Striders of Croydon runner James Bennett had an outstanding run in Sunday’s London marathon, setting a new club record of two hours 37 minutes 42 seconds, and finishing 227th.
Club colleague Simone Luciani also had an excellent run to finish 348th in 2:41.54, lifting him to fifth place in the club’s all-time rankings.
Krzysztof Klidzia set a new club veterans’ record of 2.45:25, placing 46th in the over-45 category.
Striders’ next four runners all recorded personal bests. Lee Flanagan ran 2.49:24, and was followed by Mike Stewart (2.57:56), Ernie Hann (3.03:55) and Graeme Drysdale (3.06:00).
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Striders’ women were led by Karen Stretch who was the 249th woman to finish, recording 3.11: 36, and she was closely followed by Rachel Lindley who was 259th in 3.12:10.
These times placed Karen and Rachel third and fourth respectively in Striders’ all-time women’s rankings.
Michelle Clarke, in her first marathon, also ran very well to record 3.42:50. She was followed by Allie Cairnie (3.52:12) and Selena Wong (4.12:44). Striders had a total of 24 finishers in the event.
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