parkrun status of the week...16th March 2013

The parkrun statistics of note for this week are:

215 parkrun events run (up 2 on last week). This is yet another new record number of events on a single parkrunday - we are breaking the record every week at the moment!
24,682 runners, down 3,238 on last week.
The average number of runners per parkrun event run was: 114.8 (down 16.2 on last week).

Just 7 events recorded new record attendances, as follows:

Event		Record Attendance
Amager Strandpark		39
Eglinton		118
Launceston		124
Mulbarton		80
Sandgate		182
Wallace		99
Wynnum		162

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

And in the UK it's:

Waterworks

215

23/04/2011

The highest attendance this week was 536 at Bushy Park, far lower than their usual turnout these days.

The lowest attendance this week was just 4 Vejen parkrun.

6 new male course records set this week:

Event	Athlete	Time
Cheltenham	David ROPER	16:20
Dewsbury	Jack HALLAS	15:55
Eglinton	William (Jamie) FINDLAY	17:30
Marple	Michael COOKE	16:32
Modderfontein Reserve	Gustav ROOS	19:20
Mulbarton	Adam C CRASKE	19:39

9 new female course records set this week:

Event		Athlete	Time
Cheltenham		Catherine TAYLOR	19:45
Eglinton		Karen CONNAL	23:12
Mulbarton		Rowena LEARY	24:01
Claisebrook Cove		Melissa LLOYD	18:47
Hackworth		Elizabeth WOOD	21:59
Marlay		Clare SULLIVAN	18:42
Wallace		Julie MURPHY	20:04
Camp Bastion		Lucy ANDERSON	20:38
Havant		Jessica CHEN	19:09

60 runners ran times under 17 minutes this week. 5 of these runners ran under 16 minutes.
The fastest parkrunner in the World this Week was Rob Bugden, running 15:25 at Cardiff parkrun.

The fastest 5 were as follows:

Event		Athlete	Time
Cardiff		Rob BUGDEN	15:25
Newy		Scott WESTCOTT	15:40
Dewsbury		Jack HALLAS	15:55
Princes		Douglas ROBERTS	15:57
Norwich		Piers ARNOLD	15:58

242 new category records were set across all parkrun events this weekend.

The top age grade performance this week was:

Event		Athlete	Time	Age Group	Age Grade
Southampton		Lucy ELLIOTT	18:05	VW45-49	89.59%

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

Runner	Date	Location	Run Time
Phil ABBOTT	17/03/2013	Colwick	00:19:12