Thursday, December 31, 2009

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
  1. 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
  2. 2nd Overall Chattanooga Mountains Stage Race (22/18/20M = 60M)
  3. 1st Overall Bartlett Park 50k, course record (4:07:10)
  4. 2nd Overall McKay Hollow 1/2 Marathon (1:51:51)
  5. 1st Overall Delano 50k, course record (3:53:54)
  6. Sub 3 hour Boston Marathon (2:56:17)
  7. 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