Tuesday, December 31, 2019

2019 Running Review

A reasonable year in running, no major injuries but a lot of annoying smaller ones.


The totals were almost the same as the previous year:

  • 3031.52 kilometres
    • 3065.56 kilometres in 2018
    • 3120.94 kilometres in 2015
  • 231 hours
    • 232 hours in 2018
    • 235 hours in 2015

The major events for the years were:

  • January
    • Rosebud Australia Day Run - 10 km - 38:55 @ 3:55/km
  • February
    • Warburton - 10km - 38:06 @ 3:54/km
  • March
    • Run The Rock - 13.5km - 54:57 @ 4:03/km
  • April
    • Sri Chinmoy Princes Park - 10 km - 38:41 @ 3:54/km
  • May
    • Puffing Billy Train Race - 13.5km - 55:40 @ 4:08/km
  • June
    • Sri Chinmoy Albert Park - 10km - 37:41 - 3:48/km
  • July
    • Run Melbourne - 10 km - 38:49 @ 3:53/km
  • August
    • de Castella - 15km - 59:16 @ 3:59/km
  • September
    • Sandy Point - 10km - 37:58 @ 3:47/km
    • Harvest Run - 13.5 km - 53:53 @ 4:02/km (hills)
  • October
    • Melbourne Marathon - 21km - 1:22:53 @ 3:53/km
  • November
    • Ballarat Run For A Cause - 10km - 36:57 @ 3:45/km (short)

It was slow progress, but towards the middle and end of the year I made some minor improvements to record new best times for 5 kilometre parkrun, 10 kilometre and half marathon. Having an ongoing hamstring injury and dealing with the summer heat, I have to try and not lose all the fitness going into the new year like often happens.

The parkrun summary:

  • 52 events
    • 47 in 2018
    • 48 in 2017
  • 13 new events
    • 10 in 2018
    • 18 in 2017
  • 18:03 - Lilydale Lake and 18:04 - Frog Hollow
    • 18:16 - Lilydale Lake in 2018

The new parkrun events were:

  • January
    • Mernda
  • February
    • KM Reedy Reserve
  • April
    • Pakenham
    • Euroa
    • Mansfield Botanic
  • July
    • Surfers Paradise
  • August
    • Brimbank
    • Birdsland Reserve
  • September
    • Lancefield
  • October
    • Wyndham Vale
  • November
    • Zillmere
    • Rosebud
  • December
    • You Yangs

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