2015 was an eventful year: the monarchy sprouted a new princess, Britain sent its first astronaut into space and everyone got a refund on their Volkswagen. But it also turns out that 2015 was a great year for running too.
And this isn’t just because the London Marathon had its largest year of entries. No, as the stats released be Strava Insights show, more and more of us are taking up the wonderful sport of running.
Every run uploaded to the app – a fair few – was logged by the clever clogs over at Strava, who turned it into some rather fascinating results.
So, without further ado, here is the outcome of all the 2015 running data uploaded from Strava’s running community.
- 52million runs were calculated worldwide, with just under 11million of those coming from the UK
- 39,298 of you Strava users ran a marathon. And a staggering total distance from you all stood at 86,760,994K
- The most popular day for running in the UK was not 26 April (London Marathon), but instead Sunday 13 September. The same day the Great North Run took place.
- So how did the boys get on? The average distance for male runners was 8.4K
- And on average for the year, each male ran 157K. That’s roughly the distance from London to Coventry!
- The fastest region in the UK was Glasgow with runners hitting a speedy average pace of 5:17K/m. Shortly followed by London with 5:18K/m and Aberdeen 5:19K/m
- London was the most active region with 1.3m uploads, which is unsurprising given its population. This was followed by West Yorkshire with 416,215 uploads and Manchester with 394,967
- Runners who displayed the longest average distance were those who ran in Powys, with an average run of 9.8K. This was shortly followed by East Dunbartonshire with 9.5K and Stirling with 9.45K
- The most popular commute day, in which runners ran to work, was Tuesday April 14. 5,751 running commutes, with a total distance of 39,228K, were logged on the day.
What a year! Let’s see what 2016 brings.
