THIS year's record-breaking OX5 Run has officially beaten last year's total and fundraisers have been urged to keep the money coming in for Oxford Children's Hospital.

See below for all the finishing times and positions.

Just hours after the last runner crossed the finishing line the total for this year's event went past the £126,000 raised last year, and thousands more could follow in the coming weeks.

Blenheim Palace was awash with colour and fancy dress as more than 1,000 runners, walker and joggers completed the five-mile course on Sunday.

Sarah Vaccari, from Oxford Hospitals Charity, said: "We are delighted that this year's OX5 Run is already a record breaker.

"We thought it would be hard to top last year's amazing £126,000, but just hours after the last runner crossed the line we got there.

"And the money is still coming in – and will continue to do so for several weeks - so we are all over the moon."

She added: "It was such a special day, a true community event with runners of all ages, backgrounds, shapes and sizes united in one thing – their affection for our amazing children's hospital."

"We are so proud of what everyone has already achieved and really excited about what the final total might be if all our runners keep fundraising for a few more days."

In the end 1,016 officially completed the five-mile run around Blenheim Palace, including families, children, local businesses and hospital staff.

Sarah Rendell, the fastest woman to complete the course, said she'll be back to take on the course again next year.

Team Martha returned for another year to continue to thank the hospital for looking after seven-year-old Martha Hanlon during her long battle with leukaemia.

Their team, made up of family and friends raised more than £1,000 for the hospital.

Her mum Eve, who lives in Headington, said: “It’s incredibly special for us, it’s a way for our family to keep giving back to the hospital.

"It’s also a way of us marking Martha’s recovery – she’s doing so well, she had a check up on Friday and she’s moved to yearly check ups from one every six months, which is fantastic."

Hospital staff were also strongly represented with the team from Kamran’s Ward – the hospital’s specialist cancer unit – dressed in fairy wings while the children’s day care team and many more staff also took part.

Charlie Rogers, a paediatric outreach nurse on Kamran's Ward, said: "It's the extra things funded by the event that makes all the difference, the things the NHS can't fund.

"It's a challenging and very difficult situation at the moment but this support and fundraising is amazing."