Yesterday marked my 1,500th day off! Not a mark I want to celebrate. Getting injured is just part of the game, just have to work to come back as fit as possible and hopefully keep the downtime to a minimum.
Breakdown of days off by year:
1978 - 3
1979 - 205
1980 - 89
1981 - 75
1982 - 53
1983 - 68
1984 - 42
1985 - 90
1986 - 89
1987 - 29
1988 - 15
1989 - 4
1990 - 8
1991 - 0
1992 - 0
1993 - 0
1994 - 39
1995 - 3
1996 - 0
1997- 209
1998 - 48
1999 - 66
2000 - 16
2001 - 20
2002 - 38
2003 - 39
2004 - 59
2005 - 65
2006 - 28
2007 - 11
2008 - 60
2009 - 29
Total = 1,500 days off
That is more than 4 years of not running!
11,206 days since I started running.
That means 1 day off for every 7.4 days run, which I guess isn’t too bad. Unfortunately it isn’t like that; typically it is months of running followed by weeks off.
My best stretch was 1991-1993 when I didn’t miss a day for over three years.
7 comments:
That is an amazing statistic. I don't think I ran much from '93-2001 so I know I got you beat on this one. And don't worry, I took yesterday off, too.
Keep looking ahead you will be on the roads real soon!
Slacker.
I continue to be blown away by the volume you do water running/cross training when you are injured. Very inspiring.
Keep healing!
okay - so I got to ask this Dave. In retrospect, do you think we would have been less injured had you run only six days a week anyway?
Don't know if taking a random day off now and again would help. I hate taking days off, I just love to run. I also HATE to X-train. I think the one thing it really helps with is mental toughness. I think a lot about how I want to break 1:10 again next year at Mt Washington......
Hey Derrick, I'm doing as much water running as Double D....
Tabulating and updating must be nearly a full time job. I'm impressed.
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