Sunday’s Croydon 10k saw Herne Hill Harrier Iain Lockett lead home 894 runners with one of the strongest performances seen at the event in recent years.The 38-year-old completed the one lap course in 31.26, breaking a PB which had stood for over ten years and giving him a cushion of more than 30 seconds over Belgrave Harrier Richard Ward. Ward finished as runner up for the second time in six months, frustrating for the 24-year- old Croydonian given that his time of 32 minutes was almost two minutes quicker than he had managed in October. He said: “I thought I had a good chance to win it but didn’t bank on someone as good as this guy turning up.” Third man home was Walthamstow AC’s Nick Shasha, who smashed his PB with a run of 32.55. The 32-year-old put his strong showing down to his sensible race tactics, after containing his pace to let the leaders go early in the race.