Each year a mystery runner competes: these have included Lillian Board, Iwan Thomas and Linford Christie.
In 1998 he lost a libel action brought by sprinter Linford Christie over his claim that Christie was a "steroid athlete".
Since 1993 it has been named after one of the club's most famous athletes, Olympic 100 metres gold medallist Linford Christie.
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In 1986 he won the 200m National Track Championship and in that same year competed on the Grand Prix International circuit throughout Europe, Great Britain, Canada and the United States, winning most of his races, including five national titles, while racing against the likes of Ben Johnson, Carl Lewis and Linford Christie.
His time of 20.18 seconds (-0.2) ranks him 6th on the All-Time UK rankings, with only John Regis, Christian Malcolm, Linford Christie, Darren Campbell and Adam Gemili ahead of him.
He became the first Frenchman to go under 10 seconds, and only four Europeans had run faster: Francis Obikwelu (9.86), Linford Christie (9.87), Dwain Chambers (9.97) and Jason Gardener (9.98).
Speaking in a High Court libel hearing in 1998, Roddan told the jury that a magazine article by John McVicar alleging Linford Christie took drugs to get to the top was a "fairy story", describing a suggestion that the Olympic gold medallist's impressive physique may have been due to taking steroids or other performance-enhancing banned substances as "ridiculous".
Thames Valley Harriers, an athletic club based at Linford Christie Stadium, West London