Race Reports

In the Southern Counties Veterans Championships at Ashford on Saturday, Striders of Croydon’s middle-distance coach Alan Dolton won two gold medals, winning the M55 800 metres by just two-tenths of a second in 2.43.3 and also winning the M55 1500 metres (5.41.14). On the same day Lee Flanagan won the weekly parkrun in Lloyd Park,

Striders of Croydon produced a good team performance in their first Southern Veterans League match of the season, at Kingsmeadow Stadium last week. Their women did very well to place third, while their men placed fourth out of the seven clubs which competed. In windy conditions, Julian Spencer-Wood ran very well to win the over-60

Striders of Croydon produced some good performances at the Beckenham Relays on Wednesday. Their A team did well to place seventh out of exactly 100 teams. They were led by Iain Harrison who ran the first leg of 2.6 miles in 14 minutes 16 seconds, which was Striders’ fastest time of the day. Veteran Krzysztof

Striders of Croydon produced some good performances in Sunday’s Sutton 10-kilometre road race, which was the second event in this year’s Surrey Road League. They were led by Iain Harrison, returning after a long absence through injury, who ran very well to place 11th of the 472 finishers in 36 minutes 03. Justin Macenhill also

Krzysztof Klidzia, from Striders of Croydon, celebrated his first race since entering the over-50 age-group with an excellent run in Sunday’s Ranelagh Half-Marathon, which incorporated the Surrey Championship. He was the first over-50 to finish, placing 27th overall out of 701 finishers, and recording 81 minutes 23 seconds. Club colleague Peter Mills also ran well

James Bennett, from Striders of Croydon, had an outstanding run in Sunday’s London Marathon, setting a new club record of 2 hours 37 minutes 42 seconds, and finishing 227th. Club colleague Simone Luciani also had an excellent run to finish 348th in 2 hours 41 minutes 54, lifting him to fifth place in the club’s

Striders of Croydon had three of the first four finishers in the weekly parkrun at Lloyd Park on Saturday. Simone Luciani gained his second successive win, covering the undulating five-kilometre course in 17 minutes 02 seconds. Veteran Krzysztof Klidzia was third (18.14) with Ernie Hann fourth (18.19) and Graeme Drysdale eighth (19.35). Selena Wong was

Striders of Croydon had 17 competitors in the Brighton Marathon on Sunday. They were led by Bill Makuwa, who ran very well to finish in 2 hours 51 minutes 01 second, working his way through the field after a cautious start. Andy Perks, who had run the South Downs Way 50-mile race a week earlier,

Striders of Croydon produced a good team performance to place third in the East Surrey League’s annual road race, held at Ewell on Thursday evening. Epsom won with Hercules-Wimbledon second. Striders were led by Ernie Hann who ran very well to finish fourth, covering the four and a quarter mile course in 25 minutes 10

Striders of Croydon promoted the fifth annual Croydon Half-Marathon from their headquarters at Sandilands on Sunday. The winner was Sergio Gaiduc who covered the undulating course in 73 minutes 12 seconds, with Daniel Gaffney of Epsom second in 74 minutes 09. The first woman was Sophie Grant of Serpentine in 87 minutes 06, with Phyllis