1,500 races

The Bill Luti 5 mile on Saturday was my 1,500^th race.  I’ve raced in 317 different cities/towns with Lowell leading the way.  Concord (NH) has been surging with my focus being on the Capital Area Race Series (CARS).  I’ve also been lucky enough to race in 35 states and 13 countries.  No surprise that the top states for me to run in are New England (and NY).  I’m looking forward to another 1,500 races.  😊
 
Last date         Location          #          St         Rank                           
10/21/18         Lowell              82        MA      1                                 
12/12/20         Boston             65        MA      2                     
04/14/18         Andover           48        MA      3                                 
07/17/21         Concord           45        NH       4                                 
07/31/18         Newburyport   37        MA      5                                 
02/22/20         Tewksbury       36        MA      6                     
11/27/20         Chelmsford     33        MA      7                                 
06/15/19         Greens Grant  32        NH       8t                                
12/12/09         Worcester       32        MA      8t                                
10/09/16         Methuen         31        MA      10                               
05/01/16         Billerica           29        MA      11                               
05/25/19         Westminster   24        MA      12t                              
10/11/20         Nashua            24        NH       12t                              
02/11/17         Haverhill         22        MA      14t                              
01/07/18         Hanover          22        NH       14t                              
05/06/18         Wilton             21        NH       16                               
03/06/16         Cambridge      20        MA      17                               
08/21/19         Lynn                 20        MA      18                               
05/02/21         Bedford           19        NH       19t                              
08/31/18         Conway           18        NH       19t                              
 
Rank    Last date         St         #          Last location    %
1          05/23/21         MA      814      Georgetown    54.27%
2          07/17/21         NH       398      Concord           26.53%
3          06/05/21         VT        61        Colchester       4.07%
4          10/18/15         NY        33        Saratoga          2.20%
5          09/16/18         RI         32        Chepachat       2.13%
6          01/21/18         ME       31        Lewiston          2.07%
7          04/15/06         CT        15        Union               1.00%
8          12/13/14         PA        10        Bethlehem      0.67%
9          07/15/07         CA        8          Stinson beach  0.53%
10        08/25/12         NC       7          Laurel Springs 0.47%

Most popular distance over the 1,500 races I’ve run was by far the 5k.  If you add 8k and 5m together they would be the next most popular.  Not surprised by the number of marathons (39) but would have thought I’d run more half-marathons (37).
 
Rank    Dist      #          Notes
1          3.11     298      (5k)
2          6.22     126      (10k)
3          5.00     119     
4          2.00     94       
5          10.00   71       
6          1.00     57       
7          26.22   39        (Marathon)
8          4.00     38       
9          13.11   37        (Half-Marathon)
10        3.00     35        (Mostly High School XC races)
11        7.60     30        (Mostly Mt Washington)
12        4.96     26        (8k)
13        0.25     24       
14        0.50     21        Includes some 800m
15        2.50     20       
16        9.32     19        (15k)
17        3.50     18        (Weird distance)
18        1.86     16        3,000 meters (metric 2m)
19        7.45     15        (12k)
20        4.30     14        (Mostly Wachusett Mountain)

I’ve been lucky enough to place in the top 10 over ¾ of the times I’ve raced.  Still hoping to get a few more wins.

 
Place   No.      
1          398      26.53%
2          234      15.60%
3          154      10.27%
4          91        6.07%
5          75        5.00%
6          53        3.53%
7          37        2.47%
8          21        1.40%
9          40        2.67%
10        39        2.60%
11        22       
12        20       
13        11       
14        19       
15        5         
16        10       
17        8         
18        12       
19        6         
20        8         
21        5         
22        7         
23        5         
24        4         
25        5         
26-30   23       
31-40   21       
41-50   14       
51-60   15       
61-70   8         
71-80   8         
81-90   10       
91+      33       
DSQ     2         
DNF     6          0.40%
Relay   55       
UNK     16       
            1500