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Striders of Croydon Switchback 5, Lloyd Park, Sun Oct 5
Posted in Athletics, Croydon parks, Lloyd Park, Sport, Striders of Croydon
Tagged Croydon, Lloyd Park, Striders, Striders of Croydon, Switchback 5
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Striders of Croydon Couch to 5k running course, starts May 1
Posted in Activities, Athletics, Sport, Striders of Croydon
Tagged Couch to 5K, London Marathon, Striders of Croydon
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Muddy marvels! Surrey’s best racing for gold in Lloyd Park
Croydon tomorrow stages what promises to be one of the highest quality sports events in south London in all 2025, as the Surrey County Cross-country Championships are staged over Lloyd Park’s rolling hills and boggy valleys. More than 900 runners … Continue reading
Posted in Athletics, Croydon Harriers, Croydon parks, Herne Hill Harriers, Lloyd Park, South London Harriers, Sport, Striders of Croydon
Tagged Aldershot Farnham and District, Belgrave Harriers, Croydon Harriers, Dave Clarke, Dominic Nolan, Gary Staines, Georgie Grgec, Gordon Pirie, Hercules Wimbledon, Herne Hill Harriers, John Gladwin, Katie Snowden, Lloyd Park, Lucy Jones, Paula Radcliffe, Phoebe Anderson, Poppy Craig-McFeely, Shireen Bailey, South London Harriers, Striders of Croydon, Surrey County Cross-country Championships, Thames Hare and Hounds, Tooting Bec Athletics Track
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Striders of Croydon Switchback 5 trail race, Oct 6, entries open
Posted in Athletics, Lloyd Park, Sport, Striders of Croydon
Tagged Addiscombe Hills, Lloyd Park, Striders of Croydon, Switchback 5
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Harriers forced to cancel borough’s biggest road race
The Croydon 10K, the borough’s biggest annual road race, has been forced to cancel due to safety concerns over the course raised by Transport for London, causing doubts about whether it can ever be staged again. It is the second … Continue reading
Posted in Athletics, Croydon Harriers, Sport, Striders of Croydon, TfL, Tramlink
Tagged Croydon 10K, Croydon 10km, Croydon Harriers, Lloyd Park
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Double delight for Harriers as Croydon 10K road race returns
More than 200 runners turned out for the return of the Croydon 10K on Sunday, after a three-year absence, to encounter the worst conditions ever encountered in the history of the road race, as they set off from Lloyd Park … Continue reading
Posted in Athletics, Croydon Harriers, Lloyd Park, South London Harriers, Sport, Striders of Croydon
Tagged Croydon, Croydon 10K, Croydon Harriers, Donna Fraser, Lloyd Park
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Lloyd Park stages first track and race trial for England Athletics
MATTHEW KIERNAN reports on how local runners tried out the ‘new normal’ on Saturday. Photos: NIGEL BRAMLEY By this time of year usually, the country’s hardened distance runners, fun runners and joggers would be two months into their winter of … Continue reading
Posted in Athletics, Croydon Harriers, Herne Hill Harriers, Lloyd Park, Sport, Striders of Croydon
Tagged coronavirus, Covid-19, Croydon Harriers, Lloyd Park
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Striders of Croydon Switchback 5, Lloyd Park, Sep 30
The Switchback 5 is a tough, off-road run through Lloyd Park and the Addington Hills, reaching one of the highest points in Croydon before turning back for the scurry downhill towards the finish line. This year’s event, organised by Striders … Continue reading
Posted in Athletics, Lloyd Park, Sport, Striders of Croydon
Tagged Addington Hills, Lloyd Park, Striders of Croydon, Switchback 5
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Croydon Half-marathon 2019, Lloyd Park, Mar 31
Organising club Striders of Croydon, have announced the date of next year’s Croydon Half-marathon, which will be staged on a two-lap, undulating course around Lloyd Park and the Addington Hills on Sunday, March 31. There are prizes on offer to … Continue reading
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Tagged Croydon Half-marathon, Striders of Croydon
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Striders show the way with three routes round our parks
Last year, Striders of Croydon, the local running club, applied successfully for a grant from Croydon Council for a scheme which, in the council’s opinion, would improve and highlight Croydon’s parks and open spaces. Included in this application was the … Continue reading
Meningitis charity offers chance to run in The Big Half
National charity Meningitis Research Foundation has a fantastic opportunity for anyone who wants to get a place to run along with Mo Farah and thousands of others on March 4 in The Big Half – a new even from the … Continue reading
Medal-winning performances from Youth Games squad
By Matthew Kiernan Croydon’s young athletes kicked off their 2018 London Youth Games campaign with a sixth place overall finish from 33 competing boroughs at the cross-country championships staged at Parliament Hill on Saturday. Croydon’s 60-plus-strong squad brought home two … Continue reading
More than 200 runners take half-marathon in their stride
Striders of Croydon have declared their latest road race, Sunday’s Croydon Half-marathon, as a great success, after more than 200 runners from across London and the south-east took part in the warm spring sunshine. And with the London Marathon coming … Continue reading
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Tagged Croydon Half-marathon, Lloyd Park, London Marathon, Striders of Croydon
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Stride out for Croydon’s half-marathon challenge, Apr 2
The Croydon Half-marathon takes place on Sunday April 2. Hosted by Striders of Croydon, this two-lap race around the leafy roads of Croydon that should see between 300 to 400 runners take part either as part of their training for … Continue reading
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Tagged Croydon Half-marathon, Striders of Croydon
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Run for the hills! Lloyd Park’s the toughest in all London
Lloyd Park in Croydon has the toughest Parkrun course in the whole of London – and that’s official because the Londonist website says so. Their reporter, Geoff Marshall, has surveyed all 47 courses in Greater London’s parks and open spaces … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Athletics, Croydon Harriers, Croydon parks, Lloyd Park, Sport, Striders of Croydon
Tagged Lloyd Park, Londonist, ParkRun
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Striders of Croydon Switchback 5, Lloyd Park, Sep 25
The Switchback 5 on Sunday September 25 is one of the highlights of Croydon Striders’ club calendar. The course is a five-mile, single-lap, off-road route around Lloyd Park and into Addington Hills. It’s a popular warm-up to the cross-country season … Continue reading
Posted in Athletics, Lloyd Park, Sport, Striders of Croydon
Tagged Lloyd Park, Striders of Croydon
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Beddington NightRun offers another route to the marathon
Another week, another local weekly running event as part of the build-up to the London Marathon, or simply for fun and fitness, jogs into our mail box. Staged for the fourth time this week, Beddington Park now has a regular … Continue reading
Santa’s Norbury 5km fun run, Dec 5
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Tagged Norbury, run
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Entries open for Croydon Half-marathon: Mar 30
Online entries are now being accepted for the 2014 Croydon Half-marathon, sponsored by Streets Ahead and organised by Croydon Striders, to be staged on Sunday, March 30. It will be the fourth staging of the 13.1-mile race, with the event … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Addiscombe West, Athletics, Charity, Community associations, Croydon Nightwatch, Shirley North, Sport, Striders of Croydon
Tagged Addington Hills, athletics, Croydon, Croydon Half-marathon, half-marathon, Lloyd Park, London, Marathon, Road running, Shirley, Striders of Croydon
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