parkrun stats of the week...6th April 2013

The parkrun statistics of note for last weekend are:

224 parkrun events run - up 4 on last week and yet again a new record number of events on a single parkrunday!

30,908 runners, up 1,341 on last week! This is yet another new global record attendance and breaks the 30,000 mark for the first time!

The average number of runners per parkrun event run was: 137.9 (up 3.5 on the previous week).

17 events recorded new record attendances last weekend, as follows:

Event		Record Attendance
Burnley		148
Colchester Castle		128
Forest Rec		110
Heaton Park		387
Launceston		135
Lódz		123
Main Beach		282
Malahide		410
North Beach		90
North Lakes		101
Old Deer Park		553
Porthcawl		134
Riverway		63
Sandgate		193
South Bank		321
Woodlands		56
Wynnum		200

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

And in the UK it's shared by:

Banstead Woods		220	23/04/2011
Waterworks		215	23/04/2011

The highest attendance this week was 744 at Bushy parkrun.

The lowest attendance this week was just 11 at Livonia parkrun.

Last weekend saw Old Deer Park parkrun become the second parkrun event to set a record attendance of 500 or more, with its 553 record turnout thanks to the Adidas BOOST event being held there. We also now have 21 parkrun events with a record attendance of 400 or more and 40 events with a record attendance of 300 or more.