parkrun NZ Attendance and Milestone Stats for May 8, 2021
In New Zealand there were 32 parkruns, with 3735 (-296) parkrunners and 386 (+10) volunteers, plus any pending results.
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255 (-14) people got their parkrun barcode this week
163 (-27) ran their first parkrun this week
35 (+1) people volunteered for their first time
562 (-19) achieved personal bests this week
24 (+6) new age category records were set
8 (+2) runners recorded sub-17 finishes
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The average run time in New Zealand remains 30:58.
There was one new course record this week: Fabian Downs, 15:38 (Millwater).
The top age graded runner was Paul Martelletti at Palmerston North with a time of 14:58, 91.87% in the VM40-44 age group.
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14 parkrunners joined the Junior 10 club
18 parkrunners joined the 50 club
9 parkrunners joined the 100 club – congratulations to Hans Peter Rombouts, Warren Willis, Terry Homer, Andrew Bosworth, Roland Pinches, Yvonne Berry, Destry Gourlay, Nathan Waters and Henry Gray.
0 parkrunners joined the 250 club
Six parkrunners achieved their V25 milestone – congratulations to Jono Willis (Barry Curtis), Paul McElhone (Dunedin), Kay Hammond (Hobsonville Point), Yvonne Tse (Lower Hutt), Margaret Stuart (Palmerston North) and Joe Munro (Porirua).
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Biggest New Zealand parkruns: Lower Hutt (226), Cornwall Park (264), Hagley (330).
Smallest NZ parkruns: Wanaka (32), Blenheim (29), Balclutha (29).
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There were no new attendance records set this week.
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Of the New Zealand parkruns that took place both last week and this week:
8 parkruns had higher attendance
23 parkruns had lower attendance than last week
Cambridge NZ had the same with 57 parkrunners
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The biggest increase in attendance (by number of parkrunners) was Dunedin with a change of 47.
The biggest increase in attendance (by percentage change) was Dunedin with a change of 27%.
The biggest drop in attendance (by number of parkrunners) was Western Springs, with a change of -40.
The biggest drop in attendance (by percentage change) was Blenheim, with a change of -38%.
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NZ Anniversaries this week:-
Gisborne (3)
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NZ Cancellations this week:-
Puarenga – Rotorua Marathon using the course
