parkrun stats of the week...2nd March 2013

The parkrun statistics of note for this week are:

211 parkrun events run (up 6 on last week). This is a new record number of events on a single parkrunday!
28,445 runners, up 1902 on last week and only 631 short of the all time record.
The average number of runners per parkrun event run was: 134.8 (down 4.9 on last week!).

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

Event		Record Attendance
Balyang Sanctuary		146
Carlisle		128
Claisebrook Cove		136
Conkers		256
Delamere		152
Gdansk		96
Greenwich		134
Gunpowder		82
Huddersfield		358
Lódz		84
Malahide		387
Mansfield		68
North Beach		87
Wallace		94
Worsley Woods		197

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

And in the UK it's no longer Gorleston after they broke their record this week (see above):

Waterworks

215

23/04/2011

The highest attendance this week was 904 at Bushy Park.

The lowest attendance this week was 7 at Summerfields parkrun.

19 new male course records set this week:

Event	Athlete	Time
Arrow Valley	Gary BLACKMAN	15:41
Chelmsford Central	Mark WOODLEY	15:33
Claisebrook Cove	Dean MENZIES	15:57
Delamere	Chris PERRY	16:39
Eastbourne	Edward HICKMAN CASEY	15:53
Graves	Carl EGDELL	17:43
Gunpowder	Thomas BEEDELL	16:18
Hillsborough	Zak MELLARD	16:54
Ipswich	Jordan ALI	16:10
Malahide	Mick TRAYNOR	15:49
Nahoon Point	Luthando HEJANA	19:36
Northampton	Michael ALDRIDGE	15:44
Plymvalley	Jason PASCOE	15:54
Scunthorpe	Gavin MANN	16:43
Sewerby	Phill TAYLOR	16:27
Sunrise-on-Sea	Johan OOSTHUIZEN	19:33
Telford	Wayne DASHPER	16:50
Wallace	Eoin MULLAN	16:57
Wynnum	Werner BOTHA	16:15

14 new female course records set this week:

Event		Athlete	Time
Delamere		Hannah OLDROYD	19:59
Graves		Stephanie BURNS	19:31
Telford		Julie CADDICK	19:33
Wallace		Melanie MINSHULL	22:49
Thetford		Stacey Daniele OWEN	22:15
Lake Mac		Steph AUSTON	18:30
South Bank		Felicity ABRAM	17:26
Wimpole Estate		Emily BOLDY	20:58
Darlington South Park		Zoe HEWITSON	19:51
Cornwall Park		Becky WADE	17:44
Barking		Debbie CATTERMOLE	21:01
Burnley		Elizabeth GREENWOOD	18:52
Roundhay		Jane EVANS	18:30
Hackney Marshes		Deborah Anne NICCOL	17:26

133 runners ran times under 17 minutes this week. This is the highest number I have ever seen on the sub-17 minute page.

21 of these runners ran under 16 minutes!

The fastest parkrunner in the World was Rowan Axe running 15:02 at Cardiff parkrun.

The fastest 5 were as follows:

Event		Athlete	Time
Cardiff		Rowan AXE	15:02
Edinburgh		Andrew DOUGLAS	15:10
Southwick Country Park		Phil WYLIE	15:14
Brighton & Hove		Unknown ATHLETE	15:19
Albert		Wondiye Fikre INDELBU	15:28

The top age grade performance this week was:

Event		Athlete	Time	Age Group	Age Grade
Norwich		Anne MARTIN	27:19	VW75-79	92.07%

The fastest (valid) freedom run on the "most recent 100" list at the moment is:

Runner	Date	Location	Run Time
James OGDEN	04/03/2013	Sheffield Hallam	00:19:49