Race Reports

Striders of Croydon faced strong opposition in the East Surrey League cross-country races at Wimbledon Common on Saturday. They were led by Matthew Stone who ran very well to win the over-50 category, placing 32nd overall and covering the five-mile course in 32 minutes 24. Team manager Krzysztof Klidzia was 39th (33.18) with Andy Perks

Striders of Croydon produced some good performances in the fourth annual Helen Furze Memorial Mobmatch, held in conjunction with the weekly parkrun at Nonsuch Park on Saturday morning. They had 38 of the 579 finishers, led by Matthew Stone who ran very well to place tenth overall and first in the over-50 category, covering the

Striders of Croydon faced strong opposition in the London Cross-Country Championships at Parliament Hill Fields on Saturday. They had a total of 21 finishers (12 men and nine women). Their men’s team placed 19th, led by Phil Coales who ran well to place 43rd of the 494 finishers, covering the ten-kilometre course in 37 minutes

Tatsuya Okamoto from striders of Croydon was 18th in a time of 1:18:12 at the River Thames half marathon on Sunday, club colleague Matthew Stone also ran excellently and set a new Male over 55 record at the same race in a time of 1:23:14. Debra Bourne ran at the hilly beachy head marathon in

Dave Shaw, from Striders of Croydon, had an excellent run in the Chester Marathon, where he set a new club over-55 marathon record of 3 hours 08 minutes 01 second. He finished 223rd overall in a field of more than 2500 runners. His time was more than ten minutes faster than Striders’ previous over-55 record,

Liam Redmond, from Striders of Croydon, had an excellent run in the Kosice Marathon in Slovakia, recording a new personal best of 2 hours 59 minutes 37 seconds. Closer to home, Striders had an impressive total of 45 finishers in the annual Croydon 10 kilometre road race. They were led by Alastair Falconer who ran