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Re: Tube Challenge parkrun league...

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Hi!

This week saw Soup Dragon enter the 250 club, dudey run faster around Margate than he's ever ran around Margate before, and nozzacook doing his first parkrun of the year, alongside 9 other tubechallengey parkrunners who all made it out. Well done everyone! Spreadsheet

Headline Stats for 23 March 2024

There were 12 parkrunners at 10 different courses this week.

Congratulations to Soup Dragon on joining the 250 club this week.
Congratulations to: nozzacook
- on running their best time in 2024 (32:47).
Congratulations to: dudey
- on running a new course best (20:56 at Margate).

Congratulations to: nozzacook
- on running their best Age Grading in 2024 (46.11).
Congratulations to: dudey
- on running a new course best Age Grade (62.98 at Margate).

Steeevooo is one closer to being 'Lon-Done'
- (ticking off Grovelands)
Steeevooo is one closer to being 'Lon-Done +'
- (ticking off Grovelands)
Soup Dragon, Das and A2 are one step closer to being a SE Regionnaire
- (ticking off Margate, Frimley Lodge and Margate respectively)

34 of us have completed a grand total of 4646 parkruns (a total of 23230km) at 606 different locations.
Together we have a total combined running time of 98d, 10h, 4m and 26s.
The mean finish time at parkrun for a tube challenger is 30:31 (Mode: 26:30, Median: 28:47)
The mean Age Grade at parkrun for a tube challenger is 48.86 (Mode: 50.00, Median: 48.31)
Average tubechallenge parkrunners per week: 7.5 - Average finishes per tubechallenger: 136.6

23 of us have entered the 25 club, 21 are in the 50 club, 14 have made it to the 100 club, 8 can claim the green 250 club t-shirt and 0 have made it to the lofty heights of the 500 club. Volunteering clubs are more difficult to track.

32 of us have toured (2+ locations), 16 have the 'Quarter Cowell' badge (25+), 12 are at 'Half Cowell' level (50+), 8 are at 'Three Quarter Cowell' level (75+), 8 are in the prestigious 'Cowell Club' (100+) and 1 have toured so much they're members of the 'Freyne Club' (250+).
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Re: Tube Challenge parkrun league...

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for anybody whomwishes to join us our after event parkrun for the last bit of film is temorfa near cardiff this saturday
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Golf wrote: 26 Mar 2024, 23:03 for anybody who wishes to join us our after event parkrun for the last bit of film is temorfa near cardiff this saturday
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A bumper turnout of 15 of us again, and huge congrats to dudey for running a very speedy new PB. Elsewhere, jamesthegill and The Raven beat their '24 best and Soup Dragon completed Seaford Beach faster than he ever has before. Great stuff everybody - see all the info here.

Headline Stats for 30 March 2024

There were 15 parkrunners at 14 different courses this week.
New courses this week: Corby • Tremorfa

Congratulations to: dudey
- on running a new PB! (18:51).
Congratulations to: jamesthegill and The Raven
- on running their best time in 2024 (28:28 and 25:03).
Congratulations to: Soup Dragon
- on running a new course best (20:37 at Seaford Beach).

Congratulations to: dudey
- on running a new Age Grade PB! (69.94).
Congratulations to: jamesthegill and The Raven
- on running their best Age Grading in 2024 (respectively 47.6 and 52.96).
Congratulations to: Soup Dragon
- on running a new course best Age Grade (77.12 at Seaford Beach).

dudey ticked off another letter in their alphabet challenge (T)
Steeevooo and Matthewcook18 ticked off another number on their Stopwatch Bingo card (18 and 22 respectively)
Steeevooo is one closer to being 'Lon-Done'
- (ticking off Hilly Fields)
A2 and Steeevooo are one closer to being 'Lon-Done +'
- (ticking off Rickmansworth and Hilly Fields respectively)
dudey is one step closer to being a SE Regionnaire
- (ticking off The Leas)

34 of us have completed a grand total of 4661 parkruns (a total of 23305km) at 608 different locations.
Together we have a total combined running time of 98d, 18h, 4m and 1s.
The mean finish time at parkrun for a tube challenger is 30:31 (Mode: 26:30, Median: 28:47)
The mean Age Grade at parkrun for a tube challenger is 48.86 (Mode: 50.00, Median: 48.31)
Average tubechallenge parkrunners per week: 7.5 - Average finishes per tubechallenger: 137.1

23 of us have entered the 25 club, 21 are in the 50 club, 14 have made it to the 100 club, 8 can claim the green 250 club t-shirt and 0 have made it to the lofty heights of the 500 club. Volunteering clubs are more difficult to track.

