The Abingdon Marathon took place this morning, starting at 9am . (The four-minute video above shows the runners leaving Tilsley Park at the start.)

The eventual overall winner, Tom Hollis, ran in the 40+ age group. Many of the leading runners wore England vests, representing the top athletes in their age categories – from 35+ to 75+ – which helped produce some fast age category times.

The weather was cool, cloudy, with occasional showers. After about four miles, the route brought runners through the Market Place.

This was one of the areas where there was a lot of support.

The course took runners down East St Helen Street,

along St Helen’s Wharf,

over the Iron Bridge, and out on a loop of South Abingdon and the surrounding villages, which runners completed twice before heading back up Bath Street to Tilsley Park .

Back on the Market Place, The Town Crier was still on hand to ring through the last few runners.

Stewards gave a huge cheer to the final runner – who was moving twice as fast as the other last runners. Possibly she’d started late.

There was a final blast on a traffic-cone.

I revisited the marathon in time to see some of the sub-four-hour finishers in Tilsley Park.

Another well organised event, made special by the enthusiastic support and cheerful volunteers.