Snow, sleet, early Sunday morning – yes it’s another of Robin and his merry band of marathoneers’ masochistic ‘fun’ runs. After the first two miles from Clapham Junction station the route is all along the Thames towpath so runners are free to run at their own pace, without the need to loop back. Damian is [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘Striders of Croydon’
November 11, 2007
XC Richmond Park – 13th October 2007
The first Surrey League cross country Division 2 fixture of the season took place at Richmond Park on the 13th October. Unluckily this coincided with Leeds at home to Orient which I had promised a mate I would go to. I’d also been telling all that I’d be running the XC this year so decided [...]
September 23, 2007
Switchback
After the club run and AGM on Wednesday 19th I still felt pretty good, well recovered from Nottingham so provided we could drum up enough marshalls I was going to do the Switchback for the first time.
Seeing Chris as I crossed Lloyd Park to help set up the course, he told me that in fact [...]
August 27, 2007
Strider’s innaugural Hash
When Phil & Susan decided to organise a Hash from the Bull Inn at Chelsham on Bank Holiday Monday I couldn’t not do this – the pub being a two minute jog from home. I rolled up at 11.00am to find a few Striders outside the pub – still after Phil explained the rules and [...]
June 30, 2007
Striders of Croydon
Want some running partners to keep you motivated? If you live in the Croydon area then get along to Striders of Croydon. The Striders train four times weekly. The main club runs are on Sundays at 8.30am and Wednesdays at 7.30pm starting from the Clubhouse . All standards are catered for and in order to [...]
