Average Running Pace and Running Data in 2020 - How Covid Affected Running
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 tr...