Final Tables of 2013

The end of 2013 is here....

 

pYL for 2013 is now complete and forever more results are set in stone. Are you happy with what you achieved, are you jumping for delight or are you waiting for 2014 to come to try that little bit harder?

So the overall time table is below and it shows that Gregan Clarkson run away with it. He forever will be the 2013 champion and he gets to walk off with the 2013 trophy and if he wants, a free tattoo! Gregan please let me know if you want a complimentary tattoo of “pYL 2013”?? ;-)

John Broom finished in second 19minutes and 3 seconds behind Gregan, with Dawn 16 minutes 53 behind John. Just missing out on the podium was Dave Playforth who was only 32 seconds behind Dawn, but he managed to jump over me on the last parkrun of the year! Cheers Dave J

 

 

 

The age grade table was wrapped up a few runs ago with Dawn’s parkrun at Graves, Gregan did improve his age grade at Peter Pan on his last run but it was never going to be enough. So congratulations to Dawn who finished 5.32% ahead of Gregan, who in turn finished 33.38% ahead of John. Dave Playforth once again knocked off the podium into fourth place a further 31.76% further back.

 

 

 

 

 

The unique parkrun table has also been without drastic change for a little while John Broom finishing top of the pile, well done John. With 28 different parkruns in England and one at Malahide in the Republic of Ireland giving John 31 points, 2 more then Dawn. I just make it onto the podium with 16 different parkruns in England. Not one person managed a run in Wales or Scotland this year, bet that’s not the case in 2014!

 

 

 

I will be in contact with the winners working out the best parkrun to meet them at to had over the trophy and have a photo taken.....if they agree!

 

So there you have it, it all starts again on New Years day when we will be open to new runners joining our merry competition. It has been decided not to change a thing….stick with the 8 evens we currently have. We will be able to compare 2013 to 2014 as well, see who is doing better….and worse. I have enjoyed keeping us all up to date, it does take time to complete a update, but its interesting to see how things are going. I am hoping the soon to be released AP (would allow updates to a Access Database) will be useful to me, but will wait and see. Paul Backen is the only person to let me know so far he is joining, welcome Paul but I do hear second hand of other interest. Please let me know at parkrunYL@gmail.com or on a facebook post you wish to join in. Same if you wish to be removed. If you are joining I need to know your name and parkrun number (so I can find you on the results).

 

Right time to get some running trainers on…..

 

Mark 

Tables as of December 27th

HoHoHo.....Merry Christmas everybody.

 

With only one parkrun left in the year 2013 it was about time I updated the league tables. Ill try and update the tables as soon as I can after the last run (this Saturday) so we can finish off 2013 and move onto 2014....more on that later.

 

In the Overall time table, John and Dawn with their visit to Graves overtook me to be sitting in 2nd and 3rd place behind Gregan. It looks like this table is now set and Gregan will be the winner....

 

In the Age Grade/WAVA table Dawn jumped above Gregan and now sits 5.67% ahead of Gregan. I know Gregan is planning a trip to Peter Pan on Saturday but it think it is very unlikely he will get the 83.05% needed to go ahead of Dawn, this assumes of course that Dawn doesn't improve on a parkrun herself. 

 

As for the unique parkruns this has been won by John Broom as he is two ahead of Dawn with one possible run to go. Well done John!!

 

As for 2014, the league will be opened up to new recruits, until as this year, the last day of February. All you need to do it email me at parkrunyl@gmail.com or post a reply on a posting on the facebook page. I will need to know your name and your parkrun unique ID so I can locate you in the results pages. I will assume all current participants of 2013 will want to be involved in 2014, but please if you have no intention of running a good number of the parkruns please let me know as more people in the tables more time consuming it is.

 

All winners will receive a trophy to keep...thank you Dave Playforth for them. I will arrange a suitable parkrun in the New Year to hand over, hopefully photos of the winners with the trophies will follow in 2014. I will I promise take a photo of the trophies all together later on today and post here.

 

All the very best to you all,

 

Mark

Age Grade Table - repost (16 December)

There was a error with this opening on the main post earlier today

Tables as of December 16th

 

OK where to start?

