parkrun NZ Attendance and Milestone Stats for May 22, 2021
In New Zealand there were 33 parkruns, with 3864 (+739) parkrunners and 380 (-2) volunteers, plus any pending results.
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252 (+18) people got their parkrun barcode this week
186 (+56) ran their first parkrun this week
39 (+8) people volunteered for their first time
547 (+216) achieved personal bests this week
12 (-1) new age category records were set
6 (+2) runners recorded sub-17 finishes
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The average run time in New Zealand is now 30:59.
There were three new course records this week: Liam Chesney, 16:53 (Dunedin), Josh Dunstan-Brown, 16:10 (Flaxmere) and Hannah Oldroyd, 17:38 (Foster).
The top age graded runner was Loris Reed at Tauranga with a time of 25:09, 94.7% in the VW70-74 age group.
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11 parkrunners joined the Junior 10 club
14 parkrunners joined the 50 club
7 parkrunners joined the 100 club – congratulations to Jeff Talbot, Stuart Nicholson, Becky O’Gram, Courtney Gallen, Kylie Smith, John Shivas, Jack Gill, Benedict Collins and Andrea Rodley.
2 parkrunners joined the 250 club – Congratulations to Luke Watson (Cornwall Park) and Maggie Davies (Lower Hutt).
11 parkrunners achieved their V25 milestone – congratulations to Ellie Olsen-Vetland, Greg Adams, Leon Miyahara, Melanie Goodrick, Colin Boyd, Hailey Bouwman, Bridget Lawrence, Maria Whitehead, Alan Milnes, Brian Barach and Julia Lee.
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Biggest New Zealand parkruns: Lower Hutt (207), Cornwall Park (281), Hagley (352).
Smallest NZ parkruns: Whanganui Riverbank (35), Balclutha (34), Wanaka (33).
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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:
30 parkruns had higher attendance
2 parkruns had lower attendance than last week
Foster had the same with 93 parkrunners.
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The biggest increase in attendance (by number of parkrunners) was Cornwall Park with a change of 73.
The biggest increase in attendance (by percentage change) was Gisborne with a change of 94%.
The biggest drop in attendance (by number of parkrunners) was Dunedin with a change of -3.
The biggest drop in attendance (by percentage change) was Whanganui Riverbank, with a change of -3%.
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NZ Anniversaries this week:-
Anderson (5)
Barry Curtis (8)
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NZ Cancellations this week:-
0
