Run Britain News – More races and racers in 2014

Just as runners all over Great Britain are reflecting on their performances of the past 12 months, here at runbritain we are taking a look at the trends in racing from the past year.

Once again, the stats show that we can celebrate maginficent growth in the number of performances you have recorded as well as the number of events that have been on the calender in 2014.

The number of performances we have recorded is almost 1,000,000 more than those recorded in 2013.

64.9% of the 2014 total were parkruns whereas 56% were parkruns in 2013 and this highlights significant growth in the number of runners participating in the huge number of parkruns now on offer.

The exact figures for the past four years are here:

Performances

Total Performances (includes overseas races)

2014: 3,706,924
2013: 2,737,352
2012: 2,042,307
2011: 1,598,017

parkrun Performances

2014: 2,367,194
2013: 1,530,497
2012: 904,175
2011: 516,728

Non-parkrun Performances

2014: 1,339,730
2013: 1,206,855
2012: 1,138,132
2011: 1,081,289

Events

2014 Licensed events
runbritain – 2180
Scotland – 436
Wales – 201
Northern Ireland – 192
Trail Runners Association – 245
parkrun – 13856

2013 Licensed events
runbritain – 2158
Scotland – 430
Wales – 208
Northern Ireland – 190
Trail Runners Association – 189
parkrun – 10264

2012 Licensed events
runbritain – 2119
Scotland – 445
Wales – 196
Northern Ireland – 137
Trail Runners Association – 136
parkrun – 6532

Keep up the good work and keep on racing! Let's give 2015 the biggest growth ever!

Run Britain – News