There’s a lot to be said for kissing 2016 goodbye and moving on, an extraordinarily divisive election with a troubling result being at the top of the list.   But as year end approached I was cheered on by an email from Strava that chronicled the collective athletic achievement of the world’s users of its running/biking app.   Here are some numbers:

304 million activities

6.8 billion kilometers

3 summits of Mt. Everest

1 runner who crossed US averaging 72 miles per day

40 athletes who logged an event every day

80,000 users who biked to work on Bike to Work Day

All great stuff!   I was also interested/amused to see my personal running stats for the year.

124 runs

17 miles per week

900 miles

Just under 170 hours running

121,000 feet of elevation gain

That last number blew me away.  I knew I’d done a lot of uphill, and I’m sure Urban and others did more, but 120K feet of elevation gain?  That’s crazy — the equivalent of climbing Mt. Everest four times!   Very excited and proud of that!  And congrats to anyone and everyone who pushed their limits this year!