Friday, January 1, 2010

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.

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