![]() September tended to be the goal-meeter’s peak month, with average monthly volume 33 percent higher than December 2022. Runners who met their goals tended to run up to 10 percent more than was needed for their goal in these months (also coinciding with the pinnacle of summer trail race season and preparation for fall marathons). These months, in that tender spot between the heat of the summer and the chill of winter, gave athletes an opportunity to bank some miles before daylight savings and December. According to Strava’s data, the athletes who met their yearly mileage goals tended to log more runs in August, September, and October. Runners tend to hit more mileage in the warmer months (surprising no one who, resigned to logging winter miles on the treadmill, ran out of Great British Bake Off reruns). Let’s take a deep dive into the data to examine what strategies help, and what strategies hinder runners en route to achieving their yearly mileage. ![]() To meet that goal, runners would need to log just under three miles or three kilometers a day, or 18 miles a week. There was also a spike in interest in 2023k and 2023M goals, because…2023. The most popular year-end goal for Strava users was 1,000 kilometers, followed by 1,000 miles (so much to love about an affinity for big, round numbers that transcends the Imperial/Metric system binary!). In 2022, 22.8 percent of athletes finished less than 20 percent shy of their goal– and 12.5 percent completed 90 percent of their yearly goal volume –so close, and yet, so far! Staying on track towards a yearly mileage goal is a balancing act that requires athletes to manage their training load over the course of a year. ![]() According to Strava, 53 percent of runners who set yearly mileage goals for 2023 are on track to achieve those goals– with plenty of year to spare. Many runners set ambitious goals for their yearly mileage. But, when it comes to setting SMART goals, we runners are smarter, right? In 2023, the most common resolution for Americans was to exercise more. Less than nine percent of Americans are able to stick to their New Year’s resolutions for a full year, according to one study. ![]()
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