December races

I was surprised to read in Mike Quintal’s blog that his recent finish at the Mill City Relays was his first race EVER in December.  Of course that got me thinking about my stats.  I already track how many races per month but hadn’t figured out grand totals by month.  So I knew that the most races I’d ever done in December was 7 (in 2007) and I also knew by total number of races which months I’d done the most races in (11 in May of 1982).  What I didn’t know was how many races I’d done for ALL Decembers, so that is what I compiled.  I’ve run 1,162 races and hope that I’ll be over this most recent calf/Achilles injury to race again before THIS December is over.

Full stats by month below but here are some of the take-aways…

May is my most raced month with 138 races.

December is the least raced month with 76 races

I have my most wins in January with 47

I have my most PR’s (personal records) in both May and September

Road races lead the list in almost all months, the exceptions 45 Indoor track races in January, 51 Mountain races in June, and

44 XC races in November.

The most miles raced would be 834.69 in October (which makes sense with a lot of Marathons).

The fewest miles raced was December with 375.48

The lowest average miles per race was January with 3.51 miles (a lot of those were ¼ miles run in relays indoors)

 

Month	#	Dist.	Avg	PL	PR	CR
January	118 races	413.99 miles	3.51 miles	47 wins	33 PR	11 CR	45 Indoor, 37 road, 34 snowshoe, 1 XC, 1 Trail
February	107 races	526.51 miles	4.92 miles	37 wins	28 PR	11 CR	42 road, 35 snowshoe, 29 Indoor, 1 XC
March	76 races	635.37 miles	8.36 miles	27 wins	15 PR	10 CR	45 Road, 19 snowshoe, 5 Trail, 2 Indoor, 2 Outdoor, 1 XC
April	100 races	549.44 miles	5.49 miles	25 wins	34 PR	9 CR	49 Road, 38 Outdoor, 11 Trail, 1 Indoor, 1 Mountain
May	138 races	603.52 miles	4.37 miles	32 wins	36 PR	16 CR	51 Road, 42 Outdoor, 31 Mountain, 8 XC, 6 Trail
June	111 races	698.92 miles	6.30 miles	31 wins	28 PR	14 CR	51 Mountain, 41 Road, 9 Outdoor, 6 Trail, 3 XC, 1 Bi
July	97 races	536.56 miles	5.53 miles	37 wins	17 PR	15 CR	64 Road, 14 Mountain, 8 Trail, 8 Outdoor, 3 XC
August	85 races	497.56 miles	5.85 miles	20 wins	20 PR	9 CR	41 Road, 19 Mountain, 15 Trail, 8 Outdoor, 2 Tri
September	86 races	616.99 miles	7.17 miles	28 wins	36 PR	14 CR	45 Road, 28 XC, 7 Mountain, 6 Trail
October	93 races	834.69 miles	8.98 miles	33 wins	25 PR	18 CR	47 Road, 34 XC, 10 Trail, 2 Mountain
November	86 races	632.58 miles	7.36 miles	17 wins	15 PR	11 CR	44 XC, 32 Road, 10 Trail
December	65 races	375.48 miles	5.78 miles	24 wins	25 PR	11 CR	26 Road, 25 Indoor, 8 Snowshoe, 5 XC, 1 Trail
Month	Year	Races
Jan	1982	9
Feb	1982	10
March	1993	6
April	1981	9			Total	1162
May	1982	11
June	1993	9
July	2006	9
Aug	2011	7
Sept	2005	5
Oct	1980	6
Dec	2007	7
Nov	2009	5