parkruns!

Daniel Finch, from Striders of Croydon, ran very well to place first out of 93 finishers in the Dartford Heath parkrun on Saturday morning. He completed the five-kilometre course in 19:55.

Striders had the first two female finishers in both the Lloyd parkrun and the South Norwood parkrun. At South Norwood, Niamh Vincent was the first woman to finish, placing ninth overall out of 164 finishers (20:47), while Angela Seesurrun was 40th overall (25:26). At Lloyd Park, Cindy Siu was the first woman to finish, placing 41st overall out of 257 finishers (24:37). Selena Wong was the second woman to finish, placing 59th overall (25:56) and becoming the sixth female Strider to complete 400 parkruns.

Marc Burrows was second out of 198 finishers in the Walthamstow parkrun (19:45). Ellyw Evans was the second woman to finish the Zandvlei parkrun in South Africa, placing seventh overall out of 204 finishers (22:11). Consuelo Kennefick was the second woman to finish the Riddlesdown parkrun, placing 16th overall out of 105 finishers (23:25). Becky Laurence was the third woman to finish the Charlton parkrun, placing 37th overall out of 201 finishers (23:30). Striders had an impressive total of 121 finishers in the various weekly parkruns, including 58 at Lloyd Park, where Paul Cripps became the fourth member of Striders to complete 600 parkruns.

On Sunday morning, Zoe Siu was the second female finisher in the Lloyd junior parkrun, placing fifth overall out of a record 202 finishers (8:34).