Race Reports

Striders of Croydon had an impressive total of 27 finishers in the London Marathon on Sunday. Six of them finished in under three hours. They were led by triathlete Tyler O’Callaghan who finished in a personal best 2 hours 44 minutes 50 seconds, lifting him to seventh place in Striders’ all-time club rankings. Veteran Krzysztof

Bill Makuwa, from Striders of Croydon, had an excellent run to place 60th in a field of more than 6000 runners in the Brighton Marathon on Sunday, completing the course in 2 hours 57 minutes 23 seconds. Club colleague Andy Perks also ran very well to place 205th (3.07.34) while Steve Harris was 408th (3.16.31).

Striders of Croydon successfully promoted the sixth annual Croydon Half-Marathon from their headquarters at Sandilands on Sunday. The men’s race was won by Michael Eccles of Norfolk Gazelles, who covered the undulating course in 74 minutes 15 seconds, while the first woman home was Carol Penlington of Blackheath & Bromley who placed eleventh overall in

Peter  Mills, from Striders of Croydon, continued his good form to place 41st in a field of more than 10,000 runners in the Reading Half-Marathon on Sunday, recording a new personal best of 72 minutes 10 seconds, which lifts him to second place in Striders’ all-time club rankings. Club colleague Michael Stewart ran 82 minutes

Peter Mills, from Striders of Croydon, had an outstanding run to place fourth out of more than 800 finishers in the Maidenhead 10-mile road race on Good Friday, setting a new club record of 54 minutes 17 seconds, which is more than half a minute quicker than the previous record set by Simon Morris 31

Phil Coales, from Striders of Croydon, continued his return from injury with an excellent run to win the Croydon Arena Mile, organised by Croydon Harriers in conjunction with the Sport Relief Mile on Sunday. Phil led from gun to tape to win in 5 minutes 00.6 seconds, which is a new Striders club record for

Peter Mills, from Striders of Croydon, ran very well to place 70th out of 261 finishers in the Inter-Counties Cross-Country Championship at Cofton Park, Birmingham, on Saturday. He covered the 12-kilometre course in 41 minutes 50 seconds, and was the fourth Surrey runner to finish. On the same day Simon Ambrosi was the first runner

Striders of Croydon produced a good team performance to win the end-of-season inter-club cross-country match promoted by Croydon Harriers at Lloyd Park on Saturday. Striders had four of the first eight finishers, led by Phil Coales who ran very well to place second, covering the muddy six-mile course in 37 minutes 39 seconds. Justin Macenhill

Peter Mills, from Striders of Croydon, had another very good run in the National Cross-Country Championship at Donington on Saturday. He placed 153rd of the 1700 finishers, covering the muddy 12-kilometre course in 47 minutes 42 seconds. This is the first time that a Strider has placed in the top 200 in this prestigious event.

Peter Mills, from Striders of Croydon, continued his good recent form with another very good run in the Wokingham Half-Marathon on Sunday. In a high-quality field, he placed 28th out of more than 2000 finishers, recording a new personal best of 73 minutes 18 seconds, which lifts him to third place in Striders’ all-time club