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2018 Running Stats

December 27, 2018 By: Courtney @ Eat Pray Run DC4 Comments

I’ve already shared my Year in Running – you can go check that out here. But today, I want to really dig into my running stats for the year. I love data and luckily I have quite a bit of data that tells me about my runs over the year. I pulled this data from Garmin Connect. It’s not perfect – because no technology is but this is pretty close, so it’s what I’m going with. 

  • I have run a total of 1,432 miles in 2018. This is the highest mileage I have ever run! I’m actually surprised that I beat my 2016 mileage, (which was 1,427 miles) because I sometimes felt this year that I wasn’t running a lot, but the data shows otherwise!
  • Time spent running: 243 hours. That’s a lot of time running!  
  • Number of races: 12 – including my DNF at Grandma’s! You can see all my races here. I honestly have no racing goals in 2019 aside from being healthy enough to race at Shamrock Marathon in March. That’s my #1 goal.
  • PRs set: 0 – and that is 100% okay. Not every year is going to yield PR after PR after PR.
  • 8 months with at least 100 miles of running. That explains the highest mileage piece, I think! 🙂
  • Lowest mileage month: July with 40.39 miles.
  • Highest mileage month: May with 195.89 miles. I obviously peaked for Grandma’s Marathon in May – the race was in June, so I expected May to be my highest mileage month.
  • Average miles per week over the course of the year: 27.5 – this is just a bit above last year. I’m pleased with this – that’s a really solid average for a causal runner like myself.
  • Average pace over the course of the year: 10:14. In 2017 my average pace was 9:40. I am not surprised by this since I set tons of PRs and had lots of fast running in 2017, and did not set any PRs in 2018.
  • Average cadence: 162. This is still a work in progress but a bit faster than 2017, which was 160. I’m pleased with this improvement! 

2018 was a challenging year, running included. I’m looking forward to getting a handle on this lingering injury and having a healthy year of running in 2019!

Have you linked up your Year of Running post yet? Don’t forget to do so – link closes at the end of January!


Comments

  1. Darlene says

    December 28, 2018 at 12:00 pm

    That’s an impressive year…by the numbers.

    I usually do this too but tis year my numbers are down in every category but that’s ok. I’m healthy and running.

    Reply
    • Courtney @ Eat Pray Run DC says

      December 29, 2018 at 9:37 am

      It’s totally okay. I actually suspected that my numbers would be down. I was surprised that this was my year with the most running I’ve ever done!

      Reply
  2. Debbie @ Deb Runs says

    December 30, 2018 at 3:40 pm

    You got some great numbers in during 2018! I haven’t hit over a thousand miles in many years, but that’s the right choice for me these days. Here’s to a healthy and injury-free 2019 for us both! Happy New Year!
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    • Courtney @ Eat Pray Run DC says

      January 1, 2019 at 10:36 pm

      Happy New Year!! I hope you have a great year, Debbie!!

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