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Eddington number - do you know yours?

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Stig-OT-Dump
Stig-OT-Dump
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Your running Eddington Number (E) is the largest number where you have run E miles on E days
I am laid up at the moment so passed a bit of time yesterday looking at my training log and working out mine
This year's E is 9 (I ran 9 miles or more on at least 9 days) - but would need another two 10-milers to get an E of 10. For cycling I have managed an E of 25 this year.
I think it might be something I use to motivate myself for consistent longer rides next year. To apply it to my swimming I reckon I'll need to move away from miles or else use weekly totals.
fetcheveryone
fetcheveryone
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1:33pm, 9 Nov 2021
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Interesting. Who is the Eddington behind it?
MsG
MsG
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1:35pm, 9 Nov 2021
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Info here swinny.net astrophysicist.

Veloviewer calculates your Eddington number for you.
fetcheveryone
fetcheveryone
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Give me 20 minutes :-)
The_Saint
The_Saint
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1:56pm, 9 Nov 2021
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What is your running Erdos Number? Would it be how far removed you are from Eliud Kipchoge?
Ocelot Spleens
Ocelot Spleens
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1:56pm, 9 Nov 2021
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What does it prove?
The Mussile
The Mussile
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The Mussile
Its yet more focus on distance which for me is a completely odd training metric to use. I also struggle to see what possible value it can provide - surely your training depends on the races you have entered?

Time is a much more sensible metric to use as it eliminates the vagaries of gradient, weather conditions, surface etc, etc. Thus I propose the Mussile number, the largest number where you have run M minutes on M days.
fetcheveryone
fetcheveryone
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Make it 15 :-)

fetcheveryone.com/training-calculators-eddington.php
becca7
becca7
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2:01pm, 9 Nov 2021
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Wow, impressive that you coded it already but there seems to be a typo where it says “cycled”, not “run”.
becca7
becca7
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Thanks for the other options.

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Your Eddington Number (E) is the largest number where you have run E miles on E days.
Can be used for other sports and gives a measure of how consistently long you have gone.

Calculate your numbers from your Fetch log here: fetcheveryone.com/training-calculators-eddington.php
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