On Sunday we have one of the first club champs races of the year in Watford. We have lots of Striders running so we've organised drinks on the Sunday night at The Snug, 1 French Row, St Albans from 6.30 onwards.

As always everyone welcome if you run the race or not!

The Striders travelled to sunny Brighton yesterday to compete in the South of England cross country champs. On a challenging and hilly course, the women's team just missed out on the medals to finish in a fantastic fourth place.

The men's team was depleted by the unusually long race distance of 15k and predicted parking problems at the venue (thanks to a football match) but our three representatives did well in a large field of 745 runners. Bring on the National XC!

Women (out of 335 finishers)
37 0:33:00 Lucy Waterlow
41 0:33:16 Sally Onn
45 0:33:23 Deborah Steer
118 0:36:57 Gill Jubb
132 0:37:31 Christina Smith
191 0:40:35 Deirdre Heydecker

Fourth ladies team
4 241 St Albans Striders ( 37 41 45 118 )

Men (out of 745 finishers)
288 1:03:07 John Ockenden
335 1:04:38 Colin Beaybrook
416 1:07:35 Alec Campbell
636 1:18:01 Simon Webster

Well done to everyone who ran the Fred Hughes 10 today

Provisional results are on the our results page. We will update any changes soon.

We had a great response to the request for nominations, with many good causes suggested by members. 

The club's committee has settled on St John Ambulance's St Albans Division as our charity for this year. It is anticipated that they will receive a similar amount that our chosen charity got last year if both the Fred Hughes 10 and St Albans 10K sell out.