Each of those bullet points should be read in the context of the bullet point above. 31.1 km is the average weekly distance by UK runners. 30.7 km is the average longest run by UK runners.
The article seems to be based on a report from December of last year. Unfortunately I can’t find a way to explore the underlying data in greater detail.
Ah I see, thanks. I completely skipped over the min/mile paces, because they’re completely useless to me. I’m a runner first and foremost, and that pretty much requires working in kilometres even if I didn’t use kilometres for my day-to-day, since all common races are measured in kilometres (from the 100 m sprint up to the 42.195 km marathon).
Defining “a runner” as someone who ran two times per week for at least 75% of weeks of the year, they get:
UK runners have an average of both 31.1km and 30.7km?? Which one is the correct one then?
Each of those bullet points should be read in the context of the bullet point above. 31.1 km is the average weekly distance by UK runners. 30.7 km is the average longest run by UK runners.
I see, that is not clear from the formatting (or wording for that matter)
Appears to be a conversion issue. Assuming the reported min/mile pace is correct, the UK average pace is 05:34, not 5:50.
(I’m guessing these numbers are means, not medians.)
The article seems to be based on a report from December of last year. Unfortunately I can’t find a way to explore the underlying data in greater detail.
Ah I see, thanks. I completely skipped over the min/mile paces, because they’re completely useless to me. I’m a runner first and foremost, and that pretty much requires working in kilometres even if I didn’t use kilometres for my day-to-day, since all common races are measured in kilometres (from the 100 m sprint up to the 42.195 km marathon).
I agree, but sadly certain anglophone publications like to assume that everyone thinks of a marathon as a 26.2-mile event 🙄