It was a perfect sunny autumn morning for the race, which started at Broad Street in the city centre and passed through Old Marston village, along the River Cherwell, past Oxford University’s impressive Lady Margaret Hall, before finally finishing on Parks Road. 

There was live entertainment at the Event Village in University Parks from 7.30am with crowds gathering for start of the race at 9.30am.

13,000 runners took part in the 13.1 mile race and over 500 children from local schools completed the Oxford Schools half-marathon challenge, running the final 1.1 miles together to cross the same finish line as the adult runners.

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Local charities were also partnered with the event, including SSNAP, Special Effect, Helen & Douglas House, Oxfordshire Mind, Restore, Sobell House, Oxford Food Hub, Thames Valley Air Ambulance, Oxford Hospitals Charity and Yellow Submarine, some of which had teams of runners representing them along the route.

The race took place during the 70th anniversary year of the famous first sub-four-minute mile, completed by Sir Roger Bannister in Oxford in 1954.

The first female finisher was Harriet Freeman in 1 hour and 14 minutes.

Mark Pearce won the men’s race in 1 hour and 5 minutes.

Rattee Hensirisakul was first finisher in the non-binary race in 1 hour and 49 minutes.

Can you spot yourself among the crowds in our gallery?