Race Reports

Matthew Stone, from Striders of Croydon, ran well to place first in the M60 age-group, and 52nd overall out of 859 finishers, in the Maidenhead 10-mile road race on Good Friday. He set a new club age-group record of 61 minutes 31. Club colleague Mick Turner was 347th (80:20). On Saturday, Rachel Lindley ran well

Andrew Aitken, from Striders of Croydon, ran very well to place 14th out of 164 finishers in the Serpentine 5K race at Hyde Park on Friday, recording 17 minutes 13. Andy Perks also ran well to place first in the M50 age-group and 28th overall in a personal best of 17:55. Simon Lewis placed 71st

Martin Filer, from Striders of Croydon, ran well to place first out of 121 finishers in the Riddlesdown parkrun on Saturday. He completed the five-kilometre course in 19 minutes 26. Rachel Lindley was the first woman to finish the Epworth parkrun in Lincolnshire, placing second overall out of 38 finishers (20:26). Niamh Vincent was the

Striders of Croydon produced some good performances in the East Surrey League five-mile cross-country race at Lloyd Park on Saturday. They were led by Phil Coales who ran well to finish fifth (33:06). Tatsuya Okamoto was sixth (33:25), Andy Perks tenth (35:03) and Rob Lines completed the scoring team in 12th (35:24). For the B

On Sunday, James Rhodes from Striders of Croydon had an excellent run at the Wokingham Half Marathon Sunday finishing in 1 hour, 14 minutes and 38 seconds beating his personal best and placing him 8th in the Striders all-time men rankings. At the Brighton Half Marathon, Catherine Jarvis was the first Strider over the line

Steve Corfield, from Striders, had an excellent run in the British Masters Indoor Championships at Lee Valley on Saturday. He won the B 800 metres in 2 minutes 21.31 seconds, which would have placed him fifth in the A race and was less than 1.3 seconds slower than the bronze medallist. Earlier on Saturday, Striders

Striders of Croydon produced some good performances in their final Surrey Cross-Country League matches of the season, at Lloyd Park on Saturday. Their men’s team did very well to win the Division Three match and finish second in the final Division Three table, gaining promotion back to Division Two. They were led by Harry Madgwick-Lawton,

The tenth annual ‘mob match’ between Croydon Harriers and Striders of Croydon took place on Saturday morning, in conjunction with the South Norwood parkrun. Croydon Harriers had the first three finishers with Ben Whyte first (17:08), Phil Symonds second (17:29) and David Brown third (17:46). The first Strider to finish was Phil Coales, who placed

Striders of Croydon faced strong opposition in the South of England Cross-Country Championships, at Beckenham Place Park on Saturday. Their senior women placed 30th in the team event. They were led by Jennifer Gutteridge who was 144th of the 362 finishers, completing the eight-kilometre course in 33 minutes 58. Consuelo Kennefick was 169th (34:39), Selena

Striders of Croydon produced some good performances in the Box Hill Fell Race on Saturday. They were led by Harry Madgwick-Lawton who placed 32nd of the 259 finishers, completing the 12-kilometre course in 62 minutes 44. Phil Coales was 39th (63:23) and Martin Filer 56th (65:23). Andy Perks was eighth in the M50 age-group and