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