States Run In - Number 43

The 49th State and the 43rd State I have run in only missing (Rhode Island, New York, West Virginia, Delaware, Oklahoma, Indiana, Michigan, and North Dakota)

1.  Maine (Portland)
2.  New Hampshire (Hanover)
2a.  Vermont (Hanover)
3.  Massachusetts (Boston)
4.  Connecticut (Branford)
4a. New Jersey (Hotel looking over NYC)
5.  Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh)
6.  Maryland (Annapolis)
7.  Virginia (Bull Run?)
8.  North Carolina (Charlotte)
9.  South Carolina (Columbia)
10. Georgia (Atlaesnta)
11.  Florida (Orlando)
12.  Alabama (Huntsville)
13.  Tennessee (Knoxville)
14.  Kentucky (Uncle's House?)
15.  Ohio (Rittman)
16.  Mississippi (Jackson)
17.  Illinois (Chicago)
18.  Louisiana (New Orleans)
19.  Arkansas (Little Rock)
20.  Missouri (I-70)
21.  Iowa (Des Moines)
22.  Wisconsin (Milwaukee)
23.  Minnesota (Mankato)
24.  Texas (San Antonio)
25.  Kansas (I-70)
26.  Nebraska (Omaha)
27.  South Dakota (Rapid City)
28.  New Mexico (Albuquerque)
29.  Colorado (Denver)
30.  Wyoming (Yellowstone)
31.  Montana (Missoula)
32.  Arizona (Phoenix)
33.  Utah (Salt Lake City)
34.  Idaho
35.  Nevada (Las Vegas)
36.  California (Rosamond)
37.  Oregon (Portland)
38.  Washington (Seattle)
39.  Hawaii (Honolulu)
40.  Alaska (Ketchikan)

2011 Running Review

And that was 2011.  An apparent shift away from running and more time in the gym could be seen versus my previous seven years. Of course that average also included 2009 when I ran every day for a year.  Funny thing was that my 5K time improved in 2011 to 22:46 from 2010.  With some more specific type training (speed training and back to a good long run on Sunday - 60 minutes or more), I should get close to the 20:00 minute mark.  That would make me happy!

2010 Year in Running

Hmmm, can you see where my consecutive days of running streak ended (542 days by the way)?

Run Journal

Graphically that was my 2009 year of running. The vertical axis is minutes run in a week. I certainly aren't pounding the pavement but I did run 365 straight days that included at least 20 minutes of running. I average about 205 minutes a week so probably about 20 - 25 miles a week. Managed one half marathon but would have liked to run a 5K. Historically speaking I pretty much beat all my averages and for the most part run above my historical 90% upper limit. The real trick will be to keep it going in 2010...

2008 Running

Well that is my year in running....here is to a better 2009!

Running Records

Okay after looking at Pre's records I decided to look at the mile progression The above graph shows the mile and 800 meter progression over about 86 year period. The first line is the mythical 4 minute barrier and the second line is the two minute period (not so mythical). Anyway it would appear that an average of 0.36 seconds was taken off per year in the mile and about 0.13 seconds in the half mile. Both graphs are relatively linear and both records have now stood for 9 and 11 years respectively. This is the longest the mile record has stood and quite sometime for the 800. I wonder if no one runs the mile anymore? Has the metric mile taken over? In the interest of comparison the chart below shows the mile for swimming. I have no knowledge of swimming but the curve is very different (almost logarithmic) from running races?

Pre?

Below is Pre's PRs. For two years he was at the top of the world. Pre's legend has been ingrained into any runner's psyche. He was a free spirit who ran with a passion that few in the US can comprehend. Many have tried to grab hold of that spirit and some with varying degrees of success (Bob Kennedy) made a run at it. It is interesting to me how parts of the world seem to be granted running success. In the 70s it was the US, 80s probably Britain, and the 90s the Kenyans. Throw in New Zealanders too. Below the table is the current world records and American records. Pre could have stayed up with them until the 5 and 10K were run...wow those races have really had a tremendous surge in record times....

World Record American Record

3:26.00 3:29.30

4:44.79 4:52.44

7:20.67 7:30.84

12:37.35 12:58.21

26:17.53 27:13.98

3:43.13 3:46.91

7:58.61 8:07.07

Running

Just a quick chart showing my running averages over the last 4 years. The square is the mean and the lines on either end is the 95% upper and lower confidence limits.

Nike+

Since July 13, 2006 I have been logging every run using the Nike+ Apple iPod nano to track my runs. On 3/6/07, a total of 236 days later I had run a 159 runs or 67% of the days I put in some kind of run. Over those 159 runs I ran 546.83 miles or about 3.4 miles a run. Average pace was 10:03 a mile. My farthest run was 8.74 miles. So there is a summary.