 

The overall time table. Gregan Clarkson now sits top of this table....that's the thanks I get for driving him there - knocked off the top...nice! Gregan smashed a 17.51 there which was only a handful of seconds slower then the course record on what was a cold windy parkrun day. Vince McGowan knocked out a cracking time of 21.14 which is a strong run on the tough Graves course and Steve Taylor a 22.04. I ran a time slower then I did earlier in the year so I dont get any yellow on my line! Boo Hoo! Last week Dave Playforth revisited his old stomping ground of Sewerby and knocked a chunk off with a 21.37. Nice running Dave. This leaves Gregan pretty untouchable in this league and think he will be getting his hand on the trophy. (More on that in a bit).

The age grade table. This is interesting and though Gregan is at the top of the table, Dawn Broom is in touching distance. The difference currently sits at 66.46% which looking at Dawns other percentages should be in her grasp, even on Graves tough course assuming Dawn gets to visit before 2013 is done and dusted. Gregan maybe able to make it a touch harder with a improved run he is planning at Peter Pan...but the run he has banked there already is strong. What does 66.46 equate to in terms of time for Dawn......I think ill leave that for Dawn to work out...

 

Unique runs table. John has improved his position slightly over the last couple of weeks by a run at Winchester that Dawn did not run in. John completed it in17.50 which is faster then any time he has in the yPL.

 

Trophies. Dave Playforth kindly donated 3 trophies he had made for yPL back near the beginning of 2013. These will be awarded to the three winners of each table for safekeeping in 2014, to be returned near the end of that year. For each winner I will present them with the trophy at a logical parkrun early in 2014. Massive thanks to Dave for the trophies and ill post a picture of them all together waiting for their winners to claim them in the next few days...

 

So there are few parkrun days left in 2013, soon ill be asking for new entrants to the 2014 league. If anyone doesn't wish to be automatically put forward to the 2014 leagues from the 2013 please let me know.

 

As for the events for next year, I have been canvassing opinion. The trip to Graves the last weekend was enjoyed by all, and thought its a tough parkrun its a enjoyable parkrun. There did seem a consensus that a couple of extra parkruns would be of benefit next year. Finding the balance between enough and too many is a tricky line to walk. We currently have 8, and as much as I would like to include this one and that one (as all are appealing) the two that seem to get a lot of mentions are Rother Valley and Lincoln. Both are two of the closest to Hull as well, where many of the leagues runners live. I know I cant please all, but I also what to do what the majority of people think is correct. Please keep telling me your thoughts and posting in response to this what you think.

 

Few extra stats as of 16th of December, there are 16 of us in the league:

Graves run by 6 runners

Hull run by 15 runners
Peter pan run by 10 runners
Leeds run by 5 runners
Pontefract run by 6 runners
Scunthorpe run by 12 runners
Sewerby run by 13 runners
York run by 10 runners

Thanks for reading,

 

Mark 

 

 

 

  

Tables as of December 1st

Quick update this week, as I am off on a trip that will finish with a run at Darleys parkrun near Derby on Saturday.

So on the Age Grade table we have a new leader, a strong recent set of runs from Dawn Broom puts her top of the pile! I know Gregan is planning a Graves parkrun soon (14th of December) and as Dawn and Gregan are so close if Dawn runs Graves this year too that will be the run that decides it.....and on the toughest course too. Its interesting viewing the age grade percentages for both runners at each event, not a lot between them at most events but the circa 6% difference at York really makes a big difference...and puts Dawn top of the pile.

Big shout out to Dave Playforth and Sheila Maddison who have both done Pontefract and Graves in the last two weeks and moves them both up the tables. Dave just has Leeds missing now and Sheila Leeds and Sewerby.

On the unique runs its still John Broom leading the way on 26 events and Dawn just behind on 25. Quite a undertaking doing a fresh parkrun event on average every other week for the whole of 2013. I know my 14 feels a lot, but 25&26 is some achievement.

Lets all try and add some yellow between now and the end of the competition, at the very end of December.

We need to think about 2014 soon too......more events/different events, what works, what doesn't, what should be changed. If you have any thoughts please share with the group...

Till next time (2 weeks time I think)

Mark

 

Overall Time

 

Age Grade

 

 

Unique Runs