An Oxfordshire parkrun saw record numbers last weekend, with over 700 people attending.

On Saturday, July 27, 702 runners took part in Bicester park run, more than triple the amount of runners attending parkrun the previous week, which welcomed 236 parkrunners.

The reason for the large increase in runners was due to the nearby Vegan Campout Festival taking place at Bicester Heritage, with 289 people who list Vegan Runners as their first claim running club turning up.

The Vegan Runners regional rep from east England said a few words and dedicated the parkrun to Jess Preston, a Vegan Runner from near Colchester, Essex who passed away that week after losing her battle with cancer.

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Parkrun is a free, community 5k run and takes place every Saturday morning at 1,281 locations around the country.

According to the parkrun report on the website, not only did a record number of people turn up to the event, several parkrun milestones were celebrated that day too.

Two junior parkrunners, Tiara Phiri and Daisy Mae Duffy, achieved their first milestone of 10 parkruns.

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Lindsey Ashwin hit 25 parkruns, and David Lewis, Maria Rita Fiannacca, and Katie Robinson made Bicester their 50th Parkrun.

Ryan Travers, Adam Malloy and James Baker achieved their 100th, and 21 people joined in for their first parkrun.

Fintan Kavanagh was first to cross the line in 16 minutes 25 seconds at his first Bicester parkrun.