parkrun stats of the week...12th October 2013

The parkrun statistics of note for last weekend are:
- 315 parkrun events run (NEW RECORD - I believe that is now 7 record breaking weeks in a row)
- 45,515 runners 

The average number of runners per parkrun event run was: 144.5

14 parkrun events recorded new record attendances last weekend, as follows:

Event		Record Attendance
Aberdeen		240
Armagh		87
Berwick Springs		126
Kalgoorlie-Boulder		91
Leszno		94
Nahoon Point		611
Parramatta		129
Pennington Flash		208
Pontefract		213
Pontypridd		168
Sewerby		188
South Manchester		347
Southend		271
Victoria		200

Event		Record Attendance	Record Week
Amager Faelled		146	28/08/2010

The longest standing parkrun attendance record is:

And in the UK it's:

Hackney Marshes

75

21/05/2011

The highest attendance this week was exactly 850 at Bushy parkrun.
And outside the UK it was 550 at Newy parkrun in Australia.

The lowest attendance this week was just 4 at Durham NC parkrun. 

89 runners ran under 17 minutes around the world of parkrun last weekend. 6 of them under 16 minutes. 

The fastest parkrunner in the world last weekend was Jacek Sobas, running 15:41 at Wroclaw parkrun in Poland.

The top age grade performance last weekend was 92.82%, by Ros Tabor, running 21:50 in the VM60-64 category at Southwark parkrun.

And a quick look at a superb junior performance:
Ben Clarke set a new category record at St Albans pakrun, running 17:16 in the JM14 category - very impressive.

Paul Freyne still tops the table of most different parkrun events attended, with 156 different event locations in his 200 parkrun outings. And a special mention for Leon Foster who has run 51 of his 52 parkruns at different parkrun events - amazing parkrun tourism!