ATHLETICS: Lee Flanagan, from Striders of Croydon, ran well to place 11th out of 534 finishers in the third annual Croydon half marathon on Sunday.
He ran the undulating course in 80 minutes and 56 seconds.
Club colleague Lee Wadsworth was 24th (85.05) with Chris Morton 38th (88.50), Damian Macenhill 48th (90.22), Tom Gillespie 53rd (90.55) and Ernie Hann 58th (91.31).
Striders' women were led by Karen Stretch, who was the fifth woman to finish, placing 103rd overall in 96 minutes and 16 seconds to leave her 13th in Striders' all-time women's rankings. Club colleague Zoe Williams, in her first half-marathon, was 25th (1.46.27).
On the same day, Darren Bird ran the Paris Marathon in two hours, 53 minutes and 49 seconds, lifting him to 13th place in Striders' all-time club rankings. Taylor Huggins ran a personal best of two hours 57 minutes and 26 seconds, while Tamsin Carelse ran a personal best of three hours, 44 minutes and 14 seconds.
Krzysztof Klidzia finished second in the weekly parkrun in Lloyd Park (18.18). Striders had a total of 31 finishers in the various local parkruns.