Race Reports

Striders of Croydon produced a good team performance in their first Southern Veterans League match of the season, at Kingsmeadow on Monday. Both their men and women placed fourth of the eight competing clubs, with their men finishing just one point ahead of local rivals Croydon Harriers, while their women were just two points ahead

Striders of Croydon gained a double victory in the weekly parkrun at Lloyd Park on Saturday morning. Ernie Hann was the individual winner, covering the undulating five-kilometre course in 18 minutes 47 seconds, finishing eleven seconds ahead of his nearest rival. Club colleague Rachel Lindley was the first woman to finish, placing seventh overall in

Striders had a total of 48 finishers in the various local parkruns on Saturday. Their best placing came from Ernie Hann who was third at Lloyd Park in 18 minutes 27 seconds. Zoe Williams was the third woman to finish, placing 52nd overall in 24 minutes 19. Simon Ambrosi placed sixth at the Bromley parkrun

Karen Stretch, from Striders of Croydon, had an excellent run to record a personal best of exactly 3 hours 16 minutes in Sunday’s London Marathon. This lifts Karen to equal third place in Striders’ all-time women’s rankings. Striders’ men were led by Danny Jewell who ran a personal best of 2 hours 55 minutes 12

Ernie Hann, from Striders of Croydon, had an excellent run to win the Selsdon Half-Marathon on Saturday, covering the undulating course in 83 minutes 21 seconds. This was more than six minutes faster than he ran in the same race last year, when he finished second. Club colleague Iain Harrison showed that he has recovered

James Bennett, from Striders of Croydon, had an excellent run to place fifth out of 465 finishers in the Cranleigh 21-mile road race on Sunday, recording 2 hours 10 minutes 57 seconds. Club colleague Matthew Chapman was 44th (2.30.13) with Mick Turner 138th (2.49.47) Striders’ first woman to finish was Louise Grech who placed 358th

Rachel Lindley, from Striders of Croydon, had a very good run in the Cambridge Half-Marathon on Sunday. She recorded a personal best of 89 minutes 04 seconds, lifting her to fifth place in Striders’ all-time women’s rankings. She finished 178th in a field of over 3300 runners, and was the 13th woman to finish. On

Iain Harrison, from Striders of Croydon, made the long journey to Japan to run in the Tokyo Marathon last week. He finished 448th in a large field, recording a very creditable time of 2 hours 53 minutes 13 seconds. He was the fifth British runner to finish. Striders finished second to local rivals Croydon Harriers

Ernie Hann, from Striders of Croydon, ran well to win the weekly parkrun in Lloyd Park on Saturday morning. He covered the undulating five-kilometre course in 19 minutes 42 seconds. Club colleague Paul Cripps was eighth (22.28) with Geoff Pennells tenth (22.48). Michelle Campbell was the fifth woman to finish, placing 57th overall (27.42). Meanwhile

Iain Harrison, from Striders of Croydon, produced an excellent run to finish 15th in a large field in Sunday’s Brighton Half-Marathon. His time of 74 minutes 20 seconds was not only a personal best, but was the fastest time by a Strider for more than 25 years, and lifted him to second place in the