Banbury Parkrun’s second birthday has beach theme

A beach themed event marks the second birthday of Banbury’s Parkrun. What started off as a national movement in 2004 in London’s Bushy Park, has grown massively today to have over 350 parkruns hosted all over the country. The free event  marking 2 years, on 24th September, is inviting the public to attend the anniversary dressed in a beach or Hawaiian theme, at Spiceball Park, starting from 8:30am.
The event features speeches and before the run gets underway, there will be an awards ceremony, followed by refreshments. Michael Dobson, the event director, said the parkrun is not a race but people get points for crossing the finish line and also for volunteering here, with awards given for volunteers and the highest scorers. He added that they’ll have a bit of a party celebrating for another year. The parkrun has increased in popularity with now Bicester holding new parkruns, he pointed out. To know more about the free event, go to the website- parkrun.org.uk/banbury.