400th event at Bicester parkrun!

By Steve Claridge on 2025-09-23.

It was the 400th parkrun at Bicester last weekend. The milestone event got me thinking about some stats across all of those runs. So I crunched some numbers and produced some lists for:

Who has run the most Bicester parkuns?
Who got the most PBs?
Which running clubs have had the most attendees?
Which events have had the most runners?

Here's a list of the top 100 people with the most finishes at Bicester

#	Name	Runs
1	David Ingram	319
2	Alan Bowen	312
3	Ian Hunter	306
4	Gary Warland	296
5	Tom Bailey	294
6	Luke Scarrott	293
7	Ben Smith	286
8	Beth Baker	279
9	Linda Blake	272
10	Steve Routledge	269
11	Wendy Hunter	268
12	Andrew Kelly	264
13	Michelle Edwards	263
14	Kieron White	251
15	Sally Boswell	245
16	Alasdair Kerr	241
17	Andrew Key	238
18	Pauline Holloway	236
19	Fiona Mcloone	235
20	Stephen Sangar	233
21	Jon Mcloone	227
22	Sue Morris	223
23	Rob Evans	221
24	Polly Hughes	218
25	Andrea Walford	217
26	David Lewis	215
27	Kay Owen	214
28	Michael Marlow	211
29	Matt Fincham	207
30	Ruth Daykin	206
31	Tony Tubb	204
32	Lawrence Webb	201
33	Antony Giles	200
34	Mark Gulvin	199
35	Rachel Pearse	198
36	Rachel Bowen	193
37	Eliza Edwards	191
38	Kathryn Andrews	186
39	Caroline Benfield	183
40	Doug Morgan	182
41	Harry Nzunga	182
42	Shaun O’gorman	182
43	Jackie Fulton	180
44	Simeon Miller	180
45	Abbie Warner	180
46	Jonathan White	179
47	Emmanuel Ejiogu	178
48	Clair Prout	177
49	Nicky Fenn	176
50	Beverley Rush	167
51	Barry Reynolds	165
52	Steve Welfare	165
53	Noah Gulvin	164
54	Chris Bolger	163
55	Tracy Butler	163
56	Dominic Cotter	163
57	Vivienne Frost	162
58	Chris Morgan	162
59	Elaine Bateman	161
60	Dave Kerridge	161
61	Sharon Stacey	156
62	Peter Cox	155
63	Paul Langley	155
64	Steve Ayris	154
65	Jack Cooke	154
66	Paul Meeks	154
67	Stephanie Poulson	153
68	Tim Smee	152
69	Chirsteen Carey	150
70	Chris Littler	148
71	John May	147
72	Simon Cooper	146
73	Colin Lane	146
74	Steve Claridge	145
75	Catherine Johnson	145
76	Gordon Francis	143
77	Clare Frost	143
78	Hilary Varney	141
79	Stephanie Harrison	140
80	Alan Hine	138
81	Rosie Burton	137
82	Colin Hornby	135
83	Gillian Warson	135
84	Mark Greenslade	133
85	Samantha Fincham	132
86	Mark Horseman	130
87	Eileen Penhallow	130
88	Richard Brown	129
89	Ian Mather	129
90	Julie Neeve	129
91	Kevin Whiteley	129
92	Chris Frost	128
93	Santhosh Prabakaran	128
94	David Dicker	127
95	David Tyrrell	126
96	Emma Clark	125
97	Tina Hawkins	124
98	Sam Blake	123
99	Victoria Smith	123
100	Gary Day	122

And the top 50 runners who smashed the most PBs over the last 400 events

#	Name	PBs
1	Beth Baker	24
2	Nicky Fenn	24
3	Noah Gulvin	24
4	Luke Scarrott	24
5	Alan Bowen	23
6	William Gattrell	22
7	Richard Howarth	22
8	Chris Littler	22
9	Raj Harrison	21
10	David Ingram	21
11	Victoria Stanway	21
12	Sally Boswell	20
13	Polly Hughes	20
14	Steve Pateman	20
15	Thomas Styles	20
16	Judy Plateau	19
17	Steve Welfare	19
18	Sam Wilkinson	19
19	Callum Ball	18
20	Leo Blyton	18
21	Jack Cooke	18
22	Eliza Edwards	18
23	Ashley Hayes	18
24	Craig Mckenzie	18
25	Louis Warden	18
26	Steve Claridge	17
27	Ruth Daykin	17
28	Michelle Edwards	17
29	Andrew Kelly	17
30	Aleksandra Krzyzowska	17
31	Sue Morris	17
32	Deborah Munger	17
33	Rachel Pearse	17
34	Sharon Stacey	17
35	Tony Tubb	17
36	Rachel Bowen	16
37	Anne Day	16
38	Andrew Early	16
39	Matt Fincham	16
40	Sarah Greer	16
41	Jason Harmsworth	16
42	Kay Owen	16
43	Victoria Ponting	16
44	Robert Potts	16
45	Caroline Benfield	15
46	Emma Browne	15
47	Sarah Husband	15
48	Monty London	15
49	Ian Mather	15
50	Ollie Angus	14

Many people who are in running clubs do Bicester parkrun, so which club has fielded the most runners? You'd think Alchester would be clear winners, but no, the two vegan festivals at Bicester Motion skewed the numbers!

#	Club	Runners	PBs
1	Vegan Runners	464	63
2	Alchester RC	147	693
3	Redway Runners	143	15
4	Buckingham & Stowe RC	79	49
5	Headington RRC	74	54
6	Abingdon AC	71	9
7	Witney Road Runners	66	21
8	Lonely Goat RC	62	47
9	Bicester Tri Club	60	170
10	On The Run Aylesbury	54	18
11	Bicester AC	43	157
12	Cherwell Runners & Joggers	41	8
13	Brackley and District Running Club	40	24
14	Thame Runners	39	20
15	Dacorum AC	33	3
16	Reading Roadrunners	31	1
17	Eynsham Road Runners	29	8
18	Silson AC	27	3
19	Leighton Fun Runners	26	0
20	Massey Ferguson RC	26	1

Bicester parkrun has always been popular, so which events have had the most runners? The vegan festivals produced the biggest crowds. The core team wanted to get 400 runners for the 400th event, which worked out as it was one of the most popular events with 411 runners.

#	Event	Date	Finishers
1	344	27/07/2024	702
2	297	29/07/2023	682
3	400	20/09/2025	411
4	140	01/01/2019	389
5	381	03/05/2025	378
6	157	04/05/2019	372
7	189	04/01/2020	365
8	161	01/06/2019	362
9	191	25/01/2020	360
10	386	07/06/2025	360

You can also check out the interactive parkrun UK map. It's quicker and easier to use than the standard parkrun map, also good for finding alphabetical parkrun events for tourism.