Here Comes The Science Bit

Running every day for a year has not just been about recording the miles - it’s been about recording the kilometres.  

But seriously, it’s been an adventure, but after 365 of consecutive running, here are the cold, hard, verifiable facts;

Races

1 mile x 1

2 mile x 5

5 mile x 1

10 mile x 2

5km x 27 (God bless you Parkrun) 

10km x 5

Half-Marathon x 4

Trail x 7

Hill x 7

Cross Country x 5

Plus the races that refuse to be categorised;

Chase The Bride x 1 (Congrats Rachel & Hector)

The Soup Run x 2

Kilomathon x 1

Survival of the Fittest x 1

KB Dash x 1

Total Stats

Here are  all the stats.  

Count:	392 Activities
Distance:	2,639.65 km
Time:	226:48:26 h:m:s
Calories:	220,851 C
Avg Time:	34:43 h:m:s
Avg Distance:	6.73 km
Avg Speed:	11.6 km/h
Avg HR:	143 bpm
Max HR:	177 bpm

Worth noting perhaps that I ran a total of 2,639km (1,639 miles) and according to Google Maps, it's 2,357km (1,465  miles) to Budapest.  This challenge started in Budapest.  I could just have ran home!

Or I could have ran to Leith and back 507 times.  

Minimum distance set by the committee was 3km.  I averaged 6.73km a day.  Not bad.  

The two questions I was asked most often last night during the celebration drinks were;

Q:  How often did you run the minimum distance?

A:  I ran the minimum distance of 3km a surprising 24 times.  3 of those were 2 mile races.  

Q: Why did you start doing this?

A:  Because of this article that I read in an inflight magazine on my way to Budapest.  I thought that running for a year sounded like a good challenge and Kata and Rachel said I should do it.  So I did.

http://www.runnersworld.com/runners-stories/california-man-sets-us-run-streak-record

The longest run was the Seven Hills route - 25.96km (16 miles).

https://connect.garmin.com/activity/717540783

Second longest was North Berwick to Seton Sands - 23.85km (14 miles).

https://connect.garmin.com/activity/698737181

Then it was the 4 half-marathons.  

I am going to keep running, keep the streak going.  Maybe I won't have the motivation that came with aiming for a target and an end date, or maybe I will be more relaxed about it?  Time will tell.  This has been life changing and I am not ready to stop.