parkrun stats this week...10th November 2012

The parkrun statistics of note for this week are:

184 parkrun events run
22,666 runners
The average number of runners per parkrun event run was: 123 (down 10 on last week).

8 events recorded a new record attendance, as follows:

Claisebrook Cove		78
Conkers		178
Cornwall Park		56
Highbury Fields		72
Launceston		92
Lower Hutt		103
Malahide		159
Summerfields		34

Malahide parkrun there showing an impressive 159 runners for its inaugural event.
Also of note was Shernigham parkrun, which was run for the second time this week and exactly matched its attandance of 85 runners from the previous week.

Also a special mention for Preston parkrun who came within 1 runner of equalling their attendance record.

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 783 at 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 1 at Kawana, with just 6 at Livonia.


7 new male course records set this week:

Launceston		Oscar PHILLIPS	18:43
Malahide		Michael MCSWIGGAN	18:19
North Beach		Grant Matthew MACKAY	19:14
Summerfields		Andre VAN HEERDEN	21:34
Rushcliffe		Alastair WATSON	15:05
Claisebrook Cove		Liam FUERY	16:45
Albert Melbourne		Graham HOGG	15:40

15 new female course records set this week:

Balyang Sanctuary		Amy CARRIG	18:18
Burgess		Janet WORSTER	21:11
Launceston		Kate RODRIGUE	20:47
Little Stoke		Deborah Anne NICCOL	18:09
Lower Hutt		Nicola Corinne HANDLEY	19:01
Malahide		Rachael BECK	20:27
Newbury		Sandra BOWERS	16:03
North Beach		Sarah KING	19:42
North Lakes		Helen STANTON	18:55
Poole		Louise DAMEN	16:22
Portrush		Gemma TURLEY	21:15
Sheringham		Eleanor MATTHEWS	19:44
South Bank		Glenda BANAGHAN	19:26
Southend		Sophie RICHES	18:09
Stewart		Lucy JEFFERIES	20:04

A total of 60 runners (down 9 on last week) ran times under 17 minutes this week.
10 of these (up 2 on last week) run under 16 minutes!

The fastest parkrunner in the World this week was by Alastair Watson running 15:05 at Rushcliffe parkrun.

The top age grade performance this week was by Sandra Bowers who ran 16:03 in the SW35-39 category at Newbury parkrun, recording a 94.29% age grade in the process. Very impressive!

The fastest freedom run recorded the week was:

Christopher SULLIVAN

08/11/2012

Albert Melbourne

00:17:56