Parish Walk Factoids

Statistics extracted from data held of Parish Walk races from 1961 to 2025.

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• Male record holder - Callum Gawne - 2026 - 14:22:45

• Ladies record holder - Karen Chiarello - 2017 - 15:53:54

• Liam Parker is the only competitor to win the Under 21 race to Peel (2011) and then win the full race (2017 & 2019)

• Most outright victories - 6 - John Cannell - 1976, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1993, 1994

• Most ladies victories - 6 - Sue Biggart - 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2012

• Most consecutive outright victories - 4 - Jock Waddington - 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011

• Most consecutive Ladies victories - 5 - Sue Biggart - 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008

• Most second place finishes - 4 - Charlie Weston - 1985, 1987, 1988, 1990

• Most third place finishes - 5 - Ray Hughes - 1991, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997

• Fastest male to Peel and stopping - Steve Partington - 1998 - 5:01:59

• Fastest lady to Peel and stopping - Irene Corlett - 1982 - 05:23:16

• Fastest male to Rushen and stopping - Murray Lambden - 1980 - 02:47:00

• Fastest lady to Rushen and stopping - Ann Cain - 1986 - 03:38:00

• Competitor finishing closest to the cut-off time of 24 hours - Nicolaas Willemse - 2018 - 23:59:55

• 2017 was the first year when there were more ladies finishing than men - 50.4% and 49.6% (64 & 63)

• Most miles walked by all competitors in a given year - 58,691 in 2012 by 1503 walkers

• Most starters reaching Santon (or Marown from 2018) in a given year - 1505 in 2011

• Highest percentage of finishers - 16.28% in 2013 (215 from 1321 starters)

• Average percentage of finisher since 2010 - 13.17%

• Most Parish Walk starts - 44 - David Collister

• Most Parish Walk finishes - 31 - David Collister

• Most consecutive starts and finishes (male) - 24 - Andrew Titley (2003 - 2026)

• Most consecutive starts and finishes (ladies) - 10 - Marie Gilbertson (2005 - 2014)

• Number of different people finishing in under 16 hours - 26

• Number of different people finishing in under 15 hours - 5 (Sean Hands, Richard Gerrard, Vinny Lynch, Michael George, Callum Gawne)

• Between 1998 - 2003 there were no sub 16 hour finishes. There have been 56 since 2003

• Derek Harrison's record time of 15:20:21 set in 1979 stood for 27 years until it was emphatically broken by Sean Hands in the first sub 15 hour time of 14:47:36

• Derek's time has been beaten 17 times since 2006 

• In 1977, there was only one finisher - Steve Gardner in a time of 19:11:01

• Steve Gardner is the only person to finish the full distance in 'last' place in two consecutive years: In 1976 he was fourth out of four finishers and in 1977, he was the only finisher and therefore first and 'Last'.

• Biggest gap between 1st and 2nd - 1:59:09 - 1993 - John Cannell and Lee Cain

• Smallest gap between 1st and 2nd - 54 seconds - 1971 - Graham Young and Derek Harrison

• In 2012, Vinny Lynch and Richard Gerrard finished together for the only ever draw for first place in the then record time of 14:42:32

• In 2026, Sammy Bowden and Lorna Gleave (both previous ladies winners) crossed the finish line together in 17:21:08 to jointly win tha ladies race.

• The oldest person to finish the full 85 miles course was Geoff Hain in 2024 in a time of 23:44:01. He was aged 77 years and 10 months.