2009 Running By the Numbers

2009 by the Numbers

As I much as I enjoyed putting the images of my running year together with captions for each, I equally enjoyed crunching the numbers from my season as well. Being an engineer, numbers are like candy for me; I can never get enough of them!

Thanks for all of those who made it possible for the numbers to exist; my wife Laura, my dogs Sirius and Fiina, my sponsors inov-8 and Fleet Feet, my friends (you know who you are) and countless others.

I look forward to an even faster and more adventurous 2010.

My Best Performances

2nd Overall Dizzy Fifties 50km, 6th fastest time ever on the course (3:53:15) and 149th fastest 50km time in the USA in 2009
2nd Overall Chattanooga Mountains Stage Race (22/18/20M = 60M)
1st Overall Bartlett Park 50k, course record (4:07:10)
2nd Overall McKay Hollow 1/2 Marathon (1:51:51)
1st Overall Delano 50k, course record (3:53:54)
Sub 3 hour Boston Marathon (2:56:17)
6th Overall Mountain Mist 4:32:15

Racing

39 Races
10 Ultra Marathons
2 Marathons
550 miles of racing
34 Times in the top 10 overall
27 Times in the top 5 overall
17 Times in the top 3 overall
4 overall wins

Personal Records

2 Mile at Winter Winds February 10:48
15km at Monte Sano 15km October 55:40
50km Mountain Mist 50km 4:32:15 (1st time)
50km Black Warrior 50km 4:15:27 (2nd time)
50km Delano Park 50km 3:53:54 (3rd time)
50km Dizzy Fifities 50km 3:53:15 (4th time)
50M Mountain Massochist 52M 8:29:24

Other

Hit 4,116 miles in a 365 day period on September 20 (3857 miles in 2009 calendar year)
Ran 15,000th career mile on October 24
Ran in 20 U.S. states (Alabama, Texas, California, Pennsylvania, Iowa, Washington, Massachusetts, Tennessee, Connecticut, North Carolina, Wisconsin, Michigan, Washington DC, Virginia, New Hampshire, Georgia, Mississippi, Vermont, Missouri, Kansas, Minnesota)
2nd Overall HTC Gran Prix Open Male
Zero (0) rest days
Coaching Fleet Feet Mizuno half marathon program
Managing Fleet Feet Racing Team
Run Across Alabama
Earned spot on inov-8 ultrarunning Race Team