David Jaewon Oh For many runners, 2020 started out as a calendar year full of races. A fresh decade meant there were new goals to pursue and PRs to crush. By March, though, the COVID-19 rates in the United States spiked and canceled most of those plans. Our normal ways of life—an after-work gym session, training with friends, or jumping into a spur-of the-moment race—were put on lockdown. But runners were undaunted: With a little creativity, we were able to continue to lace up and reap all the health benefits that running confers. How do we know? We dug into data from popular workout tracking apps and devices. And the numbers don’t lie: We logged more miles, more people started running, and we continued to race—albeit virtually. Here’s how our collective training stacked up during the pandemic.