Below is a dorky report that wordpress created of the traffic statistics on this blog. What I find most interesting is that the most searched terms, month in and month out are Katherine Switzer and Yo Tizer.
As any good runner knows, Katherine Switzer is the first woman to have run the Boston marathon with an official number. The photo of her boyfriend, Tom Miller, pushing Jock Semple while Katherine runs away is one of the most famous images in the history of running. Its no wonder people are interested in her.
What’s fascinating is that people seem so interested in Yo Tizer. Tizer is the leader of an ultra running group called “Divine Madness” that, depending on your viewpoint, is either a cult, or a group of like minded invidivuals. I wrote a short blog post about him and it has garndered a large number of hits. I’ve read everything I can find on Divine Madness and Tizer and with the interest it still seems to generate in the running world, I should probably go ahead and write it all up.
Anyway, here’s the dorky stats thing…
The stats helper monkeys at WordPress.com mulled over how this blog did in 2010, and here’s a high level summary of its overall blog health:
The Blog-Health-o-Meter™ reads Wow.
Crunchy numbers
A helper monkey made this abstract painting, inspired by your stats.
A Boeing 747-400 passenger jet can hold 416 passengers. This blog was viewed about 1,600 times in 2010. That’s about 4 full 747s.
In 2010, there were 56 new posts, growing the total archive of this blog to 130 posts. There were 10 pictures uploaded, taking up a total of 486kb. That’s about a picture per month.
The busiest day of the year was June 3rd with 36 views. The most popular post that day was The Battle Plan.
Where did they come from?
The top referring sites in 2010 were runningahead.com, run4change.wordpress.com, Google Reader, discombobulatedrunning.blogspot.com, and facebook.com.
Some visitors came searching, mostly for katherine switzer, justthedistance, “yo tizer”, running heros, and jock semples.
Attractions in 2010
These are the posts and pages that got the most views in 2010.
The Battle Plan June 2010
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About April 2009
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Seventies Running Hero: Katherine Switzer March 2010
Barefoot Running Part II March 2010
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Introduction April 2009
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Milo and the Calf 
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