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Running Stats 2016

December 31, 2016 By: Courtney @ Eat Pray Run DC21 Comments

I’ve already written a bit about some of the highs and favorite things from my year of running (check out that post and link up! here), but I wanted to dig into my running stats for posterity and for a bit of nerd fun. 

Running Stats 2016

Miles run: 1,427.8 (versus 744.5 miles last year). This is by far the most mileage I’ve ever run in one year – even though I’ve had years where I’ve run multiple marathons. That’s what happens when you run marathon undertrained (as I used to) – you don’t run many miles! 

Time spent running: 235 hours, 10 minutes and 40 seconds. That’s just under ten full days of running! 

Races: 20 – see them all here. 

PRs: 5k, 10k, 10 miler, 1/2 marathon and full marathon. That was kind of ridiculous and definitely unplanned – I wrote a bit about PRing in just about every major race distance here.

Highest mileage month: 215.8 – August. I could not believe the mileage I hit in August. With the hottest temps and the worse humidity, I ran the most miles I’ve ever run. It was kinda cool to hit this milestone!

Lowest mileage month: 49.14 miles – November. This is consistent with last year. After I run my goal fall marathon, I always take some time off

Number of 100+ mile months: 7. This was my first year running higher mileage and so it was neat to see all the months that I’ve run more than 100 miles. It’s not too hard to do that when you run six days a week, though. 🙂

Average miles per week: 27.45. What is funny to me is that this is the average over the whole year and it’s basically what I used to run when training for a marathon. Sigh. #undertrained. I’m so glad I learned about the Hanson Method this year. By far once of the best decisions I made, running wise. 

Average runs per week: 5.1. This of course includes weeks that I wasn’t in training, so it’s pretty impressive that it’s that close to six when I have only two big training blocks throughout the year. 

Average pace: 9:57 min mile – again this is the average over all of my runs total. Not bad! 

Average cadence: 160. I am pleased at this number. I’ve been working on my cadence for awhile and I find it really challenging to keep it quick – so I like to see it at 160 or higher and it’s been consistently at that level for the past couple months, which is nice to see. 

2016 was a really incredible year of running for me – I’m excited to see what 2017 brings! Wishing you all a safe and happy New Year!

Have you linked up your Year of Running post yet? Don’t forget to do so – click here!


Comments

  1. Tyler says

    December 31, 2016 at 1:14 pm

    How do you keep track of all these stats? Is it automatic on your watch?

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    • Courtney @ Eat Pray Run DC says

      January 1, 2017 at 8:50 am

      This data all came from Garmin – and I calculated a couple of the averages.

      Reply
  2. Jennifer says

    December 31, 2016 at 1:50 pm

    Woah mama! Mileage x 2. That is awesome 🙂

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    • Courtney @ Eat Pray Run DC says

      January 1, 2017 at 8:47 am

      Yeah, it was definitely something special!

      Reply
  3. Danielle @ Wild Coast Tales says

    December 31, 2016 at 5:05 pm

    Congrats on an incredible year of running! How fun to have these stats to look back on. I am thinking of starting to use Strava in 2017 to do the same!

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    • Courtney @ Eat Pray Run DC says

      January 1, 2017 at 8:47 am

      I use Strava but all this data just came from Garmin!

      Reply
  4. Elizabeth says

    December 31, 2016 at 8:32 pm

    Fantastic stats! I love looking back at the data. It’s so fun to compare years.

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    • Courtney @ Eat Pray Run DC says

      January 1, 2017 at 8:48 am

      It really is fun comparing various years and seeing progress!

      Reply
  5. Wendy@Taking the Long Way Home says

    January 1, 2017 at 9:23 am

    I’m glad to know I’m not the only one who loves the numbers!!

    Damn girl, you ran a lot of miles this year. You really had a great year of running. It’s been so fun to follow you!

    Happy New Year!

    Reply
    • Courtney @ Eat Pray Run DC says

      January 1, 2017 at 9:22 pm

      HA! You are not alone, friend!

      Reply
  6. Jennifer @ Dashing in Style says

    January 1, 2017 at 5:25 pm

    What a jump in mileage! So cool to see how you’ve made the Hansons method work for you this year. So many accomplishments and an awesome year overall. Congrats!

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    • Courtney @ Eat Pray Run DC says

      January 1, 2017 at 9:27 pm

      Thank you! I’ll always be thankful to you for really encouraging me to even give Hansons a try!

      Reply
  7. Abby @BackatSquareZero says

    January 1, 2017 at 8:25 pm

    You had an amazing year and put in so much hard work.

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  8. Heather Debelak says

    January 2, 2017 at 12:26 pm

    Congrats on a successful running year! I sure racked up the miles this year too following Hansons. It is always nice to look back and see how much you have grown as a runner from the previous year.

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    • Courtney @ Eat Pray Run DC says

      January 2, 2017 at 2:50 pm

      hey -just an FYI, I went to try and leave a comment on your blog and it didn’t work. But great week and I love your pic on the trail!

      Reply
  9. Chau says

    January 3, 2017 at 12:35 am

    Congrats, I love what you’ve been working on last year. Such an awesome year of running for you. Can’t wait to see where 2017 takes you.
    Chau recently posted…13 Running Tips For Weight LossMy Profile

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  10. Amanda says

    January 5, 2017 at 9:10 pm

    That average pace is so awesome! Congrats on such an amazing year of running! You ran an INSANE amount of miles. I ran 250 total this year and felt like that was a lot. bahaha 🙂
    Amanda recently posted…That’s Life: Reflecting on 2016 + Looking to 2017My Profile

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    • Courtney @ Eat Pray Run DC says

      January 5, 2017 at 9:22 pm

      You have a toddler! 250 with a baby in a stroller = 750 in my head 🙂

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  11. Christy says

    January 7, 2017 at 9:30 pm

    I’m so impressed and inspired by your running this year! Can’t wait to see what 2017 brings!

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    • Courtney @ Eat Pray Run DC says

      January 7, 2017 at 9:45 pm

      Thanks! Hope we’ll get to run together soon!

      Reply
  12. Karen M says

    January 8, 2017 at 7:29 am

    Your year was great – I’m most impressed that it you stayed injury free!! Kudos – you’re doing I right. I’m toying w the Hanson method but worry about injury. Thanks for your summaries – really encouraging.

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