended the cross-country season on a winning note with a convincing victory in their inter-club match against local rivals at Croydon Harriers at Lloyd Park on Saturday. On a snow-covered six-mile course, Striders had the first four finishers. Phil Coales led them home with a comfortable individual win, while club colleague Lee

Sandra Francis, from Striders of Croydon, had an excellent day in the British Masters Indoor Championships, at Lee Valley on Saturday. She won bronze medals in both the W60 long jump (with a jump of 3.39 metres) and the W60 60 metre hurdles, recording 14.40 seconds. Sandra became only the second member of Striders to

James Bennett, from Striders of Croydon, had an excellent run to place 63rd in a large field in the Vitality Big Half-Marathon, at Tower Bridge on Sunday. His time of 72 minutes 05 seconds was only 30 seconds outside his own club record, set at Oxford two years ago. On the same day, Tatsuya Okamoto

Sandra Francis, from Striders of Croydon, did very well to win the over-60 women’s long jump at the South of England Masters Indoor Championships, at Lee Valley on Sunday. Her winning leap of 3 metres 42 was a new club age-group record, and she is the first female Strider to win a South of England

Striders of Croydon produced some good performances in the Wokingham Half-Marathon on Sunday. They were led by Darren Woods who ran a personal best 84 minutes 18 seconds. There were also personal bests for Luke Burden (86.50), Becky Laurence (97.48) and Nikki Javan (98.08). Striders’ best age-grading was achieved by veteran Chris Morton, who ran

Striders of Croydon produced an excellent team performance in the final Surrey Cross-Country League Division Two match of the season, at a cold and wet Lloyd Park on Saturday. They placed third in the match, narrowly beaten by champions Guildford and local rivals Croydon Harriers, but held off the challenge of  promotion rivals Fulham to place

The fifth annual mobmatch between Striders of Croydon and local rivals Croydon Harriers took place at Lloyd Park on Saturday, in conjunction with the weekly parkrun. Striders provided the first three runners to finish with Tatsuya Okamoto first across the line in 18 minutes 06, Peter Mills second (18.09) and Phil Coales third (18.12). Tony