This week saw Striders competing far and wide.

Robin Newby came 15th with a time of 1:42:45 in the Castle Howard Half Marathon and Dette Newby battled the heat and Howardian Hills with 1:20:35 for the 10k.

This week saw the return of Parkrun at many locations in England.

Matt Holman and Lucy Waterlow were first male and female on the new all-grass course at St Albans parkrun, with Doug Hobson just seconds behind Holman in second and Hannah Burkhardt second female; while Wendy Walsh and Blake Vivian were first female and male at Aldenham parkrun. Phillip Evans was first at Jersey Farm parkrun.

Several Striders took part in the Outlaw Triathlon in Nottingham, with Nigel Aston completing the gruelling Iron man distance in just over 12½ hours, slightly ahead of his ‘Lower Red Lion’ teammates Ruth Kent and Mike Wadsworth. Malcolm Coakley also completed