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Today, I can tick off a niche stat I’ve been monitoring since recording the details of Yorkshire & Humber parkruns two-and-a-half years ago.
Interested? Read on!

There were 53/57 parkruns in the Yorkshire and Humber region. Cancellations at Bradford, Brighouse, Dalby Forest and Heslington.

Of 50 runs completed both last week and this, 10 had higher attendances and 40 were lower.
Total attendance was 11239 a decrease of 2763 (19.7%) from the previous week.

Castle Howard had a new record attendance (328).
Conyngham Hall had fewer than 100 runners for the first time.

Catterick & Skipton both had attendances of 185 and Millfield & Temple Newsam had 138.

Ultra niche stat:
The attendance of 522 at Hull was unique for the region.
It was also the lowest attendance (excepting single figures) never before recorded at any parkrun in the Yorkshire & Humber region.
(Told you it was worth waiting for!)

The average weekly attendance over the last 12 months has increased by 28.9% (9390 to 12102). The mean attendance per parkrun per week over the history of parkrun for the region is 210.0; the median is 170.

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On 29/09/2019 at 20:41, Flanker7 said:

Sheffield & Rotherham parkrun attendances for 28th & 29th September 2019.

 

113 - Concord

286 - Graves

71 - Graves-Juniors

3426 - Hillsborough

77 - Castle

672 - Hallam 

 

Total -  1,645

 

299 - Rother Valley

107 - Clifton Park  


Total - 406

 

Overall total = 2, 051

 

..............and soon we'll be  9 events!

Wow, 3426 at Hillsborough, that must be a Parkrun record!!

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On 29/09/2019 at 20:41, Flanker7 said:

Sheffield & Rotherham parkrun attendances for 28th & 29th September 2019.

 

113 - Concord

286 - Graves

71 - Graves-Juniors

426 - Hillsborough

77 - Castle

672 - Hallam 

 

Total -  1,645

 

299 - Rother Valley

107 - Clifton Park  


Total - 406

 

Overall total = 2, 051

 

..............and soon we'll be  9 events!

There you go. Glad to see someone is looking at it.

Edited by Flanker7
correction

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On 29/09/2019 at 20:41, Flanker7 said:

 

 

 

..............and soon we'll be  9 events!

Did Millhouses have their first event today? 

Edited by bungleboy69

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Sheffield & Rotherham parkrun attendances for 5th & 6th October 2019.

 

148 - Concord

247 - Graves

118 - Graves-Juniors

431 - Hillsborough

87 - Castle

644 - Hallam 

 

Total -  1,675

 

366 - Rother Valley

123 - Clifton Park  


Total - 489

 

Overall total = 2, 164

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I know I’m a bit late on the parkrun birthday thing, but thought that the summary for the Yorkshire and Humber region should be a bit different this week.

Figures show the number of parkruns in place in the region as at the first weekend of October for that year, followed by attendance for that weekend.

2007: 1; 15
2008: 1; 138
2009: 1; 234
2010: 4; 569
2011: 9; 1235
2012: 14; 2551
2013: 24; 4146
2014: 30; 5167
2015: 36; 7172
2016: 38; 8652
2017: 40; 10160
2018: 47; 9474*
2019: 58; 13941

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I was a runner for  40 years stopped in my stride by a hip replacement, no longer a participant in Park Runs.

An observation re Millhouses.

Are the paths wide enough to accommodate the runners doing 3 laps plus the public ?

 

Surely the Endciffe run has out grown itself ! 

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Sheffield & Rotherham parkrun attendances for 12th & 13th October 2019.

 

146 - Concord

301 - Graves

114 - Graves-Juniors

461 - Hillsborough

70 - Castle

659 - Hallam 

 

Total -  1,751

 

300 - Rother Valley

124 - Clifton Park  


Total - 424

 

Overall total = 2, 175

 

 

 

3 hours ago, Runningman said:

I was a runner for  40 years stopped in my stride by a hip replacement, no longer a participant in Park Runs.

An observation re Millhouses.

Are the paths wide enough to accommodate the runners doing 3 laps plus the public ?

 

Surely the Endciffe run has out grown itself ! 

 

We are the Council Tax paying public too, subject to all the privileges and controls placed upon us by the Council.

The 'out grown' comment is surely a matter of personal preferance. I moved on from Hallam parkrun when the numbers were about 250 but current users obviously accept it for what it is with its narrow paths and high attendance.  I still go and visit now and then but prefer the smaller runs available in the city. The same personal choices will take place with the Millhouses parkrunners.  Some runners cannot abide city parks, the fixed route/time/distance, slow runners, fast runners , having to submit to the tyranny of barcode scanning and on and on . . . its up to them.

 

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At a time that Eliud Kipchoge was running the equivalent of 8.5 parkruns at sub 14:11 pace, there were thousands of people across the world being cheered on at a more sedate pace.
We were all running, none of us (including Eliud) were racing, except perhaps against the clock.

There were 56/58 parkruns in the Yorkshire and Humber region. Cancellations at Goole and York.

Of 56 runs completed both last week and this, 28 had higher attendances, 26 were lower and two (Centre Vale (151) and Middleton Woods (70)) were the same.
Total attendance was 13315, a decrease of 626 (4.5%) from the previous week.

Following the launch of Cusworth Hall last week, Normanby Hall staged its 150th event and Wakefield Thornes its 250th.

Castle Howard & Rothwell both had attendances of 271, Centre Vale & Dalby Forest had 151, Humber Bridge & Penistone had 149, Bramley & Concord had 146, Conyngham Hall & Horton Park had 80 and Middleton Woods & Sheffield Castle had 70.

The average weekly attendance over the last 12 months has increased by 30.0% (9399 to 12217. The mean attendance per parkrun per week over the history of parkrun for the region is 210.2; the median is 170.

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Millhouses will be interesting. I agree that the paths are quite narrow and I can see a lot of grass being churned up but we`ll see. I dread to think how many the first event will attract but it will be great for the cafe. Maybe the pub will open early too?

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