Saturday, January 3, 2009

2008 RUNNING SUMMARY

Accomplishments
· Overall winner in 5 races (four 5k's and one 10.5k)
· Male Open Runner of the Year in "Run and See Georgia" Grand Prix Series
· 1st in Age Group in "Run and See Georgia" Grand Prix Series
· PRs in every distance I ran

Races
· 75 races total
· 61 5k races
· 5 10k races
· 3 half marathons
· 6 races in other distances
· Raced in 3 states
· Most races in a month 11
· Most races in a day 3
· Number of times I started a race late 3
· Number of 5k races where I ran sub-20, where the course was a true 5k distance 21
· Fastest 5k 18:40 (Mile 1 5:40, Mile 2 11:51) Thomaston Christmas Lane 12/13
· Slowest 5k 35:18 (Brasstown Bald) due to that one hill

Miles
· 1861 total miles
· Miles per week before June - 20 something
· Miles per week since June - 40+ (except for about 3 weeks in the 30's)
· Most miles in a week 50 (3 times)
· Most miles in a month 193 (December)
· Least miles in a month 100 (April)
· Most miles in a day 15
· Most consecutive days off 3 (once)
· Longest single training run 11.1 miles
· Two training runs in the same day - many

Monthly Mileage
Jan – 121 Feb - 114 Mar – 119 Apr – 100 May – 135 Jun – 185
Jul – 175 Aug – 181 Sep – 165 Oct – 177 Nov – 192 Dec - 193

Distribution of Miles per Day
· Did not run 73 days (20%)
· More than 0 but less than 4 47 days (12.8%)
· At least 4 but less than 6 97 days (26.6%)
· At least 6 but less than 8 55 days (15.1%)
· At least 8 but less than 10 45 days (12.3%)
· At least 10 but less than 11 36 days (9.8%)
· 11 or more 12 days (3.3%)