32 of us have toured (2+ locations), 16 have the 'Quarter Cowell' badge (25+), 12 are at 'Half Cowell' level (50+), 8 are at 'Three Quarter Cowell' level (75+), 8 are in the prestigious 'Cowell Club' (100+) and 1 have toured so much they're members of the 'Freyne Club' (250+).
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10 more seconds to topple MarcG, then I can retire.
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dudey wrote: 02 Apr 2024, 09:15 10 more seconds to topple MarcG, then I can retire.
go dudey go do it!
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Well done to the 8 tubechallengers who made it round parkrun this weekend! Stats are here.

Headline Stats for 06 April 2024

There were 8 parkrunners at 8 different courses this week.

Soup Dragon and Das are one step closer to being a SE Regionnaire
- (ticking off Great Salterns and Guildford respectively)

34 of us have completed a grand total of 4669 parkruns (a total of 23345km) at 608 different locations.
Together we have a total combined running time of 98d, 22h, 4m and 0s.
The mean finish time at parkrun for a tube challenger is 30:31 (Mode: 26:30, Median: 28:47)
The mean Age Grade at parkrun for a tube challenger is 48.86 (Mode: 50.00, Median: 48.31)
Average tubechallenge parkrunners per week: 7.5 - Average finishes per tubechallenger: 137.3

23 of us have entered the 25 club, 21 are in the 50 club, 14 have made it to the 100 club, 8 can claim the green 250 club t-shirt and 0 have made it to the lofty heights of the 500 club. Volunteering clubs are more difficult to track.

32 of us have toured (2+ locations), 16 have the 'Quarter Cowell' badge (25+), 12 are at 'Half Cowell' level (50+), 8 are at 'Three Quarter Cowell' level (75+), 8 are in the prestigious 'Cowell Club' (100+) and 1 have toured so much they're members of the 'Freyne Club' (250+).
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Re: Tube Challenge parkrun league...

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9 of us out this week, with new best times in '24 for Andi and *****. Well done everyone, you can check how your run affects the various pages of the immense spreadsheet here.

Headline Stats for 13 April 2024

There were 9 parkrunners at 9 different courses this week.
New courses this week: Hastings High School

Congratulations to: Andi and *****
- on running their best time in 2024 (20:51 and 24:54).

Congratulations to: Andi and *****
- on running their best Age Grading in 2024 (respectively 69.62 and 59.71).

A2 is one closer to being 'Lon-Done'
- (ticking off Bushy Park)
A2 is one closer to being 'Lon-Done +'
- (ticking off Bushy Park)
Das is one step closer to being a SE Regionnaire
- (ticking off Broadwater)

34 of us have completed a grand total of 4678 parkruns (a total of 23390km) at 609 different locations.
Together we have a total combined running time of 99d, 3h, 4m and 20s.
The mean finish time at parkrun for a tube challenger is 30:31 (Mode: 26:30, Median: 28:46)
The mean Age Grade at parkrun for a tube challenger is 48.87 (Mode: 50.00, Median: 48.31)
Average tubechallenge parkrunners per week: 7.5 - Average finishes per tubechallenger: 137.6

23 of us have entered the 25 club, 21 are in the 50 club, 14 have made it to the 100 club, 8 can claim the green 250 club t-shirt and 0 have made it to the lofty heights of the 500 club. Volunteering clubs are more difficult to track.

32 of us have toured (2+ locations), 16 have the 'Quarter Cowell' badge (25+), 12 are at 'Half Cowell' level (50+), 8 are at 'Three Quarter Cowell' level (75+), 8 are in the prestigious 'Cowell Club' (100+) and 1 have toured so much they're members of the 'Freyne Club' (250+).
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15 of us out this week! Congratulations to A2 who entered the 100 club this week, and well done to all our runners including the five who either ran their best time in 2024 or a course best this week!

All the stats are here :mrgreen:

Headline Stats for 20 April 2024

There were 15 parkrunners at 12 different courses this week.
New courses this week: Clare Castle

Congratulations to A2 on joining the 100 club this week.
Congratulations to: scrxisi, jamesthegill, Going Underground and Das
- on running their best time in 2024 (respectively 31:44, 28:11, 41:11 and 36:11).
Congratulations to: *****
- on running a new course best (24:55 at Pymmes).

Congratulations to: scrxisi, jamesthegill, Going Underground and Das
- on running their best Age Grading in 2024 (respectively 43.01, 48.08, 40.71 and 44.31).
Congratulations to: *****
- on running a new course best Age Grade (59.67 at Pymmes).

Beer Baron ticked off another letter in their alphabet challenge (U)
A2 and Beer Baron ticked off another number on their Stopwatch Bingo card (21 and 38 respectively)

34 of us have completed a grand total of 4693 parkruns (a total of 23465km) at 610 different locations.
Together we have a total combined running time of 99d, 11h, 4m and 51s.
The mean finish time at parkrun for a tube challenger is 30:31 (Mode: 26:30, Median: 28:48)
The mean Age Grade at parkrun for a tube challenger is 48.86 (Mode: 50.00, Median: 48.30)
Average tubechallenge parkrunners per week: 7.6 - Average finishes per tubechallenger: 138.0

23 of us have entered the 25 club, 21 are in the 50 club, 15 have made it to the 100 club, 8 can claim the green 250 club t-shirt and 0 have made it to the lofty heights of the 500 club. Volunteering clubs are more difficult to track.

