parkrun stats of the week...19th January 2013

The parkrun statistics of note for this week are:

155 parkrun events run (down 41 on last week)
12,651 runners (down 16,469 on last week)
The cold and snow got the better of a lot of parkrun events and runners this week in the UK.

The average number of runners per parkrun event run was: 81.6 (down 67 on last week!).

9 events recorded a new record attendance this week, as follows:

Event		Record Attendance
Carlisle		112
Chelmsford Central		82
Gdansk		89
Kawana		86
Kingscliff		47
Main Beach		232
Sandgate		141
St Peters		187
Wynnum		133

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

And in the UK it's:
Gorleston    156    19/03/2011

The highest attendance this week was 502 at Bushy Park.

The lowest attendance this week was 2 at Summerfields parkrun.

5 new male course records set this week (2 less than last week):

Event	Athlete	Time
Carlisle	Jon FLETCHER	16:18
Chelmsford Central	Malcolm MUIR	17:50
Plymvalley	Jason PASCOE	16:47
Sunrise-on-Sea	Simon KUMM	21:47
Wynnum	Werner BOTHA	16:51

5 new female course records set this week (3 less than last week). A draw between the men and women this week:

Event		Athlete	Time
Carlisle		Joasia ZAKRZEWSKI	19:07
Chelmsford Central		Sophie RICHES	20:29
Harrow Lodge		Caroline TUCK	23:45
Barnstaple		Sarah Elizabeth MAY	20:28
Launceston		Deborah PAUNA	20:28

26 runners (down 19 on last week) ran times under 17 minutes this week.

Just 1 of these 26 runners (down 1 on last week) ran under 16 minutes!
The fastest parkrunner in the World was Steve Way running 15:58 at Poole parkrun.
The top age grade performance this week was by Jani Martin who ran 21:09 in the JM14 category at Sangate parkrun, recording a 93.46% Age Grade in the process. A future Olympian maybe!

The fastest freedom run recorded was 20:39 by Jason Marlow at Conkers parkrun on 17th January 2013.