PUFFING, panting and proud as punch, hundreds of runners crossed the finish line of the Warwick Pentath Run yesterday morning.

The annual two-day event saw people from as far as the United Kingdom and Canberra come to shed some sweat in the Southern Downs.

Amateurs, professionals and everything in between, a massive turn out of 2500 runners competed in events across the weekend.

The unique Pentath Run consist of five different races that add up to a marathon if you complete them all.

With a three-year-old marking the youngest competitor and the oldest having just turned 80, the event was proof that running is a sport for anyone and everyone.

Race director Neil Burtenshaw said the event - now in its 16th year - was bigger than in recent previous years.

"Once you get a running group interested they keep coming,” he said.

"It's so unique - you're doing five races over two days with each disciple covered.

Over the weekend, runners tackled a massive ascent up to Queen Mary Falls, a sprint and cross country terrain.

Champion of the 71+ age category Terence Cokeley said it was the "best-organised events in Australia”.

Indeed, the record turn out of volunteers made the event the huge success it was and everyone was grateful to suck on a wedge or orange and sip a cool bottle of water at the end of the race.

While he may not have taken out a title, one of the true champions of the event was 'Remarkable' Mark Brooks, who competed in the Voyage Fitness 1500m despite recently spending six months with a large part of skull removed and his brain exposed.

Mark made an incredible return to the Pentath Run and was wheeled across the finish line by his adoring 'wenches'.

It was a wonderful weekend for all, with many reporting they would be back next year.