Thursday 17 January 2013

parkrun stats of the week...12th January 2013

The parkrun statistics of note for this week are:

196 parkrun events run (up 5 on last week)
29,120 runners (up 1,337 on last week) NEW parkrun weekly record attendance for the second week running (pun intended)!

The average number of runners per parkrun event run was: 148.5 (up 3 on last week).

An utterly ridiculous 41 events recorded a new record attendance this week, as follows:
Event  Record Attendance  
Aberystwyth55
Amager Strandpark38
Balyang Sanctuary127
Brueton212
Camperdown117
Cannon Hill366
Congleton143
Coventry385
Delta129
Edinburgh391
Finsbury Park166
Gateshead113
Glasgow491
Gunpowder70
Harrogate274
Harrow Lodge120
Heaton Park370
Highbury Fields100
Huddersfield337
Hull356
Kingscliff34
Leeds425
Malahide377
Mansfield62
Modderfontein Reserve95
Newcastle449
North Lakes71
Northampton205
Old Deer Park86
Pennington Flash134
Pontefract161
Princes183
Roodepoort117
Roundhay250
Sandgate127
Sheffield Hallam466
Sheringham105
South Bank218
Torrens81
Wimpole Estate292
Woodley264


The longest standing parkrun attandance record is:
Amager Faelled  146 28/08/2010

And in the UK it has finally changed, with Old Deer Park getting a new record attendance this week. So it is now:
Gorleston    156    19/03/2011

The highest attendance this week was 1027 at Bushy Park, the second highest attendance ever at a parkun event and only 24 short of the attendance record set at Bushy park last week.

The lowest attendance this week was 3 at Hillerod parkrun, one higher than the same venue last week

7 new male course records set this week (1 less than last week):

Event  
Athlete  Time  
Harrow LodgeDanny NORMAN18:48
MalahideEoin CALLAGHAN16:01
Modderfontein ReserveAnrich ZIMMERMANN20:10
PortrushChris DENTON17:59
SummerfieldsJohardt VAN HEERDEN17:36
Wimpole EstatePaul MAKOWSKI18:46
WoodleyTom LERWILL16:25



8 new female course records set this week (4 less than last week). The women win yet again this week:



Event  Athlete  Time  
Harrow LodgeCaroline TUCK24:18
MalahideAnnette KEALY18:15
Modderfontein ReserveMarilise VERMAAK22:56
Wimpole EstateCarla BROWN21:09
Sunrise-on-SeaKaren Louise DAVIS25:56
CongletonOlivia WALWYN17:14
BurgessLucy APHRAMOR19:46
StrathclydeHayley HAINING16:49


45 runners (down 8 on last week) ran times under 17 minutes this week.

For the second week running, the fastest parkrunner in the World was Wondiye Fikre INDELBU running 15:46 at Albert parkrun.

Just 2 of these 45 runners (down 8 on last week) run under 16 minutes!
Event  Athlete  Time  
AlbertWondiye Fikre INDELBU15:46:00
HuddersfieldRichard ANDERSON15:53:00


The top age grade performance this week was by Hayley Haining who ran 16:49 in the VM40-44 category at Strathclyde parkrun, recording a 90.98% Age Grade in the process. Very impressive!

Only two runners in the 90%+ Age Grade bracket this week:
Event  Athlete  Time  Age Group  Age Grade  Club  
StrathclydeHayley HAINING16:49           VW40-4490.98%         Kilbarchan AAC
HuddersfieldLynne MANNION21:41            VW60-6490.78%         Unattached

63 parkrun freedom runs were recorded last week. The fastest freedom run recorded was 18:53 by James Slade at Newcastle parkrun on 5th January 2013.

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