Wouldn't it be nice to hold a parkrun course record. Well some greed blighters hold more than one! parkrun tourism has a lot to answer for!
Here are a list of male parkrunners with multiple course records:
Kevin Quinn, 6 course records: Banstead Woods, Brockwell, Kingston, Nonsuch, Riddlesdown and Roundshaw Downs
Paul Martelletti, 4 course records: Finsbury Park, Hackney Marcshes, Mile End and Richmond Park
Steve Vernon, 3 course records: Bramhall Park, Bromley and Woodbank
Jason David Cherriman, 3 course records: Gdynia, Harrogate and Orpington (quite a geographical spread!)
Ian Kimpton, 3 course records, Abingdon, Barnsley and Hull
Here is the list of female parkrunners with multiple course records:
Clare Elms, 7 course records(!): Bexly, Greenwich, Hilly Fields, Lloyd, Orpington, Riddlesdown and Roundshaw Downs
Justina Heslop, 4 course records: Bushy Park, Crystal Palace, Newcastle and Wimbledon Common
Elaine Sherwin, 3 course records: Conkers, Leamington and Northampton
Joasia Zakrzewski, 3 course records: Carlisle, Kingston and Gateshead
Olivia Walwyn, 3 course records: Congleton, Norwich and Southwick Country Park
Sandra Bowers, 3 course records: Andover, Eastleigh and Newbury
Vicky Gill, 3 course records: Bedfont Lakes, Gunpowder and Wanstead Flats
Can you imagine holding 7 parkrun course records? That is pretty incredible.
Tuesday, 12 February 2013
parkrun course records
The longest standing male course record is at Cardiff parkrun where Michael E Johnson (I doubt it's the "real" Michael Johnson of 200m and 400m Olympic fame!) ran 14:40 way back on 3rd May 2008. In 3 months time that record will have stood for 5 years!
I'm not going to set a challenge (well, yes I am actually), but I wonder if there is anyone out there that can break this longest standing course record before it reaches the 5 year mark?!
The longest standing female course record is at Rolf Valley parkrun where Ashley Finaughty ran 17:59 on 18th June 2008. Now I think this is a bit of a special case as I think that Rolf Valley parkrun no longer exists (I may be wrong). A little research (and I mean a little), suggests that Rolf Valley parkrun was in Harare in Zimbabwe. I certainly haven't heard of it previously so I would suggest that it no longer exists.
So, the longest standing female course record at an active parkrun event is at Basingstoke parkrun, where Sophie Morris ran 16:56 (a very impressive time) on 29th November 2008. It must be time for someone to go and beat that time.
I'm sure there are some of us out there that would love the thought of finishing first (sometimes reffered to as "winning") at parkrun. But for 99% of us that is out of the question as there are so many fast parkrunners. But there are a significant number of us, who can't break our own parkrun course record, but at other events may just be able to do so.
So here are a list of some of the slower parkrubn course records. This doesn't mean they are achieveable just because you have a faster PB, as the course may be tricky (or at altitude), but it might be worth considering a parkrun tourist trip for a moment or two:
Slower Male Course Records:
Slower Female Course Records:
Admittedly, there aren't many there that look too attractive. And travelling half-way round the world to maybe set a new parkrun course record is not looking too attractive to me right now. But each to his own if you fancy it!
I'm not going to set a challenge (well, yes I am actually), but I wonder if there is anyone out there that can break this longest standing course record before it reaches the 5 year mark?!
The longest standing female course record is at Rolf Valley parkrun where Ashley Finaughty ran 17:59 on 18th June 2008. Now I think this is a bit of a special case as I think that Rolf Valley parkrun no longer exists (I may be wrong). A little research (and I mean a little), suggests that Rolf Valley parkrun was in Harare in Zimbabwe. I certainly haven't heard of it previously so I would suggest that it no longer exists.
So, the longest standing female course record at an active parkrun event is at Basingstoke parkrun, where Sophie Morris ran 16:56 (a very impressive time) on 29th November 2008. It must be time for someone to go and beat that time.
I'm sure there are some of us out there that would love the thought of finishing first (sometimes reffered to as "winning") at parkrun. But for 99% of us that is out of the question as there are so many fast parkrunners. But there are a significant number of us, who can't break our own parkrun course record, but at other events may just be able to do so.
So here are a list of some of the slower parkrubn course records. This doesn't mean they are achieveable just because you have a faster PB, as the course may be tricky (or at altitude), but it might be worth considering a parkrun tourist trip for a moment or two:
Slower Male Course Records:
Slower Female Course Records:
| Event | Athlete | Time |
Admittedly, there aren't many there that look too attractive. And travelling half-way round the world to maybe set a new parkrun course record is not looking too attractive to me right now. But each to his own if you fancy it!
On this day in parkrun history....12th February
The 12th February is a rare date that has seen two different parkrundays. To be honest, even with my simple maths, that suggests that there are at least 52 such parkrundays as a minimum, as 2005 and 2011 seem to have shared the same dates for Saturdays.
Back in 2005 there was just a single parkrun event, in Bushy park of course. On 12th February 2005 just 27 parkrunners completed the Bushy park parkrun.
On 12th February 2011, 56 parkrun events took place, with 7,703 parkrunners completing their run that day. I took part that parkrunday, it was my 27th parkrun and I ran a new PB of 17:49. I have only had 2 new PBs since then!
Step forward just two more years to last weekend (9th February 2013), where 199 parkrun events took place with 26,914 finishers.
Back in 2005 there was just a single parkrun event, in Bushy park of course. On 12th February 2005 just 27 parkrunners completed the Bushy park parkrun.
On 12th February 2011, 56 parkrun events took place, with 7,703 parkrunners completing their run that day. I took part that parkrunday, it was my 27th parkrun and I ran a new PB of 17:49. I have only had 2 new PBs since then!
Step forward just two more years to last weekend (9th February 2013), where 199 parkrun events took place with 26,914 finishers.
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