parkrun stats of the week...24th November 2012

The parkrun statistics of note for this week are:
185 parkrun events run
21,882 runners (813 less than last week)
The average number of runners per parkrun event run was: 118 (down 2 on last week).

10 events recorded a new record attendance, as follows:

Event		Record Attendance
Ally Pally		55
Claisebrook Cove		90
Gladstone		71
Highbury Fields		74
Malahide		268
Nahoon Point		295
Sandgate		119
Stewart		180
Upton Court		92
Walsall Arboretum		93

Sandgate parkrun there showing an impressive 119 runners for its inaugural event.

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

And in the UK its:
Old Deer Park  83 15/01/2011

The highest attandance this week was 816at Bushy Park. No surprise there. Bushy parkrun still holds the global attendance record for a single event of 1000.

The lowest attandance this week was 6 at Roodeport.

12 new male course records set this week:

Event	Athlete
Alice Holt	Mark GREENWOOD	17:48
Frimley Lodge	Laurence COX	15:45
Fritton Lake	Dominic David Neil OLIVER	16:50
Kawana	David SCROOPE	18:04
Launceston	John CLARIDGE	17:22
Malahide	Davy BYRNE	16:24
Nahoon Point	Craig ALERS	21:59
Portrush	Chris DENTON	18:01
Sandgate	Patrick FRANKS	18:16
Summerfields	Gerhard DE BRUIN	17:55
Tilgate	Neil Robert BONIFACE	16:09
Upton Court	James REPPER	17:14

6 new female course records set this week:

Event		Athlete	Time
Portrush		Gemma TURLEY	20:46
Sandgate		Melinda DENTON	22:53
Upton Court		Helen CROSS	19:21
Preston		Louise WIKER	18:51
South Bank		Britney MCMULLEN	18:34
Newbury		Sandra BOWERS	15:48

A total of 62 runners (down 4 on last week) ran times under 17 minutes this week.
8 of these (down 4 on last week) run under 16 minutes!

The fastest parkrunner in the World this week was James P E Poole (I suspect this may be a pseudonym) running 15:03 at Braunstone parkrun.

The top age grade performance this week was by Sandra Bowers who ran 15:48 in the VW35-39 category at Newbury parkrun, recording a 95.78% age grade in the process. This is an increblie age-grade and time, but I must add that Sandra did take this last chance to run for the last parkrun permitted time assissted by two dogs (her amazing huskies). Nonetheless, you can't run that kind of time without being a pretty darn good runner.

14 parkrunners joined the 100 club this week (including Louise Ayling who has previously contributed to the parkrunfans blog).

The fastest freedom run recorded the week was:
21:43 by Ian Wilkinson (that's me!) at Coventry parkrun on 20/11/12 (I also had the second fastest, just 12 seconds slower, run back-to-back with the fastest one - get me!).