My Brighton Half: Strong and in control

Strider Carlie Watts shares her experience of the 2017 Brighton Half Marathon 9am on a cold and drizzling day and I’m waiting to get over that start line and run my 6th Brighton half marathon. In all honesty, I have never enjoyed this race, but today was so...

Striders triumphant at Eastbourne Half

By Hilary Humphreys Whilst the Eastbourne Half is not on the same scale as that held last week in Brighton, it always draws a good entry.  This year was no exception with over 1,100 runners braving early morning downpours.  Thankfully the weather forecast promised...

Sussex Grand Prix 2017

By Gareth Hutchinson The Sussex Grand Prix (SGP) is an annual league which provides the running clubs of Sussex the opportunity to compete against each other on an individual and team basis. The categories are further divided by age and sex. The Striders were once...

Ashdown Forest XC 2017

By Scott Hitchcock The weather conditions for the 15 January race on the Ashdown Forest were terrible with rain, ice, snow, mud, mist and wind but that didn’t stop the 400 or so runners from getting stuck into a proper x-country race. There were no facilities...

New awards pages

We now have on the site, with thanks to Martin Bulger and Glynis Young, who provided the data, all our awards going back to the club’s foundation, and including our most recent ones presented at the 2016 awards evening. For ease of navigation, there are three...