For the Love of Speed

Powered by RunKeeper + H For the love "SPEED of Runners know that speed is everything. It separates the record breakers from the casual joggers. Even if you're not the fastest guy or gal in the world, there are always steps you can take to improve. WORLDWIDE RACE The folks Down Under know how to run. Australia is the fastest country in 5K runs tracked with RunKeeper': you can find the top Australians finishing a 5K in 23:49. Japan comes in second at 24:05. The US of A ranks number No. 9, crossing the finish in 24:18. The average time for top 5K finishers across all countries is 24:15. The top RunKeeper users finish a Half Marathon in 1:37:12 and complete a marathon in 3:12:18. 24:09 24:18 SPAIN NETHERLANDS 24:06 24:11 SWEDEN UNITED KINGDOM 24:21 IRELAND S KM UNITED STATES CANADA JAPAN AUSTRALIA 24:18 24:11 24:05 23:49 DENMARK 24:15 FASTEST COMPARISONS MITSUBISHI EVO X is one USO of the world's fastest police U$0 was ranked one of the cars: it goes O-60 in 5 s world's fastest rappers: he can rap 56 syllables in 7 seconds JAMES DEVINE is the "Fastest Dancer in the World" with 38 taps per second RED DRAGONFLY can fly as fast as 40 mph ARCTIC HARE can run 60 mph NISSAN GT-R is one of the fastest cars in the world: it goes 0-60 in 2.9 s PEREGRINE FALCON can fly at speeds over 200 mph FURIOUS BACO Is KANGAROOS V250 is one of the fastest trains in the world with speeds one of the fastest roller can sustain a speed coasters at 83.9 mph of 25 mph for nearly 1.2 miles up to 250 km/h HERE'S HOW THE WORLD’S FASTEST RUNNERS STACK UP: 3:43.13 1 MILE Moroccan Hicham El Guerrouj 5K 12:37.35 Ethlopian Kenenisa Bekele 10K 26:17.53 Ethlopian Kenenisa Bekele HALF MARATHON 58:23 Eritrean Zersenay Tadese MARATHON 2:03:38 Kenyan Patrick Makau ANDROID VS. ¡PHONE 1 mile distance: Runkeeper Android users are faster' by 10 seconds finishing at 7:13. 5K distance: Android & iPhone users finish in a tie at 24:16. 10K distance: iPhone users are faster by 3.5 secs, finishing at 46:14. U Half Marathon distance: Android users are faster by 1:05 seconds, finishing at 1:36:56. Marathon distance: Android users are faster by 5:15, finishing at 3:09:25. OLD OUTRUN THE YOUNG While young people might be setting the records, older people are running farther distances with Runkeeper. • 20s 30s • 40s 50s 9% 10% 12% 13% 20% 17% 38% 30% 37% 39% 36% 40% Mile distances are more likely 5K races are more likely 10K races are run mostly by to be run by those in their to be run by those in their those in their 30s (39%) and 30s (40%) and 40s (30%) 20s (38%) compared to those in their 50s (9%) 40s (37%) 6% 12% 14% 36% 37% 42% 44% Half marathons are more likely to Marathon races are more likely to be run by people in their 40s (44%) vs. those in their 20s (6%) be run by people in their 40s (42%) vs. those in their 20s (9%) PUSH YOURSELF There are tons of ways you can get faster. Set Goals in Writing: Run With Friends: Talk about your times: Be consistent: RunKeeper 2 out of 3 RunKeeper l out of 2 of RunKeeper 1 out of 4 of RunKeeper users who got faster ran runners who got faster set goals ? runners who got faster had a friend in the app runners who got faster shared their times an average of 2.4 times per week Watch videos of the Shake things up by Pay attention to your Try interval training or best runners to get finding a new route or heart rate and tempo runs running at a different time of day ideas on how to perfect breathing patterns your form www.ua.com/SpeedForm THIS IS WHAT FAST CCCJ FEELS LIKE. SPE=DFORM ' Data pulled from the averages of the top 10% of runners in the Runkeeper community. 2 Data pulled from Runkeeper users who Improved their 5K times over 12 weeks. Infographic data sources: www.trackandfleld.about.com | www.laaf.org | www.letsrun.com | www.marathongulde.com | www.top10fastest.com www.zeroto60times.com | www.james-devine.com | www.alrspacemag.com | www.environmentalgraffitl.com | www.shape.com