2009 Recap

Man, did 2009 fly by or what?! They go by faster every year.

While it may have been a challenging year for me (and many others) business-wise, 2009 was a breakthrough year for me physically. If you're familiar with this blog and my "story", you know that I gave up on running a few years ago - for good...so I thought. I'll elaborate on this year's journey back to running in a future post. Here, I just want to summarize the numbers.

So...here they are!

• # of runs – 164
• Miles run – 825
• Time run – 117:09:18
• Avg. mile pace – 8:32
• Avg. heart rate - 138
• Longest run – 15 mi. (Dec.)
• Highest week – 42 mi. (Dec.)
• Highest month – 159 mi. (Dec.)
• # of races – 7 (incl. bike leg of triathlon)
• 5k - 1 (22:20)
• 10k - 3 (44:59 / 44:06 / 44:47)
• half marathon - 2 (1:44:04 / 1:42:17)
• Bike Rides (outdoors) – 32
• Cycling Miles (outdoors) – 820
• Cycling time – 50:03:36
• Avg. MPH – 16.4
• Cycling rides on indoor trainer – 21
• Time on trainer – 20:55:00
• Miles (estimated) on trainer – 332

• Total injuries – 4 (only 2 running-related)
• Total illnesses – 5
• Total PR's – 3
• Most miles run/month (159 - Dec.)
• Longest running streak (19 days - Dec.)
• Half Marathon (1:42:17 - Dec.)

That should be enough numbers to make your head spin (I'm a bit geeky about keeping track of my running stats, obviously).

Soon, I'll post about what I believed were the keys that allowed me to run pretty much injury-free (despite my history of chronic injuries) for the entirety of 2009.