Hello there. Thought I'd like to share my parkrun story with others.
At beginning of Feb my husband dragged me along to Nahoon Point parkrun in East London, South Africa.
The route is really challenging and not being a runner and been sitting on the couch for far too long I went along kicking and screaming.... the entire route I cursed my hubby for getting me to come.
It took me 1hour and 14mins and I came third last. I vowed never to go back, but the next Saturday morning there I was back at parkrun.... well parkrun is clearly addictive, I keep going back and trying to better my PB. Which since feb I have improved to 52 minutes.
I REALISED I actually really enjoy running and cant wait for each weeks parkrun.
I have started competing in trail runs and any race I can. I have now completed two 10km trail runs. In the process I have managed to loose 10kg.
parkrun is the reason I started running and is my motivation. I am still slowish, but at the end of the day at least I am running and not sitting on the couch.
Thank you to parkrun for inspiring me to run, get fit and healthy.
Tracy Kallaway
Wednesday, 24 April 2013
Global parkrun stats
This weekend saw the 19,000th parkrun event took place. The new total of completed events is 19,024.
An amazing 306,811 different parkrunners have now completed at least one parkrun event.
An amazing 306,811 different parkrunners have now completed at least one parkrun event.
Monday, 22 April 2013
parkrun stats of the week...20th April 2013
The parkrun statistics of note for last weekend are:
230 parkrun events run.
34,587 runners! This is yet another new global record attendance!
The average number of runners per parkrun event run was: 150.3.
41 events recorded new record attendances last weekend, as follows:
The longest standing parkrun attendance record is:
Amager Faelled 146 28/08/2010
And in the UK it's shared by:
The highest attendance this week was 1008 at Bushy parkrun.
The lowest attendance this week was just 4 at Ebotse parkrun and Roodepoort parkrun.
This weekend saw Poole parkrun become the 4th parkrun event to break the 500 parkrunners mark.
An incredible 80 different parkrun events now have a record attendance of 200 or more.
230 parkrun events run.
34,587 runners! This is yet another new global record attendance!
The average number of runners per parkrun event run was: 150.3.
41 events recorded new record attendances last weekend, as follows:
| Event | Record Attendance | |
| Aberdeen | 167 | |
| Albert Melbourne | 170 | |
| Amager Strandpark | 41 | |
| Ashton Court | 268 | |
| Augustine Heights | 75 | |
| Basingstoke | 287 | |
| Bedfont Lakes | 139 | |
| Burgess | 82 | |
| Burnley | 186 | |
| Claisebrook Cove | 166 | |
| Conkers | 325 | |
| Coventry | 463 | |
| Darlington South Park | 146 | |
| Eglinton | 122 | |
| Frimley Lodge | 346 | |
| Gdynia | 74 | |
| Gunnersbury | 234 | |
| Heaton Park | 448 | |
| Highbury Fields | 105 | |
| Hilly Fields | 96 | |
| Huddersfield | 369 | |
| Kingscliff | 79 | |
| Malahide | 427 | |
| Mansfield | 78 | |
| Marlay | 390 | |
| Mile End | 114 | |
| Milton Keynes | 420 | |
| Poole | 504 | |
| Preston Park | 276 | |
| Sandgate | 225 | |
| South Bank | 325 | |
| South Shields | 210 | |
| Southampton | 387 | |
| St Andrews | 104 | |
| Sunderland | 156 | |
| Swindon | 345 | |
| Telford | 193 | |
| Tilgate | 217 | |
| Worcester | 216 | |
| Worsley Woods | 200 | |
| Wynnum | 203 |
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 1008 at Bushy parkrun.
The lowest attendance this week was just 4 at Ebotse parkrun and Roodepoort parkrun.
This weekend saw Poole parkrun become the 4th parkrun event to break the 500 parkrunners mark.
An incredible 80 different parkrun events now have a record attendance of 200 or more.
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