Wednesday, February 2, 2011

Survey on Runners

Hi Runners,
I am doing a survey for my Statistics class on runners. I will provide the questions below and would appreciate those who can participate in answering them. There are just 10 short questions geared to runners; competitive, recreational or simply for those who just run for whatever reason. If you can comment to my post with your answers that would be awesome! :)
I will post the results that I come up with on Friday.
Thank you for those who choose to participate.

1. What is your current running program?

A. Run greater than 50 miles per week

B. Run between 40-50 mpw

C. Run between 30-40 mpw

D. Run between 20-30 mpw

E. Run between 10-20 mpw

F. Run between 10 mpw

2. How long have you been running?

A. More than 20 years

B. Between 10-20 years

C. Between 5-10 years

D. Between 2-5 years

C. Less than 1 year

3. How would you best describe yourself as a runner?

A. Very Competitive- race seveal times a year

B. Somewhat Competitive- race a few times a year

C. Dedicated Recreational- rarely/never race but running is a high priority

D. Casual Recreational- run a couple times a week when the opportunity arises

4. How old are you?

A. Over 50

B. 40-50

C. 30-40

D. 20-30

E. less than 20

5. What is your gender?

A. male

B. female

6. Are you interested in world or national competition?

A. Yes

B. No

7. Do you include stretching in your training?

A. Yes

B. No

8. Do you take supplements to improve performance?

A. Yes

B. No

9. Do you habe a coach?

A. Yes

B. No

10. What is important to you about running?

A. Physical fitness

B. Setting personal records

C. Relaxation

D. Looking good

E. Camaraderie

F. Competition

G. Setting world records

H. Other

I wanted to share one of my favorite running quotes with all of you:

"Top results are reached only through pain. But eventually you like this pain. You'll find the more difficulties you have on the way, the more you will enjoy your success." -Juha

25 comments:

  1. 1D, 2B, 3A, 4C, 5A, 6A, 7A, 8B, 9A, 10B. 1 is misleading since I do swimming, cycling and crossfit also.

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  2. 1D, 2A, 3A, 4B, 5A, 6B, 7A, 8B, 9B, 10A

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  3. For 1. I am looking for how much run ones in a week. I know us athletes do more than running weekly, but all I am looking for is running on this survey :) Thank you John

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  4. 1. What is your current running program?
    C. Run between 30-40 mpw

    2. How long have you been running?
    C. Between 5-10 years

    3. How would you best describe yourself as a runner?
    A. Very Competitive- race seveal times a year

    4. How old are you?
    D. 20-30

    5. What is your gender?
    A. male

    6. Are you interested in world or national competition?
    A. Yes

    7. Do you include stretching in your training?
    B. No

    8. Do you take supplements to improve performance?
    A. Yes

    9. Do you habe a coach? [sic]
    A. Yes

    10. What is important to you about running?
    A. Physical fitness
    B. Setting personal records
    C. Relaxation
    D. Looking good
    E. Camaraderie
    F. Competition

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  5. 1A, 2D, 3A, 4D, 5A, 6A, 7A, 8A, 9B, 10F

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  6. 1:A 2:C 3:A 4:D 5:A 6:A 7:A 8:B 9:B 10:B

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  7. 1-b, 2-b, 3-a, 4-b, 5-a, 6-b, 7-b, 8-a, 9-b, 10-a

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  8. 1. C
    2. A
    3. B
    4. D
    5. B
    6. A
    7. B
    8. B
    9. A
    10. H

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  9. 1. B
    2. D
    3. A
    4. D
    5. A
    6. A
    7. A
    8. A
    9. B
    10. A

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  10. 1. A

    2. C

    3. A

    4. D

    5. B

    6. A

    7. A

    8. B

    9. A

    10. A, B, F

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  11. 1. D.
    2. D.
    3. A.
    4. D.
    5. B.
    6. B.
    7. A.
    8. B.
    9. B.
    10. A. B. C. E. F. H.

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  12. 1 - e
    2 - b
    3 - b
    4 - b
    5 - a
    6 - b
    7 - b
    8 - b
    9 - b
    10 - a

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  13. 1. What is your current running program?
    E. Run between 10-20 mpw

    2. How long have you been running?
    C. Between 5-10 years

    3. How would you best describe yourself as a runner?
    B. Somewhat Competitive- race a few times a year

    4. How old are you?
    C. 31-40

    5. What is your gender?
    B. female

    6. Are you interested in world or national competition?
    A. Yes

    7. Do you include stretching in your training?
    A. Yes

    8. Do you take supplements to improve performance?
    B. No

    9. Do you have a coach?
    B. No

    10. What is important to you about running?
    H. Other -- ALL OF THE ABOVE!!
    Maybe you want to rephrase the question to read "What is MOST important to you about running?"

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  14. 1. A
    2. D
    3. A
    4. D
    5. A
    6. B
    7. B
    8. B
    9. B
    10. B (if only one can be picked)

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  15. 1-a
    2-c
    3-b
    4-b
    5-a
    6-b
    7-a if yoga counts
    8-b
    9-a
    10-a,b,c,d,e,f

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  16. My answers:

    1. E (let me add that I'm not currently training for any races so that's why its so low)

    2. C

    3. B

    4. D

    5. B

    6. A

    7. A

    8. B

    9. B

    10. A, B and F (most important is A)

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  17. 1 D
    2 A
    3 A
    4 A
    5 A
    6 A
    7 A
    8 B
    9 B
    10 H (H=several of the items listed, but not all)

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  18. 1. A.
    2. C.
    3. B.
    4. C.
    5. B.
    6. A.
    7. A.
    8. B.
    9. A.
    10. A.

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  19. 1-E, 2-A, 3-B, 4-B, 5-A, 6-B, 7-A, 8-A, 9-B, 10-A

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  20. 1D, 2A, 3A, 4B, 5B, 6A, 7A, 8B, 9A, 10A

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  21. Hope this helps Case!! Cheers!
    - ADAM

    1F, 2B, 3D, 4D, 5A, 6B, 7A, 8A, 9B, 10A

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  22. 1. What is your current running program?
    E. Run between 10-20 mpw

    2. How long have you been running?
    D. Between 2-5 years

    3. How would you best describe yourself as a runner?
    D. Casual Recreational- run a couple times a week when the opportunity arises

    4. How old are you?
    D. 20-30

    5. What is your gender?
    A. male

    6. Are you interested in world or national competition?
    B. No

    7. Do you include stretching in your training?
    A. Yes


    8. Do you take supplements to improve performance?
    B. No

    9. Do you habe a coach?
    B. No

    10. What is important to you about running?
    A. Physical fitness

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  23. 1. E
    2. A
    3. B
    4. A
    5. B
    6. A
    7. A
    8. B
    9. B
    10. A

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  24. I will be posting the results of the Survey that I did when I get it back from my teacher. Will keep you all posted :)

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