James Bennett, from Striders of Croydon, had an excellent run to place third in the Victoria Park 10-kilometre road race on Sunday.

He ran a new personal best of 32 minutes 32 seconds, lifting him to second place in the club’s all-time rankings.

On the same day, Debra Bourne was the first woman to finish the Dymchurch marathon, placing 12th overall in 3.49:29.

A day earlier, Striders’ leading veteran, 50-year-old Krzysztof Klidzia, outclassed his younger rivals to be the first man home at the weekly parkrun in Lloyd Park.

He covered the muddy and undulating five-kilometre course in 19:21.

Club colleague Simon Ambrosi was third (19:46), while Selena Wong was the first woman to finish, placing 41st overall in 26:00.

Graeme Drysdale was second in the Riddlesdown parkrun (20:05).