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