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.)
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.
