run12 {cherryblossom}

Cherry Blossom Run data, 2012

Description

Details for all 16,924 runners in the 2012 Cherry Blossom Run, which is an annual road race that takes place in Washington, DC.

Usage

run12

Format

A data frame with 16,924 observations on the following 9 variables.

place

Finishing position. Separate positions are provided for each gender.

time

The total run time,, in minutes.

pace

Average time per mile, in minutes.

age

Age.

gender

Gender.

location

Hometown city.

state

Hometown state (if from the US) or country.

div_place

Division place, also broken up by gender.

div_tot

Total number of people in the division (again, also split by gender).

Source

Cherry Blossom Race Results

Examples

library(ggplot2)

# Finishing times
ggplot(run12, aes(x = time)) +
  geom_histogram(binwidth = 5) +
  labs(
    title = "Finishing times for 2012 Cherry Blossom Run,",
    x = "Time to complete the race, in minutes",
    y = "Frequency"
    )

# Pacing
ggplot(run12, aes(x = pace)) +
  geom_histogram(binwidth = 0.5) +
  labs(
    title = "Pacing for 2012 Cherry Blossom Run",
    x = "Average time per mile, in minutes",
    y = "Frequency"
    )