Boom! - Sheffield crashes through 700 runners.
7th September 2013
Concord = 90
Graves = 107
Hillsborough = 65
Sheff Castle = 31
Sheff Hallam = 488
Total = 781
The two Rotherham parkruns were cancelled and there was a smack down at Concord giving them a new attendance record. It'll be some time before we get near it again. The new parkruns in the area have done nothing to take the pressure off Hallam who just remain outside the 500 club - for now
Thursday, 12 September 2013
Wednesday, 11 September 2013
Double bubble
It has been a while since I wrote (harped on) about the parkrun doubling effect, so now must be about time.
On a few occasions in the past on this blog I have written about how parkrun seems to roughly double in size (based on various criteria) every year. Well there is good recent evidence that this growth rate is still continuing.
Roughly 9 months ago I wrote a blog post about "parkrun world domination in your lifetime". Have a quick read of that post if you have the time, as it does show that expecting parkrun to keep doubling in size forever is simply not possible (just like story of the grains of wheat on a cheeseboard did for some king whom I can't remember the name of). This growth cannot go on forever, that is unless someone uses parkrun to spread friendships beyond this planet.
I have had a quick look at recent attendances, and the equivalent date last year, and have found that for this period of the year at least attendances are still doubling in attendance numbers.
On a few occasions in the past on this blog I have written about how parkrun seems to roughly double in size (based on various criteria) every year. Well there is good recent evidence that this growth rate is still continuing.
Roughly 9 months ago I wrote a blog post about "parkrun world domination in your lifetime". Have a quick read of that post if you have the time, as it does show that expecting parkrun to keep doubling in size forever is simply not possible (just like story of the grains of wheat on a cheeseboard did for some king whom I can't remember the name of). This growth cannot go on forever, that is unless someone uses parkrun to spread friendships beyond this planet.
I have had a quick look at recent attendances, and the equivalent date last year, and have found that for this period of the year at least attendances are still doubling in attendance numbers.
| 2012 | 2013 | |||
| Date | Attendance | Date | Attendance | Growth |
| 18th August | 21,877 | 17th August | 42,694 | 95% |
| 25th August | 20,113 | 24th August | 39,042 | 94% |
| 1st September | 21,187 | 31st August | 44,351 | 109% |
| 8th September | 24,408 | 7th September | 44,226 | 82% |
Firstly, of course, I must say that this is a very small sample to base statistics on. And secondly, it demonstrates that there is significant fluctuation in the figures each week of each year.
However, it certainly shows that, give or take some fluctuation, the number of people running a parkrun each week this year (over the last 4 parkrundays at least) is pretty much double the number of last year.
To make this coming parkrunday double up on the same weekend last year we need to get 47,034 of us to complete a parkrun. Let's see if we can manage that!
Tuesday, 10 September 2013
parkrun stats of the week...7th September 2013
The parkrun statistics of note for last weekend are:
- 290 parkrun events run (Equalling the record set the previous week)
- 44,226 runners (just 125 short of the record)
- Over 400,000 different people have now run and completed at least 1 parkrun event
The average number of runners per parkrun event run was: 152.5.
39 parkrun events recorded new record attendances last weekend, as follows:
The longest standing parkrun attendance record is:
And in the UK it's:
The highest attendance this week was exactly 1000 at Bushy parkrun.
The lowest attendance this week was just 2 at Summerfields parkrun.
A quick update on the record attendances of all parkrun events:
There are now 11 parkrun events with a record attendance over 500, with Blackbutt and Edinburgh parkruns having broken into the club during August.
A further 20 parkrun events have a record attendance over 400. And a further 17 over 300.
116 different parkrunners ran under 17 minutes this week. 9 of those ran under 16 minutes!
The fastest parkrun time in the world this week was 15:27 by Joshua Grace at Frimley Lodge parkrun.
- 290 parkrun events run (Equalling the record set the previous week)
- 44,226 runners (just 125 short of the record)
- Over 400,000 different people have now run and completed at least 1 parkrun event
The average number of runners per parkrun event run was: 152.5.
39 parkrun events recorded new record attendances last weekend, as follows:
| Record Attendance | ||
| Abingdon | 194 | |
| Castle Demense | 106 | |
| Chelmsford Central | 271 | |
| Concord | 90 | |
| Delta | 322 | |
| Ebotse | 173 | |
| Gdansk | 200 | |
| Greenpoint | 169 | |
| Lake Mac | 236 | |
| Lódz | 186 | |
| Logan River | 151 | |
| Maidstone | 186 | |
| Modderfontein Reserve | 266 | |
| Northampton | 247 | |
| Oak Hill | 98 | |
| PE Hobie Beach | 289 | |
| Porirua | 95 | |
| Porthcawl | 166 | |
| Poznan | 170 | |
| Roodepoort | 129 | |
| Root 44 | 147 | |
| Rushcliffe | 151 | |
| Shongweni | 164 | |
| Skipton | 194 | |
| South Bank | 392 | |
| Southwark | 150 | |
| St Albans | 297 | |
| Swindon | 374 | |
| Szczecinek | 70 | |
| Valentines | 207 | |
| Wanstead Flats | 118 | |
| Warszawa-Praga | 126 | |
| Warwick | 98 | |
| Whitstable | 182 | |
| Wimbledon Common | 416 | |
| Wolverhampton | 135 | |
| Woodlands | 140 | |
| Worcester | 307 | |
| Yeovil Montacute | 152 |
The longest standing parkrun attendance record is:
| Record Attendance | Record Week | ||
| Amager Faelled | 146 | 28/08/2010 |
And in the UK it's:
| Hackney Marshes | 75 | 21/05/2011 |
The highest attendance this week was exactly 1000 at Bushy parkrun.
The lowest attendance this week was just 2 at Summerfields parkrun.
A quick update on the record attendances of all parkrun events:
There are now 11 parkrun events with a record attendance over 500, with Blackbutt and Edinburgh parkruns having broken into the club during August.
A further 20 parkrun events have a record attendance over 400. And a further 17 over 300.
116 different parkrunners ran under 17 minutes this week. 9 of those ran under 16 minutes!
The fastest parkrun time in the world this week was 15:27 by Joshua Grace at Frimley Lodge parkrun.
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