Worldwide there were 2,283 parkruns plus 515 junior parkruns, 369,000 parkrunners plus 27,000 junior parkrunners, and 51,000 volunteers in total,
~25,000 people got their parkrun barcode this week
~17,000 people became parkrunners this week
~5,300 parkrunners joined running milestone clubs
~2,400 people became parkrun volunteers this week
890 parkrunners joined volunteer milestone clubs
New Saturday country record: Canada
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In the UK there were 857 parkruns plus 472 junior parkruns, 202,000 parkrunners plus 25,000 junior parkrunners, and 32,000 volunteers in total,
Biggest UK parkruns: Bushy Park (1482), Battersea (952), Nonsuch (883), Hove Promenade (856), Southampton (786), Heaton Park (747), Clapham Common (726), Burgess (714), Birkenhead (712), Tooting Common (708),
Median UK parkruns: Frank’s Farm (199), Dalby Forest (199), Hazlehead (198), Fleetwood Promenade (197), Dishley, Loughborough (196), Bedgebury Pinetum (196), Wetherby (195), Thetford (195), Rugby (195), Hereford (195),
Smallest UK (open access) parkruns: Derrynoid Forest (26), Bower Park (29), Lough Head (29), Garvagh Forest (30), Limavady (30), Bevendean Down (32), Marshall Drive (32), Downham Market Academy (35), Dunleath Playing Fields (35), Brynaman (36),
There were 2 new UK parkruns: Plantation Forest, Vale Park, Burslem,
UK 5k events compared to last week:
The number of events went up by 0.6%
The number of parkrunners went down by 6.5%
The number of parkrunners per event went down by 7.0%
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Worldwide:
25064 people got their parkrun barcode this week
16579 people became parkrunners this week
10800 parkrunners did their 'difficult second parkrun' this week
8757 parkrunners completed their parkrun hat trick this week
72799 of 5652043 (1.3%) on 1-9 parkruns added a parkrun this week
51411 of 1016105 (5.1%) on 10-24 parkruns added a parkrun this week
2555 joined the 25 club
49789 of 462929 (10.8%) on 25-49 parkruns added a parkrun this week
1542 joined the 50 club
57186 of 293945 (19.5%) on 50-99 parkruns added a parkrun this week
830 joined the 100 club
34872 of 122988 (28.4%) on 100-149 parkruns added a parkrun this week
566 ran their 150th parkrun this week
24461 of 61481 (39.8%) on 150-199 parkruns added a parkrun this week
413 ran their 200th parkrun this week
18420 of 36198 (50.9%) on 200-249 parkruns added a parkrun this week
335 joined the 250 club
13785 of 24680 (55.9%) on 250-299 parkruns added a parkrun this week
239 ran their 300th parkrun this week
9842 of 15778 (62.4%) on 300-349 parkruns added a parkrun this week
133 ran their 350th parkrun this week
6679 of 9603 (69.6%) on 350-399 parkruns added a parkrun this week
97 ran their 400th parkrun this week
4415 of 5871 (75.2%) on 400-449 parkruns added a parkrun this week
65 ran their 450th parkrun this week
2820 of 3411 (82.7%) on 450-499 parkruns added a parkrun this week
48 joined the 500 club
2683 parkruns were added this week by the 3288 people on 500-599 parkruns (81.6%)
15 ran their 600th parkrun this week
752 parkruns were added this week by the 853 people on 600-699 parkruns (88.2%)
2 ran their 700th parkrun this week
161 parkruns were added this week by the 179 people on 700-799 parkruns (89.9%)
1 ran their 800th parkrun this week
33 parkruns were added this week by the 35 people on 800-899 parkruns (94.3%)
0 ran their 900th parkrun this week
5 parkruns were added this week by the 5 people on 900-999 parkruns (100.0%)
0 ran their 1000th parkrun this week
1 parkrun was added this week by the 1 Darren on 1000+ parkruns (100.0%)
Volunteer summary:
2350 people became parkrun volunteers this week
1603 people did their 'difficult second volunteering' this week
1232 people completed their volunteer hat trick this week
393 joined the volunteer 25 club
268 joined the volunteer 50 club
172 joined the volunteer 100 club
53 joined the volunteer 250 club
4 joined the volunteer 500 club
0 joined the volunteer 1000 club
Thanks for reading. I’ll be taking a short break from producing these weekly stats. Back in a few weeks.