Before I sat down to write this blog, I read RunThrough Run Club member Sophie’s recap of the weekend’s hot and sweaty Wimbledon Common Half Marathon. As we waited nervously beforehand together, ran a lot of the race together and went to Wetherspoons to recover with the RunClub post-race, there’s nothing I can say here that Sophie hasn’t covered better than I could. So, for all you data-lovers out there, here’s a recap of the day with a few key numbers:
Race Day – Vital Stats
1 = number of miles I ran pre-race, for the bus
2 = second race in the series
81 = per cent humidity
23 = Degrees Celsius
1 x KILLER HILL
People Power
2 x Race Directors
20 x elite athlete race marshals (including a GB 800m runner and the female Isle of Man 3k and 5k champion)
646 x Finishers
1 x Lead Bike
288 x more runners than the first race of the series!
Hours and Minutes
1.34.06 = overall winning female time
1.20.31 = overall winning male time
02.02.45 = average finishing time
2.10.28 = average female under 40 finishing time for Race 2
(2.05.39 = Average female under 40 finishing time for Race 1)
1.54.37 = average male under 40 finishing time for Race 2
(1.53.23 = average male under 40 finishing time for Race 1)
Club Competition
143 x runners ran for a club
68 x different clubs
4 x RunThroughUK Run Club members
Biggest Clubs
15 x Ealing Eagles
12 x Burgess Hill Runners
8 x Fulham Running Club Members
And finally, the good news is…
383 = more finishers this time round
12.10.2014 = the final race in the 2014 Wimbledon Half Series – click the picture below to sign up.
(NB – this isn’t a comprehensive data-set, just a few fast facts but if you’d like to know something specific I’ll have my statistician (!) take a look!)