32 of us have toured (2+ locations), 16 have the 'Quarter Cowell' badge (25+), 12 are at 'Half Cowell' level (50+), 8 are at 'Three Quarter Cowell' level (75+), 8 are in the prestigious 'Cowell Club' (100+) and 1 have toured so much they're members of the 'Freyne Club' (250+).
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Re: Tube Challenge parkrun league...

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Not long before I get to retire and SD takes this back over! In the meantime, congratulations to The Raven on his new PB, and the others who set their best time in 2024 this week. In all 11 of us got out there, well done! Details

Headline Stats for 27 April 2024

There were 11 parkrunners at 10 different courses this week.
New courses this week: Bury St Edmunds • Vejen

Congratulations to: The Raven
- on running a new PB! (24:22).
Congratulations to: Matthewcook18, nozzacook and *****
- on running their best time in 2024 (respectively 31:41, 31:39 and 24:44).

Congratulations to: The Raven
- on running a new Age Grade PB! (54.45).
Congratulations to: *****, nozzacook and Matthewcook18
- on running their best Age Grading in 2024 (respectively 40.72, 47.76 and 60.11).


34 of us have completed a grand total of 4704 parkruns (a total of 23520km) at 612 different locations.
Together we have a total combined running time of 99d, 17h, 4m and 30s.
The mean finish time at parkrun for a tube challenger is 30:32 (Mode: 26:30, Median: 28:48)
The mean Age Grade at parkrun for a tube challenger is 48.86 (Mode: 50.00, Median: 48.30)
Average tubechallenge parkrunners per week: 7.6 - Average finishes per tubechallenger: 138.4

23 of us have entered the 25 club, 21 are in the 50 club, 15 have made it to the 100 club, 8 can claim the green 250 club t-shirt and 0 have made it to the lofty heights of the 500 club. Volunteering clubs are more difficult to track.

32 of us have toured (2+ locations), 16 have the 'Quarter Cowell' badge (25+), 12 are at 'Half Cowell' level (50+), 8 are at 'Three Quarter Cowell' level (75+), 8 are in the prestigious 'Cowell Club' (100+) and 1 have toured so much they're members of the 'Freyne Club' (250+).
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Amongst the 9 tube challengers at parkrun this week we saw SD running Lanhydrock faster than he ever has before and nozzacook recording his best time of the year. See all the info here. Well done everyone!

Headline Stats for 04 May 2024

There were 9 parkrunners at 9 different courses this week.
New courses this week: Wakehurst

Congratulations to: nozzacook
- on running their best time in 2024 (29:43).
Congratulations to: Soup Dragon
- on running a new course best (23:35 at Lanhydrock).

Congratulations to: nozzacook
- on running their best Age Grading in 2024 (50.87).
Congratulations to: Soup Dragon
- on running a new course best Age Grade (67.42 at Lanhydrock).

Iain and Das are one step closer to being a SE Regionnaire
- (ticking off Wakehurst and Homewood respectively)

34 of us have completed a grand total of 4713 parkruns (a total of 23565km) at 613 different locations.
Together we have a total combined running time of 99d, 22h, 4m and 42s.
The mean finish time at parkrun for a tube challenger is 30:32 (Mode: 26:30, Median: 28:48)
The mean Age Grade at parkrun for a tube challenger is 48.86 (Mode: 50.00, Median: 48.29)
Average tubechallenge parkrunners per week: 7.6 - Average finishes per tubechallenger: 138.6

23 of us have entered the 25 club, 21 are in the 50 club, 15 have made it to the 100 club, 8 can claim the green 250 club t-shirt and 0 have made it to the lofty heights of the 500 club. Volunteering clubs are more difficult to track.

32 of us have toured (2+ locations), 16 have the 'Quarter Cowell' badge (25+), 12 are at 'Half Cowell' level (50+), 8 are at 'Three Quarter Cowell' level (75+), 8 are in the prestigious 'Cowell Club' (100+) and 1 have toured so much they're members of the 'Freyne Club' (250+).
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tractakid popped over to Norway to take advantage of the Scandawegian extra parkruns on 09 May and used the opportunity to run his 250th different location. Congratulations tractakid. Spreadsheet.

Headline Stats for 09 May 2024

There was 1 parkrunner this week.
New courses this week: Nansenparken

Congratulations to tractakid who reached 250 different locations, known as the 'Freyne Club'
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Great effort Tractakid!
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Just a coincidence it was in Norway. But it means neither my Cowell nor Freyne happened on a Saturday :lol:

My 100th different was Hove Promenade, the first of the New Year's Double on Monday 1st January, 2018.
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Congrats to tractakid - I'll be joining you in five or six months :D
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