Overall Running Statistics 2019

Hello friends,

I'm feeling a little better now so I want to take this opportunity to update on my 2019 running statistics.

In essence, I have run a total of 970.23 km. Although I initially aimed for 1200 km, so that means I fall a bit short from the initial target, I'm still proud of what I've achieved. Considering what life has thrown at me, I still managed to complete 80.85% of my goal. 

Often every year, everyone makes a new new year's resolution (yes, you've read that right with two "new"), but I think I'm not going to make a new year's resolution and instead, I'm going to focus on polishing my performance on my old resolution. So for 2020, I hope to run a total of 1200 km. I can anticipate a few hurdles infront of me and the challenge for this year is to figure out a way to overcome those hurdles namely, Ramadhan and haze. 

So here are some statistics on my run for you statistics nerds with graphs as well.

In this table, you can see some of the metrics that I keep track of to see my running performance and if there're any improvements. Unfortunately, the data is not complete because sometimes I forgot to save the monthly progress on the Adidas app and all the nitty gritty details are gone. This happens because I'm only using the free version of the app so that's one of its limitation.

From this gathered data, I know that my average pace falls just under 8 minutes per kilometer and my average distance per session is 6.85 km. I am content with this stats though I promise myself that I will always strive to make progress. So if I could improve to a pace of about 7 minutes 30 seconds, that'd be great.

From the data, I also know that my average distance per month is 85.45 km. Hopefully, I can improve that to 100 km per month in 2020.

Here's a bar chart for the distance I've covered monthly in 2019. The distance for some of the months were severely hindered and if you're curious as to why that happens, you could refer to the table above for "My Pathetic Excuse". I'm a firm believer in the concept of the internal locust of control that states that the outcome of any activity is directly correlated with the actions put-forth by your own and less correlated with the surrounding situation. However, I also believe that in order to improve my actions, hence having more power over my internal locust of control, I also need to know the difficulties that I'm facing with myself. By knowing what external factors that is affecting my internal locust of control, I can be more prepared for myself as to not be affected by the external causes that affects my internal self. I hope this make sense. 

The bar chart above is a lot similar like the one previously with the only difference is that it summarizes my whole running journey dating back from September 2018. If I were to include the distance covered from 2018, my total running distance accumulates to 1367.23 km. It gives me a sense of satisfaction knowing that I've crossed the 1000 km mark. This serves as a small reminder to myself when I'm a little down that I can do it because I've literally done it before.

That is all for the running updates. January 2020 is fast approaching its end and I haven't had a good start like I hoped to but I'm positive that things will go better if I focus on the bigger picture and just keep moving forward. 

Thanks for reading my friends. Stay healthy and lets conquer 2020 together!